From: Joachim Pense <snob@...>
Date: 2009-02-17T02:20:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Q: visualisation for simple animations (e.g. cel. automata)?

Diego Virasoro (in comp.lang.ruby):

> Hello,
> I would need to create a very simple visualisation for some scientific
> work I am doing. Basically I need to draw points in a 2D graph (and
> specify which colours to use) and each time the user presses the
> spacebar it should move to the next iteration and show (say with a
> line) where everyone is.
> 
> What would be the simplest way to go about this?
> 
> The first priority is simplicity followed by easy to learn. I don't
> need either a powerful system nor something that looks pretty (I am
> the only one who'll use it ^_^).
> 

The Ming library <http://www.libming.net/> allows you to generate Flash SWF
files, and there is a Ruby interface package
<http://mingruby.rubyforge.org/>, 
look here <http://rubyforge.org/news/?group_id=428> for latest versions.

The documentation is not really existent, though. You have to look into the
(numerous) example files that come with the package, and look up the
corresponding functions in the Perl interface doc
<http://www.libming.net/docs/perl/index.html>.

I just downloaded and installed it and want to use it to learn both Ruby and
Flash.

Joachim