From: Adam Sanderson <netghost@...>
Date: 2006-07-17T02:10:11+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN][SoC] GlimR 0.1.0

This seems pretty neat, I snagged the gem and ran the little sample
form below.  It seemed a little slugish to respond, but on the
otherhand it handles resizing and such well from what I could tell.

So yeah, neat :)  Want to post some more examples?

Thanks for your project,
  .adam

Ilmari Heikkinen wrote:
> == GlimR 0.1.0 - Ruby OpenGL GUI Widget Kit ==
>
> Homepage: http://glimr.rubyforge.org/
> Download: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1736
> Blog: http://glimr.blogspot.com/
>
> This is one of Ruby Central Inc.'s
> Google Summer of Code 2006 projects.
>
>
> == What is it? ==
>
> A GUI toolkit written in Ruby, using OpenGL for
> drawing and SDL for text and loading images.
>
> Intended for being embedded in other OpenGL
> applications and for stand-alone apps that don't
> need complex widgets.
>
> See the README in the tarball or at
> http://glimr.blogspot.com/2006/07/glimr-010.html
> for more.
>
> Take it for a spin if you like, there are small
> example programs focusing on different
> aspects of the toolkit in
> tests/integration_tests/
>
>
> == Requirements ==
>
> Ruby >= 1.8.1, tested to run on YARV (but encountered some segfaults)
> ruby-opengl
> Ruby/SDL with TTF support ( http://www.kmc.gr.jp/~ohai/rubysdl.en.html )
>
> Tested to run on Linux and Windows,
> should work on OS X too if you
> get SDL_ttf installed.
>
> Perceptibly faster on Linux than Windows (go figure.)
>
>
> == Currently implemented widgets ==
>
> * Horizontal and vertical layout
> * Buttons, radio buttons, checkboxes
> * Scrollbars
> * Resizable scrollable container
> * Image, strechable image
> * Text labels, single-line text input
> * Simple theme system
>
>
> == Example code ==
>
> require 'glimr'
> include GlimR
>
> form = VLayout.new(
>   :expand_height => true, :expand_width => true,
>   :align => :center, :valign => :middle)
>
> label = Label.new(:text => "Enter your name:")
> name_input = TextInput.new(:text => ""){|o,e|
>   form.attach Label.new(:text => "Hi, #{e.text}!")
> }
> submit = Button.new(:label => "OK"){|o,e|
>   name_input.submit
> }
> form.attach label, name_input, submit
>
> window = GLUTWindow.new(400, 200, "Greeter")
> window.attach form
> window.run
> # Ctrl-Q to quit
>
>
> == Features in development ==
>
> * menus, lists, tables
> * multi-line text editor
> * keyboard focus management
> * clipboard integration
> * second theme
>
>
>
> P.S.
> Anyone have ideas on what's causing segfaults on Windows
> when using OpenGL and SDL? Now I'm using a GC.disabled
> critical section to work around them.
> 
> --
> Ilmari