From: Tim Ferrell <Tim.Ferrell@...0nspark.com>
Date: 2005-09-08T22:22:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help finding decent IDE/development environment for Windows

oops ... copy and paste munged the last "end" ... it should be on a line 
by itself... sorry!


Tim Ferrell wrote:

> Glade might be what you are looking for... it seems to work well on 
> Windows and Linux and once you have designed your interface and saved 
> it you can do something like this:
>
> -- 
> require 'gtk2'
> require 'libglade2'
>
> class SignalHandler
>  def method_missing(method, *args)
>    puts "#{method}: #{args}"
>  end
>  def on_QuitMenuItem_activate(*args)
>    Gtk.main_quit
>  end
> end
>
> if $0 == __FILE__
>  # initialize gtk
>  sigmap = SignalHandler.new
>  Gtk.init
>  # instantiate the main window
>  glade = GladeXML.new('gladetest.glade', nil, 'gladetest')
>  window = glade['MainWindow']
>  # connect the signal handlers
>  window.signal_connect("destroy") { sigmap.on_QuitMenuItem_activate }
>  glade.signal_autoconnect_full do |source, target, signal, handler, data|
>    source.signal_connect(signal) { sigmap.send(handler, data) }
>  end
>  # show the main window
>  window.show
>  # start the main event loop
>  Gtk.main  end
> -- 
>
> Hope this helps,
> Tim
>
> Pe�a wrote:
>
>> jussij@zeusedit.com [mailto:jussij@zeusedit.com] wrote:
>>
>> #Lots of programmers like to leave the task of project management
>> #up to the IDE.  But this can be dangerous, as many times the IDE
>> #will get into trouble with the project management, especially as
>> #the complexity grows.
>>
>> my only need for an ide is a gui interface similar to that of vbasic 
>> forms or powerbuilder's painter. I'd be then happy if it converts the 
>> form into tk or even curses. It's a pain aligning widgets, especially 
>> if a user/customer dictates the layout. I'm still searching maybe 
>> someone has found one...
>>
>> kind regards -botp
>>
>> #
>> #Jussi Jumppanen
>> #Author: Zeus for Windows
>> #
>> #
>> #
>>
>>  
>>
>