From: Laurent Sansonetti <lrz@...>
Date: 2003-11-26T18:55:52+09:00
Subject: Re: libgphoto2 binding

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 01:02, Tim Hunter wrote:
> I'm thinking about doing a binding for libgphoto2, the library behind
> gphoto2 (www.gphoto.org).
> 

This is a good idea.

> First, is there already a project like this? I've searched RAA and
> RubyForge and found nothing. If you know of such a project, please let me
> know.
> 

AFAIK you're the first one ;-)

> Second, is this something that would be useful? The gphoto2 application is
> already a good CLI to libgphoto2, and gtkam is a GTK2 GUI for the library,
> so the two most obvious uses are already satisfied.
> 

Well, libgphoto2 seems to be an interesting library, and it would be
really nice to have a Ruby access to it.

Unfortunately libgphoto2 doesn't seem to be based on GLib (yet), so you
won't be able to use Ruby/GLib facilities to implement the binding.

Do not hesitate to ask questions if you have problems!

Cheers,

--
Laurent