Re: rbXPCOM ... no updates since 2001 ???
- From: Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:52:41 +0900
No one has yet attempted it. Although, everytime the subject of mozilla and
XPCOM come up on ruby-talk I usually hype the idea in hopes that someone
will get excited enough to take it on.
I also used to offer guidance around the Mozilla codebase since I was once
involved in a massive Mozilla-based project. But, I fear it has now been too
long and I'm sure I don't remember enough to be of any use.
I'd still like to see someone take this on. Having full Ruby support in
Mozilla would make for a killer cross-platform, internet-enabled, rich-GUI
development platform (what a mouthful)!
Curt
On 10/16/05, Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The world also needs a solid XulRunner <-> Ruby binding, an idea that
> centers around Nathaniel's talk at RubyConf today. I don't know
> anything about XR that I didn't learn here:
> http://wiki.mozilla.org/XUL:Xul_Runner
> ...but I'm interested in this. Has anyone attempted it? Is it a stupid
> idea?
>
> --Wilson.
>
> On 10/16/05, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 10/15/05, Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anybody have any ideas about this? I'd like to see Ruby injected
> > > into more things like Mozilla/Firefox & OpenOffice.org
> > >
> > > Anyways, your feedback is appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > I agree regarding Ruby and Mozilla/Firefox, and have had similar
> > thoughts myself. I think you are on the right track here, as a nice
> > Ruby XPCOM interface could give us the same features that Win32OLE
> > gives us in IE (can anyone say a multi-platform Firefox-based version
> > of Watir?) Plus general hackery and Firefox automation fun.
> >
> > I would suggest contacting the author of rbXPCOM and if you don't
> > receive a response in a week, consider the project abandoned. In that
> > case I suggest reviving the project and continuing where the original
> > author left off. The license is a dual MPL/GPL, so this shouldn't be a
> > problem. If the original author surfaces and wishes to continue
> > development, we give control back. In the meantime the first priority
> > should be getting the project working with the latest Ruby and Mozilla
> > code, then the documentation should be worked on.
> >
> > I'd be willing to lend a hand, and considering how popular Watir is,
> > others would probably join in too. I already have a very obvious (but
> > of course clever) name for the Firefox version of Watir...take a wild
> > guess!
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
>
>
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