From stuart_clarke86 at yahoo.com  Wed Apr  1 03:45:37 2009
From: stuart_clarke86 at yahoo.com (Stuart Clarke)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:45:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [fxruby-users] Data formating - Text Frame
In-Reply-To: <57cf8f720903310932l25fe6c3m2e728d0751d67da7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <184769.54531.qm@web86611.mail.ird.yahoo.com>

I have output the data to the GUI. I have just one question. Can you turn of the individual scroll bars on each column and have just one scroll bar to control all of the columns?

Many thanks

--- On Tue, 31/3/09, Lyle Johnson <lyle at lylejohnson.name> wrote:
From: Lyle Johnson <lyle at lylejohnson.name>
Subject: Re: [fxruby-users] Data formating - Text Frame
To: fxruby-users at rubyforge.org
Date: Tuesday, 31 March, 2009, 5:32 PM

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Stuart Clarke
<stuart_clarke86 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have just noticed FXList and have added this to my GUI.
> It is possible to break my array down to fit into this list structure
using appendItem?

You are the only person who can answer this question. If you have a
list of items that you'd like to display, so that the user can pick
one or more items from that list, then yes, you might want to use
FXList. Based on your earlier e-mail, it sort-of looked like you were
trying to display tabular data (i.e. multiple rows and columns). If
that's the case, you might want to use FXTable instead.
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From drocco at westga.edu  Wed Apr  1 14:33:13 2009
From: drocco at westga.edu (Daniel Rocco)
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:33:13 -0400
Subject: [fxruby-users] fonts & rotated text redux
Message-ID: <49D3B369.4000500@westga.edu>

hi folks,

I'm a new FXRuby user using the library as part of an introductory CS 
course.  I'd like to offer a huge "thank you" to Lyle and the other 
contributors to the example programs, which make getting started 
surprisingly easy.  I have a few questions I was hoping someone would be 
able to shed some light on:
 
1.  Is there a repository of snippets, recipes, or links to programs 
using FXRuby?  In particular, I'd be interested in any FXRuby games, 
particularly simpler ones, since I like to smuggle practice with CS 
concepts into interesting projects but don't want to write everything 
from scratch if I don't have to.
 
2.  Is there a particular search path used for font files?  I'd like to 
distribute some custom fonts with one or two projects, but couldn't find 
any information about how fonts are located.  (We are on Windows, using 
the bundled FXRuby that comes with the one click installer for Ruby 1.8.x)

3.  Concerning rotating fonts, the information I've found suggests that 
not all fonts on Windows can be rotated, but that TrueType fonts can 
be.  Does this include OpenType fonts?  Is there any way to determine if 
a particular font can be rotated or not (aside from trying it!)?
 
4.  I can't seem to get rotated text to work.  I've attempted to follow 
Jeroen's steps from an earlier post (Feb. 2008), but the text stubbornly 
insists on appearing in its original orientation.  Here is what I've got 
at the moment:

class ParchmentMap < FXMainWindow
    # initialize the main map GUI and the instance variables for the map
    def initialize(app)

        # Invoke base class initialize method first
        super(app, "CS 1300 Parchment Map Environment", nil, nil, 
DECOR_ALL, 0, 0, 1024, 768)
       
        # Sunken border for map canvas
        frame = FXHorizontalFrame.new(self,
          FRAME_SUNKEN|FRAME_THICK|LAYOUT_FILL_X|LAYOUT_FILL_Y,
          :padLeft => 0, :padRight => 0, :padTop => 0, :padBottom => 0)

        # Make canvas
        @canvas = FXCanvas.new(frame, :opts => LAYOUT_FILL_X|LAYOUT_FILL_Y)
       
        # load parchment background
        background = load_image('./images/parchment.jpg')
        background.create()
       
        @canvas.connect(SEL_PAINT) do |sender, sel, event|
            FXDCWindow.new(@canvas, event) do |dc|
                dc.drawImage(background, 0, 0)
               
                dc.foreground = "black"   
           
                font = FXFont.new(app, 'Arial', 16)
                font.setAngle(5760)
                font.create()
                dc.font = font

                dc.drawText(10, 30, "CS 1300 programming DRY divide and 
conquer Ruby")

            end
        end
end

I've tried several different fonts including both TrueType and OpenType 
varieties, and while the fonts change appearance, the rotation does not 
happen.

Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer!
dan


From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Wed Apr  8 10:37:55 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:37:55 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] Fox stable 1.6.36
In-Reply-To: <E6A0649F1FBFA3408A37F505400E7AC215CDDA@email.attiksystem.ch>
References: <Acm4FMDdUdEP2CEmSKa5gwInjVVPdw==>
	<E6A0649F1FBFA3408A37F505400E7AC215CDDA@email.attiksystem.ch>
Message-ID: <57cf8f720904080737i7ed71111sd2d786fe51711663@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Philippe Lang
<philippe.lang at attiksystem.ch> wrote:

> I have just seen that the latest Fox version 1.6.36 corrects a bug with
> the FXTable startInput() call.
>
> I'm not sure at all, but I think it might correct one of the pending
> problem, when a modal dialog is called while a cell is being edited.
>
> You certainly have a lot to do, but if you have a few minutes during the
> next weeks, it would be great to have a new release.

Sure. I didn't realize that Jeroen had released this bug fix.

> By the way, what about numbering in the future the FXRuby releases like the Fox release,
> plus an extra version: 1.6.36.1, 1.6.36.2...?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean.

Because the FOX 1.6 API is frozen, the idea is that any release of
FXRuby 1.6 can be built against any release of FOX 1.6. In other
words, FXRuby depends only on the public API of FOX.

To date I've been in the habit of only making a new release of FXRuby
1.6 when something about the FXRuby code has changed (whether it's a
bug fix or a feature addition). I don't make a new release of FXRuby
1.6 for every new release of FOX 1.6, because there's no need---if you
want to take advantage of a FOX bug fix (such as the one in FOX
1.6.36), you just recompile the latest FXRuby 1.6 against the latest
FOX 1.6 release.

