From: Kero van Gelder <kero@...4050.upc-d.chello.nl>
Date: 2001-08-15T23:21:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19779] Re: The GUI poll is in, and the results are surprising

> Please don't forget what Ruby is all about in this discussion! I think
> that the basic principles and idioms of Ruby should be respected in the
> GUI that is made the "standard" for Ruby.
> 
> Enjoying coding in Ruby can come to a halt when you are faced with a GUI
> API that isn't Ruby's way of doing things. My take:
> 
> Tk isn't object oriented, at least not with Ruby Syntax.
> 
> 	TkButton.new {
> 	  text 'Hello, World!'
> 	  command 'exit'
> 	  pack('fill'=>'x')
> 	}
> 	Tk.mainloop

Actually, you could write it like

  b = TkButton.new
  b.text('Hello, world!')
  b.command('exit')
  b.pack('fill'=>'x')
  Tk.mainloop

which gives quite nicely where your objects are. Unfortunately,
in Tk, pack() is not a method of b...

Third method is like

  parent = TkRoot.new()
  b = TkButton.new(parent, 'text'=>"Hello, world!", 'command'=>proc { exit })
  b.pack('fill'=>'x')
  Tk.mainloop

it depends on whether you want to view 'text' and such as options of
a button or as commands to the button.

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