From: Gregory Millam <walker@...>
Date: 2004-04-07T22:58:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Idea: Simplified GTK

Of the two:

>     require 'ez-gtk'
>     include EZ_GTK
>
>     def App.logic
>       @main.title = "My window"
>       @hb = HBox.new do
>         @vb1 = VBox.new do
>           @btn1 = Button.new("Do it") { puts "pressed btn1" }
>           @btn2 = Button.new("This too") { puts "pressed btn2" }
>         end
>         @vb2 = VBox.new do
>           @btn3 = Button.new("Third button") { puts "pressed btn3" }
>         end
>       end
>     end
>
>     App.run

Or - 

> def app_logic
>    main {
>      hbox {
>        vbox {
>          button("Do it") { puts "pressed btn1" }
>          button("This too") { puts "pressed btn2" }
>        }
>        vbox {
>          button("Third button") { puts "pressed btn3" }
>        }
>      }
>    }
> end

The second one looks much more to-the-point. And in fact, wouldn't be that hard to do. The first (original poster) attempts to go halfway between Gtk and the rapidity of the second.

The following code implements the second bit. Just hbox, vbox, and buttons, though ;). I do like this idea, for fairly rapid prototyping.

# Begin code
require 'gtk2'

class EzGtkWindow
  def main
    @window = Gtk::Window.new
    @addfunc = lambda { |item| @window.add(item) }
    yield @window
    @window.show_all
  end
  def hbox
    hbox = Gtk::HBox.new(false)
    @addfunc.call( hbox )
    storefunc = @addfunc
    @addfunc = lambda { |item| hbox.pack_start( item ) }
    yield hbox
    @addfunc = storefunc
  end
  def vbox
    vbox = Gtk::VBox.new(false)
    @addfunc.call( vbox )
    storefunc = @addfunc
    @addfunc = lambda { |item| vbox.pack_start( item ) }
    yield vbox
    @addfunc = storefunc
  end
  def button(string,&block)
    button = Gtk::Button.new(string)
    button.signal_connect("clicked",block)
    @addfunc.call( button )
  end
end

class MyWindow < EzGtkWindow
  def initialize
    main {
      hbox {
        vbox {
          button("Do it") { puts "pressed btn1" }
          button("This too") { puts "pressed btn2" }
        }
        vbox {
          button("Quit") { puts Gtk.main_quit }
        }
      }
    }
  end
end

Gtk.init
c = MyWindow.new
Gtk.main

# End code

- Greg Millam