From: Aaron Dalton <aaron@...>
Date: 2005-02-06T03:55:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby, Windows, and PNG creation

Stephan K�mper wrote:
> Aaron Dalton wrote:
> 
>> I am running Ruby in Windows (not via Cygwin.)  How can I generate PNG 
>> files (or GIF or JPG files for that matter) in my Ruby scripts?  
>> Ruby-GD requires compilation, even if I have the native Windows GD 
>> dlls available.  I *could* run Ruby under Cygwin but I'm trying to 
>> avoid that if possible.  I am new to Ruby and am not sure where to 
>> dig.  RAA didn't turn up anything I could see.
> 
> 
> You could, for example, dig for RMagick: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/
> 
> When looking for Ruby stuff, libs app or whatever, rubyforge is a good 
> place to start looking. And the RAA is, too.
> 
> HTH
> Happy rubying
> 
> Stephan

Oooo!  I didn't know ImageMagick could draw too.  Thanks for the tip. 
It looks like it will work fine.

Thanks for your time!
Aaron