Hi Arndt,

Just wanted to let you know of the library I'm currently working on:
http://github.com/manveru/ffi-tk
I'll go through your stuff, sounds really handy.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Arndt Roger Schneider
<arndt.roger@[...].de>  wrote:
>  Hi Ruby commuters
> 
>  It is my distinct pleasure to announce the
>  availability of Runtime Library 3.0
>  and Gestalt Items 1.1 for Ruby-tk and Ruby.
> 
>  Both libraries are written in Tcl/Tk >= version 8.4.
>  Ruby-tk based Ruby Wrapper classes are part the
>  libraries, making them accesible from Ruby.
> 
>  The libraries contain a wide range of
>  composite windows for Tk:
> 
>  Basic Container windows for
>  * scroll able dialogs
>  * automatic scrollbar management
> 
>  Listboxes and Hierarchy
>  * Combobox
>  * A edit able listbox (called gistbox)
>  * Multi-column listboxes
>  * Tree
> 
>  A complete AQUA compliant toolbar
>  infrastructure
>  * goolbar and zoolbar, toolbars
>   implemented in Tk canvas and / or TkPath and
>   TkZinc
>  * gooleditor the associated interactive
>   toolbar editor.
>  * A multi-line toolbar (galette)
> 
>  Dialogs:
>  * A dual shell, could serve as an
>   interactive Ruby shell
>  * A Font selection dialog (Windows design)
> 
>  tabset, status bar, ...
> 
> 
>  Take a look at the brand-new manual pages dedicated to Ruby:
>  http://gestaltitems.sourceforge.net/ruby/index.html
> 
>  There is currently only one Ruby specific examples inside the
>  Ruby manual pages, sorry.
> 
>  The Ruby wrapper classes do not contain typed
>  properties or methods, such as for tracing variables.
>  These Ruby-tk specific features are best implemnted through
>  inheritance. The Ruby wrapper classes are be generated
>  from the Tcl/Tk source.
> 
> 
>  Some Details about the Libraries:
> 
>  All the composite windows
>  use explicit naming conventions
>  --they are predeterministic-- to keep
>  bi-directional communication between
>  Tcl and Ruby minimal.
> 
>  Most of the composite windows either use the
>  Tk canvas or TkPath pathCanvas window in their
>  implementation. This makes it possible to convert
>  all the composites into SVG.
>  The SVG generator is a separate --unpublished-- tool
>  and not bundled with the libraries.
>  The manual pages contain such SVGs generated from Tk.
> 
>  TkPath is highly recommended to gain a
>  visually sophisticated GUI. The libraries
>  do also work without TkPath. TkPath is
>  based on CAIRO under X11 and bypasses the
>  Tk X11-emulation layer under Windows and OSX.
> 
> 
>  Download Packages:
>  geitems11.tgz -- Gestalt Items Library in Tcl/Tk
>  geitemsRuby11.tgz -- Ruby classes for above Gestalt Items
> 
>  rtl30.tgz -- Runtime Library in Tcl/Tk
>  rtlruby30.tgz -- Ruby classes for above Runtime Library
> 
>  Also see the original documentation at:
>  http://gestaltitems.sourceforge.net
> 
>  The Runtime Library (Tcl/Tk) is documented by two
>  books, the latest book is online at:
>  http://gestaltitems.sourceforge.net/rtl/index.html
> 
>  The Gestalt Items book:
>  http://gestaltitems.sourceforge.net/geitems/index.html
> 
>  All three books contain lots of Tcl/Tk examples
>  and screen shots (as bitmaps).
> 
> 
>  -roger
> 
> 



-- 
Michael Fellinger
CTO, The Rubyists, LLC
972-996-5199