From: Tom Sawyer Date: 2002-07-12T12:29:33+09:00 Subject: Re: opengl never mind i got it. installing fox: had to add path to libFOX.so in /etc/ld.so.conf. thanks anyway. always a little tweaking when it comes to linux. On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 21:19, Tom Sawyer wrote: > so i just compiled and installed FOX and and then FXRuby. both compile > and installs went fine. (except the optional mesa option didn't work) i > used the lastest stable version of FOX 1.0.14 and the same for FXRuby > 1.0.11. yet, when i require 'fox' i am told: > > libFOX-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > directory - /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.6/i386-linux/fox.so (LoadError) > > yet i move to that location and indeed fox.so is there. what's goign > wrong? > > thanks for any help, > ~transmi > > > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 19:47, Tom Sawyer wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 19:31, Dossy wrote: > > > > > I take it you didn't try the named anchor tag approach I suggested? > > > > my problem was a little too throny for that approach, though i'm sure i > > could have tweked it out to work that way too. i did get it to work by > > the way. it just took me awhile to get the javascript EXACTLY right. > > > > i'll look into fxruby. > > > > i also noticed that there is an interesting sdl based gui out there > > called paragui. it may be worth making a wrapper for (?) anyone? > > > > > I just can't get my mind wrapped around pixel-based GUI programming. > > > Probably comes from doing 12+ years of coding character-based GUI > > > applications (mostly vt100 and wyse60) and less than a year of > > > pixel-based GUI programming. > > > > i understand. whe it comes to hand coding gui i get right tired of it > > right quick. that's why i created miter. perhaps i'll just have miter > > generate fxruby forms instead of html. let you know how it goes. > > > > ~transami. > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 19:31, Dossy wrote: > > > On 2002.07.12, Tom Sawyer wrote: > > > > > > > > considering i've just spent 4 hrs trying to get my javascript to > > > > reposition the html page after a submit, > > > > > > I take it you didn't try the named anchor tag approach I suggested? > > > > > > > opengl forms gui, well, i'm thinking along these lines: a basic set of > > > > objects including a container pane which can have optional scrollbars > > > > attached to it, a table object which can have spanning cols and rows, > > > > each cell of which is a pane, and your basic set of form objects: text, > > > > text input (single and multiline), checkbox, radio buttons, dropdown, > > > > combobox, multiple selection list, regular button, and perhaps a knob > > > > and a tree, and an input grid. i think that would be enough. i don't > > > > want to over complicate the matter. > > > > > > Sounds like all the widgets available in FOX via FXRuby ... *cheap plug* > > > > > > > notice: i'm scrapping my web application. now i'm in the market for a > > > > gui. i still wish to use ruby. it needs to run on linux, windows, and > > > > mac. recommendations? > > > > > > FXRuby. Look into it. Most definitely. > > > > > > > if anyone is interested in working with me on an opengl forms gui > > > > toolkit, i would prefer to take this route. i can can compensate a > > > > little. takers? > > > > > > I'm not really interested in an OpenGL version, but I might be inclined > > > to work on a forms designer for FXRuby since my GUI programming skills > > > are way weak -- I even have trouble laying out dialogs the way I want in > > > Tk, which is pathetically simple with most of the packing managers. > > > > > > I just can't get my mind wrapped around pixel-based GUI programming. > > > Probably comes from doing 12+ years of coding character-based GUI > > > applications (mostly vt100 and wyse60) and less than a year of > > > pixel-based GUI programming. > > > > > > Something that let me WYSIWYG lay out forms for FXRuby, save the form > > > as a list of widgets, their coordinates/dimensions, and hook them up > > > to code that handles events for each widget ... that would be a dream! > > > > > > Maybe I should start implementing this and use it as inspiration to > > > work on the FXBook project (which isn't dead, just resting!) ... > > > > > > -- Dossy > > > > > > -- > > > Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com > > > Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ > > > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > > > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > > > > > -- > > ~transami > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little > > temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > > -- Benjamin Franklin > > > > > -- > ~transami > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little > temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > -- ~transami "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin