From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2002-07-25T00:48:18+09:00
Subject: RE: GUI's and the Rouge, Part III (yes, finally) 1/2

Steve Tuckner wrote:
>
>> I think I said this before, but (just in case), the problem that the
>> FreeRIDE project had (and still has) finding an adequate Ruby GUI toolkit
>> that simultaneously satisfied the need for both native integration and
>> internationalization. Of course other features are important,
>> too, but these
>> were the two big ones that just couldn't be found in one package.
>>
>> Curt
>
> What about WX-Windows. There is no ruby bindings for it, but
> would that fit
> the bill?
>
> Steve Tuckner

Yes, WX-Windows would have been a good candidate for FreeRIDE if it had Ruby
bindings.

Back in January (I think it was January), Laurent Julliard did a quick
analysis of various GUI toolkits for the FreeRIDE project, which included
WX-Windows. You can see the results here:

  http://www.rubyide.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GUIFrameworkProject/GUIComparison

Curt