A history question - why was wxSocket wrapped into wxruby? Since Ruby already has a pretty robust networking API, I can''t see the purpose. I''m debating on if it belongs in wxruby-swig, and right now the only vote in its favor is "it was in the old version." Nick
Zach Dennis
2004-Sep-07 23:22 UTC
[Wxruby-users] Layout Managers...what would you like to see?
Hi All! I have started a project at rubyforge, http://wxrubylayouts.rubyforge.org, but it has just been started and I haven''t released any files or documentation yet. I am expecting a first release later this week in RubyGem format.... ....anyways....I would like your input on what layout managers you would like to see. Right now I have two that work: - BaseLayout - This is the base for all layout managers that can divide the layout up into rows and divides each row into columns. It supports Left, Center and Right row alignment as well as an horizontal x offset, vertical y offset, horizontal gap between columns and a vertical gap between rows. - ParagraphLayout - This is the ParagraphLayout as suggested by Kevin Smith which is derived from the Java realm. It supports everything that BaseLayout supports, except for Center alignment and much of what the java based ParagraphLayout supports. What are other layout managers that you would like to see? If you know of a specific layout from another (programming language | framework) that you really enjoy using then I will port that to be used with wxRuby. If you only have an idea of a layout manager and can only describe it, then please do I will try my best to get it working in the wxRuby environment! Zach
Nick wrote:> > A history question - why was wxSocket wrapped into wxruby? Since Ruby > already has a pretty robust networking API, I can''t see the purpose.It was already wrapped before I got here.> I''m debating on if it belongs in wxruby-swig, and right now the only > vote in its favor is "it was in the old version."I agree with you that we should drop support for it. In a perfect world, we might implement the socket samples using ruby sockets instead of wx sockets (just to show how it''s done), but that would be above and beyond our duty. Kevin