Re: [rgui-dev] Camelot

[Kero van Gelder]

> > with regards to wxWindows, i think this is a wise move for presently
> > getting a cross-plaform gui hooked to Ruby. hope you guys are having
> > great success. please keep me posted. i'm especially curious about the
> > threading issue and whether you used swig, ruby/dl, or both. rock it,
> > freeriders!
> >
> > GUtopIa on the other, i have re-realized, needs to have its focus on the
> > future fo GUI APIs. i had lost sight of this, and was trying to push it
> > into existence before its time. thankfully, Leon and Massimiliano have
> > encouraged me to look to that future, to make the better mouse trap, so
> > to speak. i've rekindled some of my original "futuristic" notions, and
> > we've each, I, Massimiliano, Leon, and Kero have already noted a number
> > of promising posibilities. i look foward to the continued exploration.
> 
> I agree with you here.
> 
> I think there is great value in both the short term goals the FreeRIDE team
> is perusing (wxWindows) and the long term goals that the GUtopIa team is
> perusing. They are complementary!

100.times { Yes }

Even more so: if Ruby/wx works out fine, Ruby-Wise might not even be
necessary :)  Otoh, a toolkit that has a small interface downwards to
the graphics engine and event mechanism is useful, too.

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