The binary releases, where we include some precompiled version of FOX
in the gem, are a special case, and I'm wondering if that's what
you're referring to?

From kwicher at gmail.com  Sun Apr 12 23:49:34 2009
From: kwicher at gmail.com (kwicher)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:49:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [fxruby-users] Strange behaviour of FXDataTarget connected to
	FXTextField
Message-ID: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>

Hi

I have a following small program in which I am enabling or disabling a
button depending on the presence of text in the text filed. I am using
the FXDataTarget connected to the text field. I also want to add
possibility to paste the data into text filed upon pressing right
mouse button etc. Now, everything works fine until I try to connect
the mouse button action to the text field, then the FXDataTarget stops
working. I am attaching the program; the mouse staff is commented out.
Please have a look test the program with un- and commented  lines.

#----------
require "rubygems"
require "fox16"
include Fox
class MyProject < FXMainWindow
  def initialize (app, title)
    super(app,title, :opts=>DECOR_ALL^(DECOR_SHRINKABLE|
DECOR_STRETCHABLE|DECOR_RESIZE)|
LAYOUT_EXPLICIT,:width=>400,:height=>300)
    @female_target = FXDataTarget.new("")
    female_text = FXTextField.new(self, 25,:target =>
@female_target, :selector => FXDataTarget::ID_VALUE, :opts =>
TEXTFIELD_NORMAL|TEXTFIELD_ENTER_ONLY|
LAYOUT_EXPLICIT,:x=>85, :y=>12,:width=>120, :height=>25)

    #female_text.connect(SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE) do |sender, sel,
event|
    #    end

    @female_target.connect(SEL_CHANGED) do |sender, sel, data|
      if data.size>0  and @number_target.value.size>0
        @submit_button.enable
      else
        @submit_button.disable
      end
    end

    @number_target = FXDataTarget.new("")
    number_text = FXTextField.new(self, 25,:target =>
@number_target, :selector => FXDataTarget::ID_VALUE, :opts =>
FRAME_NORMAL|TEXTFIELD_ENTER_ONLY|
LAYOUT_EXPLICIT,:x=>85, :y=>47,:width=>90, :height=>25)
    @number_target.connect(SEL_CHANGED) do |sender, sel, data|
      if data.size >0 and @female_target.value.size>0
        @submit_button.enable
      else
        @submit_button.disable
      end
    end

    @submit_button=FXButton.new
(self,"Submit",:x=>85, :y=>180, :width=>300, :height=>24,:opts=>LAYOUT_EXPLICIT|
BUTTON_NORMAL)
    @submit_button.connect(SEL_COMMAND) do
    end
    @submit_button.disable

  end
  def create
    super
    show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
  end
end
app = FXApp.new
MyProject.new(app, "test")
app.create
app.run
#---------


Thanks

Krzys

From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Mon Apr 13 10:10:24 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:10:24 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] Strange behaviour of FXDataTarget connected to
	FXTextField
In-Reply-To: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
References: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
Message-ID: <57cf8f720904130710r6e0431deqab00c26182c218e1@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:49 PM, kwicher <kwicher at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a following small program in which I am enabling or disabling a
> button depending on the presence of text in the text filed. I am using
> the FXDataTarget connected to the text field. I also want to add
> possibility to paste the data into text filed upon pressing right
> mouse button etc. Now, everything works fine until I try to connect
> the mouse button action to the text field, then the FXDataTarget stops
> working.

Right. A widget (such as FXTextField) can only have one message target
at a time. The FXTextField cannot be connected to both the
FXDataTarget and the SEL_CHANGED handler (or the commented-out
SEL_RIGHTBUTTONPRESS handler).

From kwicher at gmail.com  Mon Apr 13 19:26:36 2009
From: kwicher at gmail.com (XY$)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:26:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [fxruby-users] Strange behaviour of FXDataTarget connected to
	FXTextField
In-Reply-To: <57cf8f720904130710r6e0431deqab00c26182c218e1@mail.gmail.com>
References: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
	<57cf8f720904130710r6e0431deqab00c26182c218e1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <29665a52-6c87-4ecd-96f1-3fa1a69ae002@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>

Thanks I see ...
.. but if I connect my SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE handler to the
FXDataTarget instead it should receive the message from FXText (I
found out that FXTextField does not sends right button messages) ,
shouldn't it?

I rewrote the application and SEL_CHANGED handler works but
SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE - does not.

Do I not understand something? :)

Regards

K



require "rubygems"
require "fox16"
include Fox
class MyProject < FXMainWindow
  def initialize (app, title)
    super(app,title, :opts=>DECOR_ALL^(DECOR_SHRINKABLE|
DECOR_STRETCHABLE|DECOR_RESIZE)|
LAYOUT_EXPLICIT,:width=>400,:height=>300)
    @female_target = FXDataTarget.new("")
    female_text = FXText.new(self,:target => @female_target, :selector
=> FXDataTarget::ID_VALUE, :opts => TEXTFIELD_NORMAL|
TEXTFIELD_ENTER_ONLY|
LAYOUT_EXPLICIT,:x=>85, :y=>12,:width=>120, :height=>25)

    @female_target.connect(SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE) do |sender, sel,
event|
      puts "ooo"
        end

    @female_target.connect(SEL_CHANGED) do |sender, sel, data|
      if data.size>0  and @number_target.value.size>0
        @submit_button.enable
      else
        @submit_button.disable
      end
    end

    @number_target = FXDataTarget.new("")
    number_text = FXTextField.new(self, 25,:target =>
@number_target, :selector => FXDataTarget::ID_VALUE, :opts =>
FRAME_NORMAL|TEXTFIELD_ENTER_ONLY|
LAYOUT_EXPLICIT,:x=>85, :y=>47,:width=>90, :height=>25)
    @number_target.connect(SEL_CHANGED) do |sender, sel, data|
      if data.size >0 and @female_target.value.size>0
        @submit_button.enable
      else
        @submit_button.disable
      end
    end

