From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-28T23:12:42+09:00
Subject: Re: fxRuby and OSX: unable to open display


On Jul 28, 2007, at 8:06 AM, Lyle Johnson wrote:

>
> On Jul 28, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Sharon Phillips wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I do have X11 and my fox app up and running now. Except it  
>> looks like a Win98 app. ugh! It looks that way under XP too, but  
>> who cares, that Windows.
>>
>> The app I wrote using wx looked like a native Mac app and didn't  
>> require X11, but fxRuby has nicer bindings. Both looked pretty  
>> much the same on XP.
>>
>> I'd use the Ruby-Cocoa bindings, but I need something that will  
>> run on Win2000/XP as well.
>> What have others used?
>
> If you want "native" widgets on whatever OS your application is  
> running on, wxWidgets may be your only choice. Maybe also RubyQt?
>
Native UI widgets is an elusive goal when trying to build cross  
platform.
Take a look at VLC player, see how they do it. Granted, their core  
program is in C, but they support lots of systems with native  
interfaces..!