From: Dolazy <francis.rammeloo@...>
Date: 2008-08-11T00:42:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Pure Ruby App that receives events

On 10 aug, 15:53, Perry Smith <p...@easesoftware.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know if it is possible to have a Ruby application that
> receives Apple Events?  I assume it would be in an event loop.  Really,
> what I'm asking is if I can create a pure Ruby app that behaves like a
> "first class" application as Apple has promised.

It may not be a bad idea to do a few standard Cocoa with Objective-C
tutorials and familiarize yourself with the framework a bit.

If you want to use Ruby there is a Cocoa wrapper called RubyCocoa, it
is supported by Apple:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/RubyPythonCocoa/Introduction/Introduction.html

I found one article that seems to deal with events:
http://codeintensity.blogspot.com/2008/01/rubycocoa-rocks.html

HTH

Francis