    @submit_button=FXButton.new
(self,"Submit",:x=>85, :y=>180, :width=>300, :height=>24,:opts=>LAYOUT_EXPLICIT|
BUTTON_NORMAL)
    @submit_button.connect(SEL_COMMAND) do
    end
    @submit_button.disable

  end
  def create
    super
    show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
  end
end
app = FXApp.new
MyProject.new(app, "test")
app.create
app.run


On Apr 13, 3:10?pm, Lyle Johnson <l... at lylejohnson.name> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:49 PM, kwicher <kwic... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a following small program in which I am enabling or disabling a
> > button depending on the presence of text in the text filed. I am using
> > the FXDataTarget connected to the text field. I also want to add
> > possibility to paste the data into text filed upon pressing right
> > mouse button etc. Now, everything works fine until I try to connect
> > the mouse button action to the text field, then the FXDataTarget stops
> > working.
>
> Right. A widget (such as FXTextField) can only have one message target
> at a time. The FXTextField cannot be connected to both the
> FXDataTarget and the SEL_CHANGED handler (or the commented-out
> SEL_RIGHTBUTTONPRESS handler).
> _______________________________________________
> fxruby-users mailing list
> fxruby-us... at rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/fxruby-users

From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Tue Apr 14 09:04:12 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:04:12 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] Strange behaviour of FXDataTarget connected to
	FXTextField
In-Reply-To: <29665a52-6c87-4ecd-96f1-3fa1a69ae002@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>
References: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
	<57cf8f720904130710r6e0431deqab00c26182c218e1@mail.gmail.com>
	<29665a52-6c87-4ecd-96f1-3fa1a69ae002@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>
Message-ID: <4FF27800-4D1E-457F-8E98-05E9C454FB09@lylejohnson.name>


On Apr 13, 2009, at 6:26 PM, XY$ wrote:

> Thanks I see ...
> .. but if I connect my SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE handler to the
> FXDataTarget instead it should receive the message from FXText (I
> found out that FXTextField does not sends right button messages) ,
> shouldn't it?

I'm pretty sure that FXDataTarget only forwards SEL_COMMAND and  
SEL_CHANGED messages to its target, so no, you wouldn't get the  
SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE message.

From kwicher at gmail.com  Tue Apr 14 12:24:54 2009
From: kwicher at gmail.com (XY$)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:24:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [fxruby-users] Strange behaviour of FXDataTarget connected to
	FXTextField
In-Reply-To: <4FF27800-4D1E-457F-8E98-05E9C454FB09@lylejohnson.name>
References: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
	<57cf8f720904130710r6e0431deqab00c26182c218e1@mail.gmail.com> 
	<29665a52-6c87-4ecd-96f1-3fa1a69ae002@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> 
	<4FF27800-4D1E-457F-8E98-05E9C454FB09@lylejohnson.name>
Message-ID: <b87326ff-3e26-44f7-a61a-2cc38db6c50e@v28g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>

If it is like that, what should be the target for the FXText so that I
can handle SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE message sent by it? Should the
target be self?

Thanks
K

On Apr 14, 2:04?pm, Lyle Johnson <l... at lylejohnson.name> wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2009, at 6:26 PM, XY$ wrote:
>
> > Thanks I see ...
> > .. but if I connect my SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE handler to the
> > FXDataTarget instead it should receive the message from FXText (I
> > found out that FXTextField does not sends right button messages) ,
> > shouldn't it?
>
> I'm pretty sure that FXDataTarget only forwards SEL_COMMAND and ?
> SEL_CHANGED messages to its target, so no, you wouldn't get the ?
> SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE message.
> _______________________________________________
> fxruby-users mailing list
> fxruby-us... at rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/fxruby-users

From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Tue Apr 14 13:48:27 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:48:27 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] Strange behaviour of FXDataTarget connected to
	FXTextField
In-Reply-To: <b87326ff-3e26-44f7-a61a-2cc38db6c50e@v28g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>
References: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
	<57cf8f720904130710r6e0431deqab00c26182c218e1@mail.gmail.com>
	<29665a52-6c87-4ecd-96f1-3fa1a69ae002@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>
	<4FF27800-4D1E-457F-8E98-05E9C454FB09@lylejohnson.name>
	<b87326ff-3e26-44f7-a61a-2cc38db6c50e@v28g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>
Message-ID: <57cf8f720904141048m1db9d580t25fdc73526c3eccd@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:24 AM, XY$ <kwicher at gmail.com> wrote:

> If it is like that, what should be the target for the FXText so that I
> can handle SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE message sent by it? Should the
> target be self?

Well, there's nothing special about it, but I'd probably just use an
anonymous handler, e.g.

    text_widget.connect(SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE) do
      # handle right button release on text widget
    end

Hope this helps,

Lyle

From kwicher at gmail.com  Tue Apr 14 18:24:23 2009
From: kwicher at gmail.com (XY$)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:24:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [fxruby-users] Strange behaviour of FXDataTarget connected to
	FXTextField
In-Reply-To: <57cf8f720904141048m1db9d580t25fdc73526c3eccd@mail.gmail.com>
References: <95beed56-202d-4036-90bb-bf44a7a16aad@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
	<57cf8f720904130710r6e0431deqab00c26182c218e1@mail.gmail.com> 
	<29665a52-6c87-4ecd-96f1-3fa1a69ae002@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> 
	<4FF27800-4D1E-457F-8E98-05E9C454FB09@lylejohnson.name>
	<b87326ff-3e26-44f7-a61a-2cc38db6c50e@v28g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>
	<57cf8f720904141048m1db9d580t25fdc73526c3eccd@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1d16f124-0132-47aa-b155-9c432da87b12@j8g2000yql.googlegroups.com>

Thanks a lot. I got it and it works.

