From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2006-12-17T10:09:57+09:00
Subject: Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes?

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> David Vallner wrote:
> ...
>> As far as I'm aware, Ruby doesn't include a GUI library in the standard
>> library.
> 
> Tk is in the standard library. Don't laugh, it can be useful! :)
> 
> I'm using the Tk canvas for some easy-to-set-up animations that don't
> really need opengl.

Tk is wonderful! It's really simple to manipulate widgets and graphics 
in the way you'd expect. IMHO, Tk is the Ruby of GUI toolkits.

I don't know why people hate it so much. They seem to prefer "desktop 
integration" and eye-candy instead of clean, functional interfaces. 
Sigh. :-(

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