Ironruby core - Jan 2008 - WPF etc

Hi

In the IronPython samples for Silverlight I can see a really nice way of
attaching a python file to the canvas.
<x:Code Source="myfile.py" Type="text/python" />
which for ruby becomes
<x:Code Source="myfile.rb" Type="text/ruby" />
as soon as there is a silverlight refresh I presume.

Doesn''t the current silverlight download not support Ruby yet ?

Anyway my real question is, is such a construct available for WPF as well.
When i tried to put it in, it didn''t want to work.  How is this done
for
silverlight? Is that because the silverlight host application extends the
code element? Would it be hard to make WPF work in the same way?
I would love to be able to test some of the samples I will have with
silverlight as well, does anybody have any idea as to when we would be able
to get something?

Thanks
Ivan
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I think this got swallowed by the list when I replied on Saturday =( Sending
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> Ivan Porto Carrero wrote:
>
> In the IronPython samples for Silverlight I can see a really nice way
> of attaching a python file to the canvas.
> <x:Code Source="myfile.py" Type="text/python" />
which for ruby
> becomes <x:Code Source="myfile.rb" Type="text/ruby"
/> as soon as
> there is a silverlight refresh I presume.
The next version of Silverlight initialize the ruby/python file directly, and
then you can load a XAML file from code if necessary. So, your above example
will not be necessary.
> Doesn''t the current silverlight download not support Ruby yet ?
Nope, the current SL version doesn''t support Ruby, however then next
release will.
> Anyway my real question is, is such a construct available for WPF as
> well. When i tried to put it in, it didn''t want to work.  How is
this
> done for silverlight? Is that because the silverlight host application
> extends the code element? Would it be hard to make WPF work in the
> same way?
Actually, I think John Lam has a WPF Ruby app he''s been working on, but
I''m not sure of its current status.

Silverlight currently defines the x:Code element, which WPF does not have a
notion of. Also, WPF is essentially code-first, which is what Silverlight is
aligning to
> I would love to be able to test some of the samples I will have with
> silverlight as well, does anybody have any idea as to when we would be
> able to get something?
Well, the Silverlight schedule isn''t public yet, but this guy
(http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=702) seems to have predictions =)

The next release is a beta, and from then on we''ll support Ruby.
> Thanks
> Ivan
Hope that answers your questions!
~Jimmy