K

On 14 Apr, 18:48, Lyle Johnson <l... at lylejohnson.name> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:24 AM, XY$ <kwic... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If it is like that, what should be the target for the FXText so that I
> > can handle SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE message sent by it? Should the
> > target be self?
>
> Well, there's nothing special about it, but I'd probably just use an
> anonymous handler, e.g.
>
> ? ? text_widget.connect(SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE) do
> ? ? ? # handle right button release on text widget
> ? ? end
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Lyle
> _______________________________________________
> fxruby-users mailing list
> fxruby-us... at rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/fxruby-users

From stuart_clarke86 at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 23 14:10:39 2009
From: stuart_clarke86 at yahoo.com (Stuart Clarke)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:10:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [fxruby-users] File opening alternatives
Message-ID: <72692.10280.qm@web86603.mail.ird.yahoo.com>


Hi all,

IN FX, you can open an individual files using the normal file > open and se=
lecting a file. I was wondering if it is possible to drag and drop a file i=
nto a GUI and open it that way?

Thanks in advance

Stuar


      

From eddyhkim at gmail.com  Fri Apr 24 19:03:37 2009
From: eddyhkim at gmail.com (eddy)
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:03:37 -0700
Subject: [fxruby-users] custom widget (event) questions
Message-ID: <49F24549.8040709@gmail.com>

Hi all,

First, kudos to Lyle for the nice work for the work bringing Fox to Ruby.

I'm trying to create a custom widget that looks and acts like a regular 
pushbutton with some additional look and behavior.  I don't think I can 
use a regular FXButton because I can't seem to style the text inside, or 
have bands of different colors.  Eventually it will flash when an alarm 
goes off.

I tried to create a custom widget like this:

class PushB < FXVerticalFrame
  include Responder

  attr_accessor :header, :footer, :main_text

  def initialize(parent, dialog, opts = {})
    @size = 100
    @header_text, @footer_text, @main_text = 
nil,opts[:timer_type],opts[:main]
    @child = []
    @dialog = dialog
    @o = opts

    super(parent,
      
:opts=>FRAME_RAISED|FRAME_THICK|LAYOUT_FILL_Y|LAYOUT_CENTER_X|LAYOUT_CENTER_Y|LAYOUT_FIX_WIDTH|LAYOUT_FIX_HEIGHT,
      :width=>@size, :height=>@size, :padding=>0
    )
    FXMAPFUNC(SEL_LEFTBUTTONPRESS, 0, :on_left_click)

    @meta_button = self
    @meta_button.backColor = FXRGB(0,200,0)

    w = @size - 4
    base_disp_opts = 
LAYOUT_CENTER_X|LAYOUT_SIDE_TOP|LAYOUT_FIX_HEIGHT|LAYOUT_FIX_WIDTH
    @child << FXLabel.new(@meta_button, @header_text||"", :width=>w, 
:height=>25,
      :opts=>base_disp_opts|FRAME_RAISED
    )
    @child.last.connect(SEL_LEFTBUTTONPRESS, method(:on_left_click))
    
    @child << FXLabel.new(@meta_button, @main_text||"", 
:width=>w,:height=>55,
      :opts=>base_disp_opts
    )
    @child.last.connect(SEL_LEFTBUTTONPRESS, method(:on_left_click))

    @child << FXLabel.new(@meta_button, @footer_text||"", :width=>w, 
:height=>25,
      :opts=>base_disp_opts|FRAME_RAISED
    )
    @child.last.connect(SEL_LEFTBUTTONPRESS, method(:on_left_click))

    set_normal_state
    
    enable
  end
  def set_normal_state
    @child[0].backColor= FXRGB(100,150,0)
    @child[2].backColor= FXRGB(100,150,0)
  end
  def set_alarm_state
  end
  def toggle_state
  end
  def on_left_click(sender, sel, event)
    puts "XXX buttonpress - #{sender} #{sel} #{event}"
    @dialog.execute
  end
end

Lots of hardcoded stuff since I'm just experimenting right now.  Sorry 
for the horribly ugly code, but this is my first attempt at a FXRuby 
program. :)

The widget is a square "button", made up of three FXLabel instances.  
Unfortunately, I haven't hit upon how to make the entire widget respond 
as one to a mouse click.  The FXMAPFUNC call that I found in the list 
archives only works on the frame itself.  Since the child elements take 
up all the space, they intercept the mouse click.  So right now, each 
child is handling the event independently.

How would one get the child elements to pass the click event to their 
parent?

Then the major problem I haven't figured out yet... If I have more than 
one of these widgets, each one needs to know when it was clicked.  
Sounds like a good use for FXDataTarget, but passing :target to a label 
or frame causes mass panic and confusion :)   Unrecognized parameter 
target (ArgumentError)

What would the strategy be to get the target of the mouse click?  The 
event object that is passed to on_left_click handler contains an FXEvent 
which has co-ordinates.  That can't be right, but I haven't found any 
info on how to get the data target working for a fox object that is not 
expecting it.  Is there some way to pass self as a parameter when 
connecting?   ie. .connect(SEL_LEFTBUTTONPRESS, method(:xxx), self)

Any pointers or tips greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Ed


From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Sat Apr 25 07:45:58 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:45:58 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] File opening alternatives
In-Reply-To: <72692.10280.qm@web86603.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
References: <72692.10280.qm@web86603.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <B79E85C9-3E03-49C6-BFA4-7A6635211884@lylejohnson.name>


On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Stuart Clarke wrote:

> IN FX, you can open an individual files using the normal file > open  
> and se=
> lecting a file. I was wondering if it is possible to drag and drop a  
> file i=
> nto a GUI and open it that way?

I know that that feature has been requested in the past, but as far as  
I know, you still can't drag a file from the Windows explorer and drop  
it onto a FOX (or FXRuby) application. This would require some changes  
in FOX to add support for that.

