From: Jim Menard <jimm@...>
Date: 2001-05-15T06:10:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15119] Re: Q: GUI framework with direct drawing capabilities?

Stefan Matthias Aust <sma@3plus4.de> writes:

> Jim Menard <jimm@fnord.io.com> wrote:
> 
> >I'm learning OpenGL by using the Ruby interface. (I'm also using QT to do
> >the windowing, etc.).
> 
> I'm looking for something for 2D graphics - just a flat map.  Using
> OpenGL sounds like overkill for that problem IMHO.  Or do I have a
> wrong idea of OpenGL?

Probably overkill, but worth learning in my opinion.

I was going to suggest taking a look at SDL, a Direct-X-like cross-platform
open source 2D graphics library. Then I realized that there is not yet a
Ruby binding for it on the RAA. (I have not used SDL, but there is a
chapter or two on its use in "Linux Game Programming" by Mark "Nurgle"
Collins, et al.)

Jim
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