From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2011-01-21T13:50:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Installable Mac Application


On Jan 20, 2011, at 20:33 , Jim Freeze wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have a ruby (1.8.7) program that takes a config file and uses appscript to
> process files.
> I run the program from the command line, but I want to give the app to a
> friend and I don't think they will be able to use the command line
> successfully, or edit the config file manually.
> 
> I imagine a simple GUI would suffice as a control panel to edit the config
> file and launch the program.
> 
> Is there a process for creating an installable ruby app that has a GUI on
> the Mac? My install would need to include all the necessary gems to run the
> app.

I wrote such a thing back for Mac OS7-9 back in the day. It was called DropUNIX and I'm sure the code floats around still. It targeted C, but the idea is the same.

These days I'd prolly use macruby. IIRC, you can package macruby apps as fully bundled apps.