I'm looking into wxRuby myself after looking at FXRuby and having
marginal success. I am a returning list member after being gone for
~1 year. Here is some sample code that works for me on Windows with
the One-Click Installer and wxRuby. FXRuby and Tk both had PigIt
examples in the sample directories, yet wxRuby didn't. This is my
first attempt at wxRuby, so feel free to slice and dice.
Warm Regards-
Craig
# This is a wxRuby version of Thomas and Hunt's timeless classic, Pig It!
# example (from the "Ruby/Tk" chapter of "Programming Ruby".)
# Implemented by Craig Moran
require 'wxruby'
include Wx
Button_Pig = 1
Button_Exit = 2
class PigFrame < Frame
def initialize
super(nil, -1, "Pig", Point.new(100, 100), Size.new(300, 130))
panel = Panel.new(self, -1)
sizer = BoxSizer.new(VERTICAL)
pigText = StaticText.new(panel, -1, "Enter text:", DEFAULT_POSITION)
sizer.add(pigText, 0, ALIGN_CENTER)
@text = TextCtrl.new(panel, -1, "", DEFAULT_POSITION,
DEFAULT_SIZE, TE_MULTILINE)
sizer.add(@text, 1, GROW|ALL, 2)
pigButton = Button.new(panel, Button_Pig, "Pig It!", DEFAULT_POSITION)
sizer.add(pigButton, 0, ALIGN_CENTER|ALL, 2)
exitButton = Button.new(panel, Button_Exit, "Exit", DEFAULT_POSITION)
sizer.add(exitButton, 0, ALIGN_CENTER|ALL, 2)
panel.set_sizer(sizer)
show(true)
evt_button(Button_Pig) {showPig}
evt_button(Button_Exit) {onExit}
end
def pig(word)
leadingCap = word =~ /^A-Z/
word.downcase!
res = case word
when /^aeiouy/
word+"way"
when /^([^aeiouy]+)(.*)/
$2+$1+"ay"
else
word
end
leadingCap ? res.capitalize : res
end
def showPig
@text.set_value(@text.get_value.split.collect{|w| pig(w)}.join(" "))
end
def onExit
close(true)
end
end
class PigApp < App
def on_init
PigFrame.new
end
end
PigApp.new.main_loop
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:19:48 +0900, Shashank Date <shanko_date@yahoo.com> wrote:
Welcome, Nick !
--- Nick <devel@nicreations.com> wrote:
> So, having subscribed recently to the ruby-talk
> mailing list, I've
> noticed that wxruby doesn't seem to have the
> "respect" of other GUI
> libraries.
And that will change, now that you are here 
Seriously, having one of the core developers on this
ML helps a lot ... I can vouche for that based on my
experience with FxRuby. Lyle Johnson's stupendous
presence here increases the comfort level by two
orders of magnitude.
> I know GUI-library preference is a holy
> war almost up there
> with vi versus emacs, but since I'm a wxruby
> developer, I'd like to know
> what people "don't" like about wxruby. Otherwise,
> how else do we improve?
Now, that I have written a full blown (but tiny)
commercial app in wxRuby, I can say that one area
which we (almost always) can improve upon is
documentation and sample code. I will gladly
contribute on both fronts.
> Browsing online, I've found a few complaints:
>
> Difficulty in getting it installed - Daniel
> Sheppard,
> Casinonic Australia – how to get much pleasure?
This situation has improved a lot. Although, IMO, at
least on the Windows platform, I would like for it to
be optionally installed. I am aware that this would
add to the girth of the one-click installer, so it
could be an issue.
> Use of ugly integer values for event handlers -
> http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~naseby/31.html
Hmmm .. that did not bother me much. Isn't it an issue
with the other GUI's too ?
> It's a good start (though I don't know what platform
> Mr. Sheppard is
> trying to install on), but any other discussion
> would be most helpful.
I must mention here that the lack of
documentation/samples has been compensated by
all the help I get on the wxRuby mailing list.
Thank you !
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
-- shanko
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