From: Lyle Johnson <ljohnson@...>
Date: 2002-01-18T08:17:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Using DirectX from Ruby (was: this ruby-parser)

>     Are there any links or help on how to use the DirectX libraries from
> Ruby ? Is it a matter of using the COM interfaces or would I need to use
> SWIG to somehow wrap the libraries ? Any help is appreciated.

If you specifically want to write Ruby code using a DirectX-like programming
interface I guess you'd want to use the COM interfaces or something; I won't
even go there. But if you just need a means of accessing the DirectX
functionality (and don't mind programming against a different API) you might
check out the two SDL wrappers for Ruby that are currently listed in the
Ruby Application Archive: RUDL (http://froukepc.dhs.org/rudl/index.html) and
Ruby/SDL (http://www.kmc.gr.jp/~ohai/index.en.html).

Since these are interfaces to SDL, and the Windows implementation of SDL
uses DirectX under the hood (right?) this may be the quickest way to get
there.

Hope this helps,

Lyle