From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2003-10-29T08:44:58-08:00
Subject: Re: [Q] Ruby and XUL?



Daniel Carrera (dcarrera@math.umd.edu) wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I just read a neat article at IBM DeveloperWorks:

=2E..

> So, defining the GUI structure is easy and clear.  All the programning=20
> logic is left for an actual programming language.

Yes, XUL is great

> Unfortunately, it seems that the only language supported is JavaScript. =
=3D(
> I don't particularly like JavaScript.
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> I was just wondering what it would take to be able to use Ruby for the=20
> programming logic.  I guess that one way is to convince the Mozilla=20
> project to ship Ruby with Mozilla.  But I wouldn't count on that.

In order to script XUL, you need to plug into Mozilla's XPCOM layer,
Mozilla ships with Javascript and C++ support built in, but all the
popular scripting languages are also supported:

http://rbxpcom.mozdev.org/ -- Ruby
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/Komodo/PyXPCOM/ -- Python
http://plxpcom.mozdev.org/ -- Perl
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/blackwood/connect/ -- Java

Of course, you'll need to compile the component and plug it into
Mozilla.

--=20
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