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ulazar

11/18/2007 9:17:00 AM

I would like to create an interface GUI with ruby. What I have to use? I
would like that the GUI could be used in win, osx and linux. Is there a
good interface builder?
15 Answers

Mohit Sindhwani

11/18/2007 9:47:00 AM

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ulazar wrote:
> I would like to create an interface GUI with ruby. What I have to use?
> I would like that the GUI could be used in win, osx and linux. Is
> there a good interface builder?
>
>
>

If you want to design it yourself, I think you can use Ruby/Tk, FoxGUI,
wxWidgets and Shoes. A drag-and-drop interface for designing GUI is
WideStudio. It takes a little getting used to, but it can do quite a
bit of stuff!

Cheers,
Mohit.
11/18/2007 | 5:46 PM.

FireAphis@gmail.com

11/18/2007 11:52:00 AM

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On Nov 18, 11:17 am, ulazar <ula...@XXXtin.it> wrote:
> I would like to create an interface GUI with ruby. What I have to use? I
> would like that the GUI could be used in win, osx and linux. Is there a
> good interface builder?

I had a similar question regarding which library to use. After talking
to people and reading various posts and articles I reached a
conclusion that I have to choose between Tk and GTK2. Tk+Ruby seems to
have more resources on the web but GTK2+Ruby looks better and
apparently is more easily customizable (custom drawn widgets was
easier to create). I've personally chosen GTK2.

Check this out:
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.j...

Regarding a good interface builder I have much less experience. I code
the interface definitions myself.

FireAphis

jh+ruby-lang

11/18/2007 11:55:00 AM

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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:52:25 -0800 (PST)
FireAphis <FireAphis@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 18, 11:17 am, ulazar <ula...@XXXtin.it> wrote:
> > I would like to create an interface GUI with ruby. What I have to use? I
> > would like that the GUI could be used in win, osx and linux. Is there a
> > good interface builder?
>
> I had a similar question regarding which library to use. After talking
> to people and reading various posts and articles I reached a
> conclusion that I have to choose between Tk and GTK2. Tk+Ruby seems to
> have more resources on the web but GTK2+Ruby looks better and
> apparently is more easily customizable (custom drawn widgets was
> easier to create). I've personally chosen GTK2.
>
> Check this out:
> http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.j...
>
> Regarding a good interface builder I have much less experience. I code
> the interface definitions myself.

Glade. Ruby + Gtk2 + glade make UIs a breeze.

-jh

Thomas Adam

11/18/2007 12:06:00 PM

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Hello --

On 18/11/2007, Jonathan Hudson <jh+ruby-lang@daria.co.uk> wrote:
> Glade. Ruby + Gtk2 + glade make UIs a breeze.

I don't mind Tk -- that has the advantage of being in the core, too.

-- Thomas Adam

FireAphis@gmail.com

11/18/2007 12:19:00 PM

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On Nov 18, 2:06 pm, Thomas Adam <thomas.ada...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello --
>
> On 18/11/2007, Jonathan Hudson <jh+ruby-l...@daria.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Glade. Ruby + Gtk2 + glade make UIs a breeze.
>
> I don't mind Tk -- that has the advantage of being in the core, too.
>
> -- Thomas Adam

Yeah. Actually that is its biggest advantage. You have to download a
bunch of libraries from different sources to make Gtk2 run with ruby.
It took me a while to configure all the components correctly (well, in
my case I needed some more libraries than usually required). Tk on the
other hand is already there, ready to be used. If your GUI is small
and practical Tk is excellent.

