Ruby/FLTK 0.9.6 , 2007-01-09
http://ruby-fltk.sourceforge.net/
“Graphical functions of FLTK for make benefit glorious language of Ruby”
What is this?:
Ruby/FLTK is a Ruby binding for the FLTK (Fast, Light Toolkit) GUI
library.
Headlines!:
- Having languished somewhat in late 2006, Ruby/FLTK returns with a
fat ChangeLog in 2007. - A new class FLTK::Spinner (if your FLTK version is >= 1.1.7).
- All of FLTK’s enumeration values and constant macros are bound to
Ruby constants (with a few justifiable exceptions). - Several new FLTK class methods (see ChangeLog).
- Convenience I: if FLTK.color receives a block it yields and then
restores the original color. - Convenience II: you can invoke #{rectf,rect,push_clip,pop_clip} on
widget objects and the boundary of the widget will be used as the
rectangle. - FLTK.{choice,input,password} sprintf their arguments in the same way
as their counterparts in FLTK (NB: FLTK.{message,alert,ask} already
did this). - New non-sprintf-ing methods
FLTK.{message0,alert0,ask0,choice0,input0,password0} (NB: you should
switch to these methods if you did not realise that their cousins
call sprintf, as it will fix subtle bugs that appear when the
argument contains a’%’ ). - Big cleanup of tests and sample scripts, plus a few additions.
Details are in the Release Notes and the ChangeLog.
The focus for version 0.9.7 will be:
- Push towards full coverage of FLTK’s global functions and Fl::*
methods. - Any suggestions?
Regards,
Jeremy H.
[email protected]
–
On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], ‘Pray,
Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
answers come out?’ I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of
confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
– Charles Babbage
