Ruby in Browsers?

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petermichaux@yahoo.com [mailto:petermichaux@yahoo.com]

#Any moves out there to get Ruby imbeded in browsers?

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#How about Ruby as a client-side scripting web standard? (Maybe it would
#have to be Ruby Light with the file accessors removed.)

maybe you can take a look at activescriptruby. though i can run it only on win ie, it may help you. it needs only one or two dll. The ff html eg runs great (i just tried it).

<html>
<head>
<title>Yo-Ko-So ! Active Ruby World !</title>
<script language="RubyScript">
  ActiveScriptRuby.settrace false

  @ctbl = ["red", "firebrick", "deeppink", "hotpink", "lightpink",
           "darksalmon", "darkorange", "coral", "crimson" ]
  @ftbl = ["Times New Roman", "Modern", "Tahoma", "Arial", "Century",
           "Courier New"]
  @stbl = ["x-small", "small", "medium", "large", "x-large", "xx-large"]

  def changeColor(s)
   @window.document.all(s).style.color = @ctbl[rand(@ctbl.length)]
   @window.setTimeout("changeColor(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
  end

  def changeFont(s)
   @window.document.all(s).style.fontFamily = @ftbl[rand(@ftbl.length)]
   @window.setTimeout("changeFont(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
  end

  def changeSize(s)
   @window.document.all(s).style.fontSize = @stbl[rand(@stbl.length)]
   @window.setTimeout("changeSize(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
  end

  def changePos(s)
   @window.document.all(s).style.posTop = rand(@window.screen.availHeight)
   @window.document.all(s).style.posLeft = rand(@window.screen.availWidth)
   @window.setTimeout("changePos(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
  end

  def run()
    bdy = ""
    ["ruby1", "ruby2", "ruby3", "ruby4", "ruby5", "ruby6", "ruby7"].each do |s|
      bdy += "<SPAN ID=#{s} style='position:absolute'>Ruby</SPAN>"
      @window.setTimeout("changeColor(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
      @window.setTimeout("changeFont(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
      @window.setTimeout("changeSize(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
      @window.setTimeout("changePos(\"#{s}\")", rand(8000) + 1, "RubyScript")
    end
    @window.document.body.innerHTML = bdy
  end
</script>
</head>
<body language="RubyScript" onload="run" bgcolor="black">
</body>
</html>

kind regards -botp