From: Philippe Lang <philippe.lang@...>
Date: 2009-02-17T02:45:39+09:00
Subject: Re: visualisation for simple animations (e.g. cel. automata)?

Diego Virasoro wrote:
> 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 ^_^).  

Hi,

Have a look at FXRuby, a great and easy to use library.

As a tutorial, you can have a look at this:
http://www.attiksystem.ch/index.php/2008/02/21/double-buffering-in-fxrub
y/

Regards,

Philippe