From: Reid Thompson <Reid.Thompson@...>
Date: 2006-09-26T20:22:46+09:00
Subject: Re: GUI programming for WinXP/Linux/OSX?

On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 16:58 +0900, Roman Hausner wrote:
> I am planning a project that has the following main requirements:
> 
> - it must run on WinXP and Linux, idally also on OSX
> - it must have a GUI preferably with the GUI's native widget set
> - it must allow scripting access to system resources with a modern and
>   comfortable scripting language
> 
> The last point is what made me consider Ruby: I'd love to have Ruby
> as the embedded scripting language here.
> 
> However, I cannot see how to solve the GUI issue, but maybe I have 
> missed
> some things. Can anyone tell me if there is a common (portable) way to
> easily implement a GUI, no matter what the underlying framework and 
> system
> is? I am thinking some kind of GUI abstraction layer for using the same
> API to control the GUI, no matter what the underlying system and
> graphical framework is.
> 
> Is this possible with Ruby? Any experiences to share?
> 
> As I see it my only alternative is Java, especially as version 6 will
> seemingly come with nature widget support and support for scripting.
> 
> If at all possible, I would prefer to do it all in Ruby though.
> 
> 
see also http://wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm