From: Bill Atkins <batkins57@...>
Date: 2005-02-05T10:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Gtk/Gnome-Applications with Ruby or Mono

I'm not sure if gtk-bindings is the same thing, but the way to go for
Ruby GTK programming is http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp .  I use the
bindings on Windows and Linux, and I've never had any issues with
stability.

Bill

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 09:35:14 +0900, Michael Gebhart <mail@miketech.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently thinking about writing an application for the gnome-desktop.
> But I can not decide, what language I should use for. I'm just interested
> in Ruby, C# and C++.
> 
> C++ gives me all features gtk/gnome has. gtkmm is a nice wrapper for gtk+.
> But programming with c++ is a little bit error-prone and the development
> time is very large.
> 
> Mono seems to be designed for gtk and gnome. The gnome-libs are
> implemented in mono, and gtk (2.4) too. But the disadvantage is, that Mono
> has to be installed on the target system. (And Mono smells of Microsoft
> and I have .exe - Files on my linux *scnr*)
> 
> Ruby is the language I am personally interested in. Also here gtk-bindings
> are available. But some ruby-users told me, that the ruby-gnome-bindings
> are a little bit unstable and a lot of features are not implemented yet.
> 
> And as Mono: Ruby has to be installed on the target OS.
> 
> So I don't know, what language I should prefer. Normally I should choose
> the language, by what language is the best one for my application. But
> every language has all the features I need.
> 
> Can you tell me anything about the ruby-gtk/gnome-bindings and its
> features and its stability?
> 
> Or should I use Mono? Because Mono becomes the standard for development
> GUI-Applications for the Gnome-Desktop?
> 
> Thanks for your answers
> 
> Mike
> 
> 


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