From: John Shields <jshields@...>
Date: 2000-12-21T01:30:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7775] Re: GUIs for Rubies

My thoughts on a "preferred" GUI for Ruby:

For me, it is really important for the toolkit that I use to create
applications that look like a native application.  If I create an app I want
it to look _exactly_ like a Windows app when compiled under windows and look
_exactly_ like a GNOME/GTK+ app when compiled for that environment.  From
what I've seen of wxWindows, that appears to be true.  How true is this of
other toolkits? (It didn't appear so for FOX or Tk)

Also, I think its beneficial to have a toolkit with a large user base
already.

That said, I'm also big on a toolkit/framework's elegance and simplicity of
use.  

(I'm showing my naivety here, but...) So what's involved in creating a GUI
binding for Ruby?


- John

"I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the
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