From: Martin Stannard <martin@...>
Date: 2001-05-15T09:04:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15127] Re: Q: GUI framework with direct drawing capabilities?

Hello Jim,

Tuesday, May 15, 2001, 7:10:04 AM, you wrote:

JM> 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?

JM> Probably overkill, but worth learning in my opinion.

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

JM> Jim

I found links to these from the SDL page:

http://froukepc.dhs.org/rudl/ Rubified or Rubyesque Directmedia Layer

and

http://www.kmc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ohai/index.en.html Ruby extension library for SDL

Haven't tried them myself (I'm still getting comfortable with Ruby)
but they seem useable.

-- 
Best regards,
 Martin                            mailto:martin@optushome.com.au