From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2008-03-24T21:00:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Rich Graphic Interface with Ruby

On 24 Mar 2008, at 04:53, Daniel Brumbaugh Keeney wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Diego Bernardes
> <di3go.bernardes@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What is the best way to get a really nice gui in ruby?
>>
>> Opengl? Flex? Air now is going to Linux, maybe a alternative, i like
>> Opengl but i think its alot complicated, have any other good one  
>> that i
>> dont know? cairo?..?
>
> If you're looking for something lower-level, perhaps
>
> http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Ruby%2FGtkGLExt
> http://cairographics.org/rcairo/
> http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/opengl/
> http://raa.ruby-lang.org/cat.rhtml?category_major=Library;category_minor=X11
>
> IIRC, you can also access the native windows API with the win32
> libraries. However, I don't know of anyone using these libraries. Most
> people prefer abstract GUI toolkits, such as
>
> ruby-gnome2
> WxRuby
> QtRuby
> FXRuby
> Tk
>
> WxRuby has an "Advanced User Interface" set of widgets if you're just
> looking for something looking a little "shinier".

And of course don't forget Shoes :)

http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes/


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
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