From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2010-10-07T19:47:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and windows GUI

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:10 PM, spaghetticode
<spaghetticode@lavabit.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> 1) guess I should pack it with RubyScript2Exe to make it executable on
> any windows machines, right?
Pretty much. Or you can create a setup archive, including the Ruby
interpreter and your app. It'll clock in rather heavily, but you have
pretty much perfect control where what goes.

> 2) is there a (quick) way to build a GUI box that will allow me to
> select interactively a filesystem path using only the mouse? What
> library should I stick to?

Any will work, and which you want to stick to depends on what GUI
toolkits you have worked with already. If your stance is "no
preference" or "never worked with GUI toolkits at all", you could give
Shoes[0] a try.

[0] http://shoes.heroku.com/

-- 
Phillip Gawlowski

Though the folk I have met,
(Ah, how soon!) they forget
When I've moved on to some other place,
There may be one or two,
When I've played and passed through,
Who'll remember my song or my face.