# User Prompt as a pop up - not IRB/command line? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 11, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426 "2008-12-11T18:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmcolli00)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426/1 "2008-12-11T18:10:45Z")
Has anyone heard of Ruby containing a popup window prompt for users? I do not want to use IRB command prompt for my users. If you have heard of this or are using it, what is it called/ how are you using this? Thanks. MC ---
**Author:** ![mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmcolli00)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426/2 "2008-12-11T18:52:12Z")
On 11.12.2008, at 17:03 , Mmcolli00 Mom wrote: > ## Has anyone heard of Ruby containing a popup window prompt for users? I do not want to use IRB command prompt for my users. If you have heard of this or are using it, what is it called/ how are you using this? Thanks. MC > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). There are several approaches, for simple things these seem good to me: [http://www.shoooes.net](http://www.shoooes.net) [http://cocoadialog.sourceforge.net/](http://cocoadialog.sourceforge.net/) einarmagnus ---
**Author:** ![mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmcolli00)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426/3 "2008-12-11T19:04:36Z")
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Mmcolli00 Mom [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Has anyone heard of Ruby containing a popup window prompt for users? I > do not want to use IRB command prompt for my users. If you have heard of > this or are using it, what is it called/ how are you using this? Thanks. There are various options - check out zerenity, for instance [http://code.google.com/p/zerenity/](http://code.google.com/p/zerenity/) martin ---
**Author:** ![mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmcolli00)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426/4 "2008-12-11T22:26:35Z")
I think the Zerenity looks good. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmcolli00)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426/5 "2008-12-12T00:49:49Z")
Martin DeMello wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Mmcolli00 Mom [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Has anyone heard of Ruby containing a popup window prompt for users? I > > do not want to use IRB command prompt for my users. If you have heard of > > this or are using it, what is it called/ how are you using this? Thanks. > > There are various options - check out zerenity, for instance > > [Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.](http://code.google.com/p/zerenity/) > > martin Or kdialog if you are in kde. [http://rubyforge.org/projects/kdialog/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/kdialog/) Looks like an unmaintained project though. (Never used it myself.) ---
**Author:** ![mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmcolli00)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426/6 "2008-12-12T13:05:52Z")
Other options: - old-fashioned tk - run as a daemon, and have users point their web browser at localhost. Then you can build your app using a web framework (from something as simple as sinatra to something as big and powerful as rails; there are lots of other options in between) ---
**Author:** ![mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mmcolli00](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmcolli00)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-prompt-as-a-pop-up-not-irb-command-line/155426/7 "2008-12-12T18:13:59Z")
On Thursday 11 December 2008 18:42:26 Joel VanderWerf wrote: > Martin DeMello wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Mmcolli00 Mom [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > wrote: > > Or kdialog if you are in kde. > > [http://rubyforge.org/projects/kdialog/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/kdialog/) > > Looks like an unmaintained project though. (Never used it myself.) > If it is KDE, you can use the kdialog command line program or the > KDE::Dialog > class in Korundum.