From eddyhkim at gmail.com  Sat Apr 25 15:20:59 2009
From: eddyhkim at gmail.com (eddy)
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:20:59 -0700
Subject: [fxruby-users] custom widget (Event) q's
Message-ID: <49F3629B.1010802@gmail.com>

Hi again,

I think my example is probably not a good one for my question, as I 
*can* figure out what the parent is by looking up the instance 
variables, and do what I need to there.

However, I'm am still curious as to the best way to use the fox message 
passing framework to send messages in general.  As I understand it, the 
connect method is for specifying when receiving a message and I found a 
reference to sending or delegating messages in the regular Fox docs, 
using ->handle  which doesn't work in ruby land.

Thanks,
Ed


From rschaeff at comcast.net  Sun Apr 26 17:12:39 2009
From: rschaeff at comcast.net (Rick Schaeffer)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:12:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [fxruby-users]  FXDialogBox - how to close
Message-ID: <23236392.post@talk.nabble.com>


I have an FXDialogBox that I want to programmatically close.  I have been
unable to figure out how to do it and am baffled!

If I add an "Accept" button using this code:

    accept = FXButton.new(buttons, "&Accept", nil, self, ID_ACCEPT,
      FRAME_RAISED|FRAME_THICK|LAYOUT_RIGHT|LAYOUT_CENTER_Y)

the dialog exits properly when I hit the button.  BUT...I don't want to have
a button in the dialog.  When the user selects an item from a listbox, I
just want to do the same thing as "Accept".  I have tried having the dialog
close itself.  The window closes but the parent window thinks it still
exists (The dialog is "modal").  Nothing I have tried closes the dialog box
and lets the parent window function normally.

-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FXDialogBox---how-to-close-tp23236392p23236392.html
Sent from the FXRuby Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.


From jeroen at fox-toolkit.org  Sun Apr 26 23:47:23 2009
From: jeroen at fox-toolkit.org (Jeroen van der Zijp)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:47:23 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] File opening alternatives
In-Reply-To: <72692.10280.qm@web86603.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
References: <72692.10280.qm@web86603.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <200904262247.23465.jeroen@fox-toolkit.org>

On Thursday 23 April 2009, Stuart Clarke wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> IN FX, you can open an individual files using the normal file > open and se=
> lecting a file. I was wondering if it is possible to drag and drop a file i=
> nto a GUI and open it that way?

Yes, but only under Unix/X11 when the other application [the one doing the
dragging] supports XDND.

The exception is if the other application is a FOX application; then it
works on all platforms.


		- Jeroen



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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Copyright (C) 22:40 04/26/2009 Jeroen van der Zijp.   All Rights Reserved. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

From philippe.lang at attiksystem.ch  Mon Apr 27 01:54:54 2009
From: philippe.lang at attiksystem.ch (Philippe Lang)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:54:54 +0200
Subject: [fxruby-users] FXDialogBox - how to close
References: <23236392.post@talk.nabble.com>
Message-ID: <E6A0649F1FBFA3408A37F505400E7AC211897C@email.attiksystem.ch>

fxruby-users-bounces at rubyforge.org wrote:
> I have an FXDialogBox that I want to programmatically close.  I have
> been unable to figure out how to do it and am baffled! 
> 
> If I add an "Accept" button using this code:
> 
>     accept = FXButton.new(buttons, "&Accept", nil, self, ID_ACCEPT,
>       FRAME_RAISED|FRAME_THICK|LAYOUT_RIGHT|LAYOUT_CENTER_Y)
> 
> the dialog exits properly when I hit the button.  BUT...I don't want
> to have a button in the dialog.  When the user selects an item from a
> listbox, I just want to do the same thing as "Accept".  I have tried
> having the dialog close itself.  The window closes but the parent
> window thinks it still exists (The dialog is "modal").  Nothing I
> have tried closes the dialog box and lets the parent window function
> normally.      

Hi,

Maybe you can try this:

  # Closes the dialog.
  def closeDialog
    close
    $app.stopModal
  end

... where $app is your application object.

Best regards,

Philippe Lang
Attik System

From rschaeff at comcast.net  Mon Apr 27 10:21:20 2009
From: rschaeff at comcast.net (Frederick Schaeffer)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:21:20 -0700
Subject: [fxruby-users] FXDialogBox - how to close
In-Reply-To: <E6A0649F1FBFA3408A37F505400E7AC211897C@email.attiksystem.ch>
References: <23236392.post@talk.nabble.com>
	<E6A0649F1FBFA3408A37F505400E7AC211897C@email.attiksystem.ch>
Message-ID: <000f01c9c743$6f9d8420$4ed88c60$@net>

That WORKS!!!!!  Thank you SOOOOOO much!!  It never occurred to me to look
in the FXApp class!!

Rick Schaeffer

-----Original Message-----
From: fxruby-users-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:fxruby-users-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Lang
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:55 PM
To: fxruby-users at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [fxruby-users] FXDialogBox - how to close

fxruby-users-bounces at rubyforge.org wrote:
> I have an FXDialogBox that I want to programmatically close.  I have
> been unable to figure out how to do it and am baffled! 
> 
> If I add an "Accept" button using this code:
> 
>     accept = FXButton.new(buttons, "&Accept", nil, self, ID_ACCEPT,
>       FRAME_RAISED|FRAME_THICK|LAYOUT_RIGHT|LAYOUT_CENTER_Y)
> 
> the dialog exits properly when I hit the button.  BUT...I don't want
> to have a button in the dialog.  When the user selects an item from a
> listbox, I just want to do the same thing as "Accept".  I have tried
> having the dialog close itself.  The window closes but the parent
> window thinks it still exists (The dialog is "modal").  Nothing I
> have tried closes the dialog box and lets the parent window function
> normally.      

Hi,

Maybe you can try this:

  # Closes the dialog.
  def closeDialog
    close
    $app.stopModal
  end

... where $app is your application object.

