From: Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>
Date: 2001-05-15T07:03:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15122] Re: Q: GUI framework with direct drawing capabilities?

Stefan Matthias wrote:

# I wonder whether there's any Ruby GUI package available which not
# only supports the usual widgets/controls but also has some kind of
# canvas object in which I can draw directly.  It should support
# Windows and optionally Linux.
# 
# I'd like to draw a map of six-sided fields (so called hexes) either
# by filling polygons or (preferable) blitting non-rectangular bitmap
# tiles.  It should be possible to add text.  Furthermore, I'd like
# react to mouse clicks into hexes.

I'm not sure what you mean by "can draw directly"--with a mouse or
with a program?  In either case, Ruby/TK should be able to handle
this. Check out the Tk widget demos in the RAA; you might be able to
start out by cutting, pasting, and hacking stuff from them.

I think there is work underway to translate the Ruby/Tk documentation
from Japanese into English, which may also be helpful. There is also a
brief intro to Ruby/Tk in the Pickaxe book.

Disclaimer: I am not a Ruby/Tk expert, but there are some other people 
that could probably help you with this, here and on the comp.lang.tcl 
newsgroup.

Conrad Schneiker
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