FireAphis

jh+ruby-lang

11/18/2007 12:44:00 PM

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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:18:32 -0800 (PST)
FireAphis <FireAphis@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 18, 2:06 pm, Thomas Adam <thomas.ada...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello --
> >
> > On 18/11/2007, Jonathan Hudson <jh+ruby-l...@daria.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Glade. Ruby + Gtk2 + glade make UIs a breeze.
> >
> > I don't mind Tk -- that has the advantage of being in the core, too.
> >
> > -- Thomas Adam
>
> Yeah. Actually that is its biggest advantage. You have to download a
> bunch of libraries from different sources to make Gtk2 run with ruby.
> It took me a while to configure all the components correctly (well, in
> my case I needed some more libraries than usually required). Tk on the
> other hand is already there, ready to be used. If your GUI is small
> and practical Tk is excellent.
>

apt-get ruby-gnome (ubuntu et al)

pkg_add -r ruby18-gnome2-all.tgz (FreeBSD)

wget / unzip
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/?News_20070212_1#Same+as+ruby-gtk2-0.16.0-1-i386-msvc...
(win32)

wget / dpkg -i
http://maemo.rubyx.co.uk/ruby-maemo/Packages/maemo3/armel/ruby1.8-maemo_0.3.0-1_maemo3...
(maemo / Nokia N800 / N810)

Granted it's possibly somewhat harder for OSX, partially due to the old
GTK installed by default.

OTOH, one time I tried to track down all the Tk dependencies for
Win32 .... maybe that's also fixed now.

Anyway, personal prejudices aside, there's a pretty good comparison of
UI toolkits at <http://kylecordes.com/2007/03/31/ruby-gui-too...

-jonathan

Alec Ross

11/18/2007 12:56:00 PM

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In message <DqT%i.172462$%k.312379@twister2.libero.it>, ulazar
<ulazar@XXXtin.it> writes
>I would like to create an interface GUI with ruby. What I have to use?
>I would like that the GUI could be used in win, osx and linux. Is there
>a good interface builder?

I suggest you check out wxRuby. There are several interface builders -
free and commercial. DialogBlocks w/ the wxWidgets XRC resource systems
seems to be liked.

HTH

Alec
--
Alec Ross

Jari Williamsson

11/18/2007 1:13:00 PM

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Jonathan Hudson wrote:

> Anyway, personal prejudices aside, there's a pretty good comparison of
> UI toolkits at <http://kylecordes.com/2007/03/31/ruby-gui-too...

...which is already dated. Some GUI toolkits have evolved alot during
the last half-year.

I would recommend that you try the latest versions of all the toolkits
and see which of them is most likely to fit your needs.


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson

Werner

11/18/2007 2:25:00 PM

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ulazar wrote:
> I would like to create an interface GUI with ruby. What I have to use? I
> would like that the GUI could be used in win, osx and linux. Is there a
> good interface builder?

I had good success with qtruby. I had been using qt 3.5.x and kdevelop.
Although my focus was entirely on linux it also seems to also run on win
and osx.

Regards
Werner

Terry Poulin

11/18/2007 4:00:00 PM

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FireAphis wrote:
> On Nov 18, 11:17 am, ulazar <ula...@XXXtin.it> wrote:
>> I would like to create an interface GUI with ruby. What I have to use? I
>> would like that the GUI could be used in win, osx and linux. Is there a
>> good interface builder?
>
> I had a similar question regarding which library to use. After talking
> to people and reading various posts and articles I reached a
> conclusion that I have to choose between Tk and GTK2. Tk+Ruby seems to
> have more resources on the web but GTK2+Ruby looks better and
> apparently is more easily customizable (custom drawn widgets was
> easier to create). I've personally chosen GTK2.
>
> Check this out:
> http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.j...
>
> Regarding a good interface builder I have much less experience. I code
> the interface definitions myself.
>
> FireAphis
>
>


If I am to lazy to write it myself (particually a problem with C++... hehe) I
usually use QT Designer to create the GUI and make use of tools from qtruby to
convert it into Ruby code (rather then C++). Test it and when it's 'good
enough' I start work on prototyping the implementation code.


I like GTK+ programs but I have never used it for programming beyond tutorials
in C though. So I wouldn't know much about how GTK+ works with Ruby.

Cheers.


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