Best regards,

Philippe Lang
Attik System
_______________________________________________
fxruby-users mailing list
fxruby-users at rubyforge.org
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/fxruby-users


From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Mon Apr 27 14:47:20 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:47:20 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] custom widget (Event) q's
In-Reply-To: <49F3629B.1010802@gmail.com>
References: <49F3629B.1010802@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5557D89E-9A2F-4752-83B5-D3F672620D13@lylejohnson.name>


On Apr 25, 2009, at 2:20 PM, eddy wrote:

> However, I'm am still curious as to the best way to use the fox  
> message passing framework to send messages in general.  As I  
> understand it, the connect method is for specifying when receiving a  
> message and I found a reference to sending or delegating messages in  
> the regular Fox docs, using ->handle  which doesn't work in ruby land.

When you call connect(), e.g.

	widget.connect(SEL_COMMAND) { ... }

what happens is that FXRuby creates an "anonymous" target object who  
responds to the SEL_COMMAND message by executing your passed-in code  
block. It then makes this newly-created object the target of "widget".  
A call to connect() is thus a quick-and-dirty way to provide a message  
handler for the message(s) sent by a widget.

If you want to send a message to a widget (or more generally any FOX  
object), you should be able to use handle():

	receiver.handle(sender, FXSEL(SEL_COMMAND, message_identifier),  
message_data)

Here, "receiver" is the object that will receive the message. There  
are admittedly a bunch of different combinations of how this could  
work, and we probably don't cover all of those cases in the FXRuby-to- 
FOX binding. If you discover that a particular combination of interest  
isn't working, please submit a bug report and (preferably) a patch to  
fix it.

Hope this helps,

Lyle

From eddyhkim at gmail.com  Mon Apr 27 16:15:20 2009
From: eddyhkim at gmail.com (eddy)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:15:20 -0700
Subject: [fxruby-users] custom widget (Event) q's
In-Reply-To: <5557D89E-9A2F-4752-83B5-D3F672620D13@lylejohnson.name>
References: <49F3629B.1010802@gmail.com>
	<5557D89E-9A2F-4752-83B5-D3F672620D13@lylejohnson.name>
Message-ID: <49F61258.30602@gmail.com>

Thanks for the info.  That explanation makes it simple.  As I get 
further into this, I'm sure I'll get confused again :)

Good book btw, any plans on a vol 2, for advanced FXRuby?



From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Mon Apr 27 17:19:23 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:19:23 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] custom widget (Event) q's
In-Reply-To: <49F61258.30602@gmail.com>
References: <49F3629B.1010802@gmail.com>
	<5557D89E-9A2F-4752-83B5-D3F672620D13@lylejohnson.name>
	<49F61258.30602@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8FA3E0A4-6C83-47EE-A16D-44F32FED1C71@lylejohnson.name>


On Apr 27, 2009, at 3:15 PM, eddy wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  That explanation makes it simple.  As I get  
> further into this, I'm sure I'll get confused again :)
>
> Good book btw, any plans on a vol 2, for advanced FXRuby?

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the FXRuby book. I'd like to find some  
time to publish some articles on advanced FXRuby topics, but a follow- 
up book seems unlikely. The first book has sold better than I ever  
hoped it would, but it's not exactly a bestseller either. I'm doubtful  
that the publisher would be interested in a "sequel". ;)

From rps at salas.com  Tue Apr 28 10:53:15 2009
From: rps at salas.com (Pito Salas)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:53:15 -0400
Subject: [fxruby-users] Install question on Mac
Message-ID: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

This question has come through before, but I can't come up with a
solution based on reading many threads etc so please bear with me with
a simple question. I am on Mac, and manage my installs via port and
gems. Here's the state of things:

... I seem to have Fox itself properly installed:

$ port info foxfox @1.6.34, Revision 1 (x11)
Variants:    universal

FOX is a C++ based Toolkit for developing Graphical User Interfaces
easily and effectively.
Homepage:    http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

Build Dependencies:   pkgconfig
Library Dependencies: tiff, libpng, jpeg, xorg-libXcursor, Xft2,
xorg-libXrandr, freetype
Platforms:            darwin
Maintainers:          lyle at lylejohnson.name

... I also seem to have the gem properly installed:

$gem list fxruby

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

fxruby (1.6.19)
$

... and yet when I run this hello world example:

require 'fox16'
include Fox
theApp = FXApp.new
theMainWindow = FXMainWindow.new(theApp, "Hello")
theApp.create
theMainWindow.show
theApp.run

... I get this obnoxious error

$ ruby play1.rb
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.19-universal-darwin-9/ext/fox16/fox16.bundle:
dlopen(/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.19-universal-darwin-9/ext/fox16/fox16.bundle,
9): Library not loaded:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/libruby.1.dylib
(LoadError)
  Referenced from:
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.19-universal-darwin-9/ext/fox16/fox16.bundle
  Reason: image not found -
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.19-universal-darwin-9/ext/fox16/fox16.bundle
	from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in
`require'
	from play1.rb:1
$

QUESTIONS:

- can anyone see what's wrong?
- is the fact that the port install of Fox says "X11" mean that
there's no native mac binding for fox?

Thanks!!

Pito

From eddyhkim at gmail.com  Tue Apr 28 11:38:04 2009
From: eddyhkim at gmail.com (eddy)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:38:04 -0700
Subject: [fxruby-users] Install question on Mac
In-Reply-To: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <49F722DC.1000006@gmail.com>

I don't have a mac, but on my linux setups I need to require 'rubygems' 
before require 'fox16'.  Maybe it's the same on macos?

Hmmm maybe I should go buy a mac and find out.

