From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-08-01T20:42:18+09:00
Subject: Re: TK for web application

You just need to learn CSS.
It will allow much more attractive pages.
That is your easiest, most useful technology to learn for  
beautifying  a rails app
On Aug 1, 2007, at 4:45 AM, Guo Yangguang wrote:

> Thank you!Your explaining have made me clear about TK in ruby.I  
> have to
> find another way to build rich interface.In fact ,what i really  
> want is
> someting that can make my interface looks more attractive.Using that
> tool,My interface such as menu would have more third dimension,even  
> some
> animations.I prefer a button like flash button,not just a plain text
> containing a link.Can you tell me what can make me accomplish this  
> rich
> interface?
>
>
>
>
> Hidetoshi NAGAI wrote:
>> From: Guo Yangguang <gyg22@163.com>
>> Subject: TK for web application
>> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:35:11 +0900
>> Message-ID: <617367295ffb8a3fa1c5ca0872e6b356@ruby-forum.com>
>>>   Is TK suitable for rails "web" application?It seems that TK is for
>>> desktop application.
>>>   If i want to use TK in "rails web application",where should i  
>>> put my
>>> files containing TK codes in the rails directory?
>>
>> When you want to run a Tk GUI on a client browser,
>> you must use "Tcl Plugin" and write a Tcl/Tk code
>> (NOT a Ruby/Tk code).
>>
>> However, if you can admit to manage a (multi-window) Ruby/Tk GUI on
>> the server, Ruby/TkORCA (Ruby/Tk on RFB canvas) may be able to  
>> help you.
>> It can provide Ruby/Tk applications on the Net
>> (includes embedding it in a part of a web page).
>> You can use any library, if the library can draw on a container
>> frame of Tk (e.g. VTK is OK) or never draw on the screen.
>> Of course, it can store access logs and, if you want,
>> GUI control logs by users.
>>
>> Unfortunately, current Ruby/TkORCA has no interface for a view of  
>> Rails.
>> Probably, making such interface is a little troublesome,
>> because a Tk GUI is not a "send and response"-type application
>> but a "connection"-type application.
>> A web page must has two or more frames.
>> One of them is a Ruby/TkORCA frame which keeps a connection to
>> the server, and some of othres are asynchronous pages.
>> The running Ruby/TkORCA GUI can be controlled by an administrator
>> (in this case, a web server process).
>> To affect the pages on the client browser, the GUI must send
>> the new pages with asynchronous control.
>>
>> If you want to try, I'll make the current snapshot downloadable.
>> The only document of Ruby/TkORCA is a digest written with Japanese.
>> Please ask me about the setup and the usage of Ruby/TkORCA.
>
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>