wxruby users - Aug 2006 - wxPython/wxRuby

I''ve downloaded wxPython and the demos and am trying to update our 
bigdemo.  I can see some big differences in how wxRuby and wxPython 
interact on Windows.   Our layout seems wrong.  For example, I never 
knew the textctrl sample had more than two controls on it!  I only ever 
saw the two.  In the python version, the controls lay out close 
together.  Secondly, on the ComboBox sample the drop-down box is the 
correct size (about 5-6 items).  For me with wxRuby I only see one item 
at a time.  I''ve been meaning to track that down but just
haven''t had
time yet.

I tried debugging the crash you consistently get with the MDI sample but 
I gave up after I traced it to a Windows function.  Sadly, MDI -used- to 
work.  Hopefully it''s an easy fix.

Roy

P.S.  It told me I had chinese characters the first time I sent this!

On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 19:27 -0400, Roy Sutton wrote:
> I''ve downloaded wxPython and the demos and am trying to update our
> bigdemo.  I can see some big differences in how wxRuby and wxPython 
> interact on Windows.   Our layout seems wrong.  For example, I never 
> knew the textctrl sample had more than two controls on it!  I only ever 
> saw the two.  
Wow. Same here. Look at all those other controls!
> In the python version, the controls lay out close 
> together.  Secondly, on the ComboBox sample the drop-down box is the 
> correct size (about 5-6 items).  For me with wxRuby I only see one item 
> at a time.  I''ve been meaning to track that down but just
haven''t had
> time yet.
It looks like our controls are each given equal height, rather than each
only taking the height they require.

At a minimum, we could put the whole thing in a scrolling pane.
> P.S.  It told me I had chinese characters the first time I sent this!
You too, eh? And like when it happened to me, there didn''t seem to be
any characters even remotely non-ascii. Very weird.

Kevin