Pito Salas wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This question has come through before, but I can't come up with a
> solution based on reading many threads etc so please bear with me with
> a simple question. I am on Mac, and manage my installs via port and
> gems. Here's the state of things:
>   


From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Tue Apr 28 11:48:39 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:48:39 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] Install question on Mac
In-Reply-To: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F7D47CED-6410-452A-952F-AAB2D25B0AA7@lylejohnson.name>


On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Pito Salas wrote:

> This question has come through before, but I can't come up with a
> solution based on reading many threads etc so please bear with me with
> a simple question. I am on Mac, and manage my installs via port and
> gems. Here's the state of things:

<snip>

Based on the error messages, it looks like:

  * You're running the MacPorts version of Ruby (not the Ruby that's  
included with OS X Leopard)
  * You've installed the (binary) FXRuby gem for OS X, which is built  
against the regular OS X Leopard.

In other words: The gem that you've installed depends on the OS X  
Ruby, and since that's not the same Ruby that you're using to load it,  
it breaks. So you have a couple of options here.

One option is to drop back to using the Ruby that's included with OS  
X. In this case you just need to uninstall Ruby from your MacPorts  
installation (or at least monkey with the PATH settings so that it  
finds the OS X version of Ruby before it finds the MacPorts version),  
then install the FXRuby gem into that environment.

Since you're a MacPorts fan (as am I), I'm guessing you don't want  
that option. In that case, you should first uninstall the FXRuby  
binary gem (since that's not going to work anyways). Next, the easiest  
path is probably to install FXRuby from the MacPorts package:

	sudo port install rb-fxruby

If you'd rather install it from the sources, you'll need to make sure  
to specify the "ruby" platform when invoking the "gem install"  
command, e.g.

	sudo gem install fxruby --platform ruby

Note that this option is somewhat more fragile, since you have to take  
care of all the dependencies yourself. I'd recommend just using the  
MacPorts port since you're already set up for that anyways.

> - is the fact that the port install of Fox says "X11" mean that  
> there's no native mac binding for fox?

Correct, there's no "native" OS X port of FOX.

From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Tue Apr 28 12:12:13 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:12:13 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] Install question on Mac
In-Reply-To: <49F722DC.1000006@gmail.com>
References: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
	<49F722DC.1000006@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3F7A71AA-086F-4B29-8C8C-66608BE97211@lylejohnson.name>


On Apr 28, 2009, at 10:38 AM, eddy wrote:

> I don't have a mac, but on my linux setups I need to require  
> 'rubygems' before require 'fox16'.  Maybe it's the same on macos?

That's a separate issue, I think. If you've installed FXRuby (or  
anything else) via RubyGems, you need to ensure that the Ruby  
interpreter loads up the RubyGems runtime at startup. One way is to  
(as you discovered) always include:

	require 'rubygems'

at the top of your programs. An easier way (IMO) is to modify your  
RUBYOPT environment variable to include this, e.g.

	export RUBYOPT="-rubygems"

Note that this is a "RubyGems thing", and not an "FXRuby thing".

Hope this helps,

Lyle

From rps at salas.com  Tue Apr 28 14:09:39 2009
From: rps at salas.com (Pito Salas)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:09:39 -0400
Subject: [fxruby-users] Install question on Mac
In-Reply-To: <F7D47CED-6410-452A-952F-AAB2D25B0AA7@lylejohnson.name>
References: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
	<F7D47CED-6410-452A-952F-AAB2D25B0AA7@lylejohnson.name>
Message-ID: <dbbd1cd0904281109h30635811w2222b02f46cf3838@mail.gmail.com>

Lyle

Thanks... Your diagnosis sounds correct. Indeed I would prefer to use
everything via mac ports.

One thing I don't understand though, maybe you can clarify.

If I use MacPorts to install FxRuby like you say:

$ sudo port install rb-fxruby

Am I installing a gem or installing fx ruby in some other place?

To keep my sanity I've tried to install with gem everything that's a
gem, and with ports everything else. That way when I uninstall I know
where to go and in theory I have one less possible path problem.

Thanks!

- Pito



On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Lyle Johnson <lyle at lylejohnson.name> wrote:
>
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Pito Salas wrote:
>
>> This question has come through before, but I can't come up with a
>> solution based on reading many threads etc so please bear with me with
>> a simple question. I am on Mac, and manage my installs via port and
>> gems. Here's the state of things:
>
> <snip>
>
> Based on the error messages, it looks like:
>
> ?* You're running the MacPorts version of Ruby (not the Ruby that's included
> with OS X Leopard)
> ?* You've installed the (binary) FXRuby gem for OS X, which is built against
> the regular OS X Leopard.
>
> In other words: The gem that you've installed depends on the OS X Ruby, and
> since that's not the same Ruby that you're using to load it, it breaks. So
> you have a couple of options here.
>
> One option is to drop back to using the Ruby that's included with OS X. In
> this case you just need to uninstall Ruby from your MacPorts installation
> (or at least monkey with the PATH settings so that it finds the OS X version
> of Ruby before it finds the MacPorts version), then install the FXRuby gem
> into that environment.
>
> Since you're a MacPorts fan (as am I), I'm guessing you don't want that
> option. In that case, you should first uninstall the FXRuby binary gem
> (since that's not going to work anyways). Next, the easiest path is probably
> to install FXRuby from the MacPorts package:
>
> ? ? ? ?sudo port install rb-fxruby
>
> If you'd rather install it from the sources, you'll need to make sure to
> specify the "ruby" platform when invoking the "gem install" command, e.g.
>
> ? ? ? ?sudo gem install fxruby --platform ruby
>
> Note that this option is somewhat more fragile, since you have to take care
> of all the dependencies yourself. I'd recommend just using the MacPorts port
> since you're already set up for that anyways.
>
>> - is the fact that the port install of Fox says "X11" mean that there's no
>> native mac binding for fox?
>
> Correct, there's no "native" OS X port of FOX.
> _______________________________________________
> fxruby-users mailing list
> fxruby-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/fxruby-users
>

From lyle at lylejohnson.name  Tue Apr 28 14:53:08 2009
From: lyle at lylejohnson.name (Lyle Johnson)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:53:08 -0500
Subject: [fxruby-users] Install question on Mac
In-Reply-To: <dbbd1cd0904281109h30635811w2222b02f46cf3838@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
	<F7D47CED-6410-452A-952F-AAB2D25B0AA7@lylejohnson.name>
	<dbbd1cd0904281109h30635811w2222b02f46cf3838@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57cf8f720904281153w10e660ffvcb091b28eaf86ddc@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Pito Salas <rps at salas.com> wrote:

> Thanks... Your diagnosis sounds correct. Indeed I would prefer to use
> everything via mac ports.
>
> One thing I don't understand though, maybe you can clarify.
>
> If I use MacPorts to install FxRuby like you say:
>
> $ sudo port install rb-fxruby
>
> Am I installing a gem or installing fx ruby in some other place?

