From: Logan Barnett <logustus@...>
Date: 2008-07-23T01:47:52+09:00
Subject: Re: how do i open a terminal using ruby?


On Jul 22, 2008, at 6:37 AM, James Dinkel wrote:
> I have the same need.  I have a script that runs in a terminal right
> now, but I eventually want to make it gui (probably with Shoes) and  
> I'll
> need an option to click a button and open a command prompt (then run a
> command in that command prompt and leave the prompt open for the  
> user to
> use).
>
> I haven't even begun converting to the gui part yet though, so I  
> haven't
> put much thought into how I'm going to accomplish this.  Oh yeah, and
> this will need to be cross-platform, too, but it may just be a  
> matter of
> writing a slightly different program for each platform.
>
> James
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>

Check out Monkeybars (http://monkeybars.rubyforge.org/) for GUI stuff.  
Combine that with Rawr and you should have a slick cross-platform GUI  
along with native .app/.exe files and/or a web start link. Monkeybars  
sits on JRuby, so you might be able to find some Java libraries to  
help you out along with your gems. A quick search for Java terminal  
stuff yielded JLine (http://jline.sourceforge.net/). Of course, that's  
if the gem you had in mind isn't adequate for what you're doing.