From: mips <mips@...>
Date: 2001-11-16T04:13:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25302] Re: Refactoring tool for Ruby...

> > Seems to me that once these Ruby-in-Ruby projects become usable, 
> > especially the ones that generate ASTs, like Rockit, this won't be
very 
> > difficult.
> 
> 
> ...although this will allow implementing nice refactoring methods, we 
> are still far from a Ruyb refactoring tool. IMHO a refactoring tool
only 
> makes sense in an IDE. Therefore "WE" need to
> a) agree on a platform independent GUI-framework (FX,...)

Not simple ...

> b) build a userfriendly IDE

There is some stuff which can help on sourceforge :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rack/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ruedit/
and my own project :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gredit/

> c) add the follwing features to the IDE:
>    - code-browser
>    - debugger
>    - refactoring
> 
> Have we got a) done?
Tk will be simpliest choice, but IMHO Gtk would be better.

mips