From: Chris Gehlker Date: 2002-07-18T00:17:48+09:00 Subject: Re: Status of Ruby on the Mac On 7/17/02 5:18 AM, "Joseph Erickson" wrote: > Since the Mac is basically a Unix with a very pretty interface, Ruby > runs very well. I know for a fact that you can get mysql-ruby running > (with some work-arounds ruby-talk:44685) and the openGL ruby library. > There are also Cocoa libraries for ruby, Cocoa being the windowing API > for Mac OS X. > > I don't know about tcl. You may need to install X Windows (another easy > install) but I don't know. Anyone with more knowledge want to jump in? I'd have to say that using X11 is the way to go right now. It's pretty easy to get tk/tcl working with Fink. Cocoa Tk/Tcl is an alpha branch last I checked that won't even build w/o resorting to Jam. Then you need a bunch of symlinks from where Ruby expects to find the Tk/Tcl stuff into /System/Library/Frameworks. Maybe Jaguar will fix this. If not, I'll build a one-click installer but it won't be real soon. I've got too much other Ruby stuff to do first. -- When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. -Clarence Darrow, lawyer and author (1857-1938)