From: Robert Feldt <feldt@...>
Date: 2003-05-20T20:32:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Current wxRuby status

On Tue, 20 May 2003, Arthur wrote:

> > Concerning the design of the interface I think you are well adviced to
> > check how Lyle do things in FXRuby; in my opinion its a very
> > nice interface. Similarity of different GUI extensions also makes its
> > simpler to then do an extension � la anygui where the actual GUI used is
> > just a plugin.
> >
>
> While that's certainly true, one might argue that it's also
> advantageous to emulate the Python wxWindows style.  Anyone already
> familiar with the Python way can then easily port GUI code written in
> Python into Ruby.
>
Good point although I doubt there is (or will be) a large amount of
porting-Python-to-Ruby going on. I'd rather have a Ruby-natural
wxRuby than a so-so-Ruby-but-close-to-wxPython wxRuby... ;)

Maybe you can list the "main ideas" in the wxPython style for folks like
me (and Park?) that don't know them? Just a short overview?

Regards,

/Robert