The gems of the Ruby-GNOME2 project have been updated to the version 3.0.8.
Those new versions bring:
* better support for GTK3
* a complete tutorial for writting GTK3 applications with ruby:
* GLib::Regex support
* bug fixes
* and more.
== About the Ruby-GNOME2 project
As a reminder, and for those that didn't know, the Ruby-GNOME2 project
is a set of bindings for the GNOME 2.x and 3.x libraries to use from
Ruby 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.
The Ruby-GNOME2 project provides the following gems:
atk cairo-gobject
clutter clutter-gstreamer
clutter-gtk gdk_pixbuf2
gdk3 gio2
glib2 gobject-introspection
gstreamer gtk2
gtk3 gtksourceview2
gtksourceview3 gvlc
pango poppler
rsvg2 vte
vte3 webkit-gtk
webkit2-gtk webkit-gtk2
Since the version 3.0.0, the Ruby-GNOME2 gems are based on the
gobject-instropection whenever it is possible. The platforms supported
are Linux, Windows and OS X.
In order to install a gem (gtk3 for example) just do :
gem install gtk3
Sites for the project:
https://github.com/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/
== About GTK+
from http://www.gtk.org/
GTK+ is a highly usable, feature rich toolkit for creating
graphical user interfaces which boasts cross platform
compatibility and an easy to use API. GTK+ it is written
in C, but has bindings to many other popular programming
languages such as C++, Python and C# among others. GTK+ is
licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 allowing development of
both free and proprietary software with GTK+ without any
license fees or royalties.
== About GNOME
from http://www.gnome.org/about/
The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop
environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for
users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive
framework for building applications that integrate into
the rest of the desktop.