From: Erik Terpstra <erik@...>
Date: 2002-09-09T18:50:52+09:00
Subject: Re: trial balloon: Ruby desktop? (again)

On: 2001-02-23 10:52:25 PST, Dave Thomas wrote:

 > Michael Neumann <neumann@s-direktnet.de> writes:
 > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 01:18:44AM +0900, Jon Aseltine wrote:
 > > > Hi,
 > > >
 > > > I have been thinking about something for some time now, and I 
wanted to
 > > > get some feedback from the list. Would it be 
feasible/possible/wise to
 > > > craft a desktop environment using Ruby as its backbone? I am quite
 > > > unhappy with the state of both GNOME and KDE, and I find the idea 
of a
 > > > Ruby desktop exciting. Some parts need to be fast (some window 
manager
 > > > stuff, e.g.), but other things, including most application logic, 
could
 > > > be in pure Ruby, I think.
 > >
 > > Great idea.
 > > IIRC, Andy/Dave worked on a window manager written in Ruby. Am I right?
 >
 > We had a window manager that used components written in Ruby, mostly
 > for decoration.
 >
 > Matju is busy writing an interface to XLib, so it will be easier to
 > write a lot more of the window manager in Ruby soon.
 >
 > Dave

Has there been any progress on this? A window manager in Ruby sounds 
like a great idea!

Cheers,

    Erik.