From: tsumeruby@...
Date: 2006-01-13T01:44:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about GUI API for Ruby

On Thursday 12 January 2006 08:37 pm, Jacek Olszak wrote:
> Hi... currently I'm developing a small gui application. I don't know
> which API for gui creating should I use. I've tried Tk only. For me it
> is quite good (but not so many examples, tutorials is available on the
> net). I'm looking for an API, in which I'll be able to create text
> viever widgets which supports different colors, fonts and styles in one
> widget.
>
> Please help...
> Jacek

Hey, you want to use GTK if you are targetting windows or linux. The GTK 
bindings support unicode, and the GTK API is frozen. There are several 
downsides to FOX, but it is included with one click. GTK really should be too 
as its been around longer and trusted. Reasons have been explained before on 
ruby-talk. Should grep the google groups for the reasons. theres also qtruby, 
which bound to a rock solid library, but I'm not sure how many more changes 
rdale wants.. so until its frozen.. :) GTK is most likely the most stable if 
you're wanting pretty. Also, you said you used Tk, check out the Tk::Tile 
library, which you'll have to download apart from ruby or tk.

Tsume