Ah, good question. If you install FXRuby via MacPorts, you are indeed
installing it in "some other place", namely, under:

    /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8

> To keep my sanity I've tried to install with gem everything that's a
> gem, and with ports everything else. That way when I uninstall I know
> where to go and in theory I have one less possible path problem.

Sure, I understand. Well, you can cross your fingers and try
installing via the source gem, then. For some people this works very
smoothly and for others it's sort of a disaster.

    export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include"
    export ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -L/opt/local/lib"
    sudo gem install fxruby --platform ruby

The first two lines set up some environment variables so that the
build from source code knows to look in MacPorts for the FOX (and
related) dependencies (instead of in, say, /usr/local). By passing the
"--platform ruby" command line switch to the "gem install" command,
you're telling RubyGems to pick the source gem instead of the binary
gem (which, per my earlier e-mail, is incompatible with Ruby from
MacPorts).

Good luck, and let me know how it goes,

Lyle

From rps at salas.com  Wed Apr 29 10:12:32 2009
From: rps at salas.com (Pito Salas)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:12:32 -0400
Subject: [fxruby-users] Install question on Mac
In-Reply-To: <57cf8f720904281153w10e660ffvcb091b28eaf86ddc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dbbd1cd0904280753v3f20c1f4o7ae4617b01c6b9b3@mail.gmail.com>
	<F7D47CED-6410-452A-952F-AAB2D25B0AA7@lylejohnson.name>
	<dbbd1cd0904281109h30635811w2222b02f46cf3838@mail.gmail.com>
	<57cf8f720904281153w10e660ffvcb091b28eaf86ddc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <dbbd1cd0904290712s452d7b00pa8d23c6fa549668c@mail.gmail.com>

Lyle

Thanks for your help. I ended up installing it via ports like you
originally suggested. Seemed the safer and easier way to go. And it
worked flawlessly and so I am up and running.

As a general rule, as a ruby developer, do you use ports instead of
gems or what is your policy?

Another question, it looks like the X Window package is launched on
Mac to display UI. Is that the way FX always works or is it just a mac
thing?

I am assessing what gui package to make the effort to learn and at
this point I have it down to WxRyby and FxRuby. Any words of advice?

Thanks!

Pito

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Lyle Johnson <lyle at lylejohnson.name> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Pito Salas <rps at salas.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks... Your diagnosis sounds correct. Indeed I would prefer to use
>> everything via mac ports.
>>
>> One thing I don't understand though, maybe you can clarify.
>>
>> If I use MacPorts to install FxRuby like you say:
>>
>> $ sudo port install rb-fxruby
>>
>> Am I installing a gem or installing fx ruby in some other place?
>
> Ah, good question. If you install FXRuby via MacPorts, you are indeed
> installing it in "some other place", namely, under:
>
> ? ?/opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8
>
>> To keep my sanity I've tried to install with gem everything that's a
>> gem, and with ports everything else. That way when I uninstall I know
>> where to go and in theory I have one less possible path problem.
>
> Sure, I understand. Well, you can cross your fingers and try
> installing via the source gem, then. For some people this works very
> smoothly and for others it's sort of a disaster.
>
> ? ?export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include"
> ? ?export ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -L/opt/local/lib"
> ? ?sudo gem install fxruby --platform ruby
>
> The first two lines set up some environment variables so that the
> build from source code knows to look in MacPorts for the FOX (and
> related) dependencies (instead of in, say, /usr/local). By passing the
> "--platform ruby" command line switch to the "gem install" command,
> you're telling RubyGems to pick the source gem instead of the binary
> gem (which, per my earlier e-mail, is incompatible with Ruby from
> MacPorts).
>
> Good luck, and let me know how it goes,
>
> Lyle
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On Apr 29, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Pito Salas wrote:

> Thanks for your help. I ended up installing it via ports like you
> originally suggested. Seemed the safer and easier way to go. And it
> worked flawlessly and so I am up and running.
>
> As a general rule, as a ruby developer, do you use ports instead of
> gems or what is your policy?

No, I actually use gems most of the time. It's the more flexible  
option (in my opinion), although it occasionally requires a little  
more work on my part (in terms of tracking down dependencies and  
things like that).

> Another question, it looks like the X Window package is launched on
> Mac to display UI. Is that the way FX always works or is it just a mac
> thing?

It's a Mac thing. I'm not sure exactly when it gets triggered, but I'm  
guessing that as soon as you call XOpenDisplay(), if the X server  
isn't running yet, it gets launched.

> I am assessing what gui package to make the effort to learn and at
> this point I have it down to WxRuby and FxRuby. Any words of advice?

I am a lousy evangelist, so I'm not going to try to convince you  
either way. WxRuby is a fine GUI toolkit for Ruby (as are Shoes and  
several others). I like FOX because it's lightweight, and very fast,  
and easy to extend. I've also spent a lot of time poring over FOX's  
source code, and I know how good it is. So for various reasons, FOX is  
what clicked with me. But my advice for you is that you write one or  
two non-trivial sample applications using each (WxRuby and FXRuby) and  
then go with your gut. Which one makes more sense to you as a  
developer, that sort of thing. I mean, that's what I would do if I  
were in your shoes.