From: John Carter <john.carter@...>
Date: 2007-04-19T11:47:50+09:00
Subject: Embedding Ruby in Firefox addons.

Ok, so finally I'm being pushed to do a Ruby GUI.

I have long claimed that if I ever did a gui again, I would use gecko.

Now the push comes to the shove and I'm looking at the problem
again... And I'm starting to think I'm wrong.

Writing a standalone app that uses Gecko as the gui / layout engine is
wrong... the correct approach is to use firefox as the app, and just
write a firefox addon.

So my question is this...

Does anyone have a "hello world" firefox addon that will allow the
user to enter a parameter and then invoke a ruby script with that
parameter and display the result in a firefox window?

Thanks,

John Carter                             Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics                        Fax   : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 Christchurch                Email : john.carter@tait.co.nz
New Zealand