From: Joe Block Date: 2006-02-19T14:53:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Cocoa Droplet? In article , Jeff Pritchard wrote: > I'm a Ruby Nuby. I plan on using rails for my web related Ruby > adventures, and have been considering Ruby Cocoa for a first try at > writing stand alone desktop apps - but don't know anything about it yet. > > I have a simple idea for a first ruby program I would like to write, and > it would really be sweet if it could easily wind up as a small Mac > applet that you just drop a text file on and it automatically generates > an output file from that. > > I was wondering if there is easy support in Ruby Cocoa for this use > model, or would it require a bunch of "roll your own" effort for the > droplet aspect of the program? > > Is there some other even simpler way to do a droplet app with Ruby? Look for DropScript. You drag a script onto it and it turns it into a droplet application. -- Joe Block Have GNU, will travel.