Thanks for the observer recommendations, back when I wrote these examples, we were not yet supporting blocks. I should probably show both examples now that blocks are properly supported.
- Matt On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Ben Rimmington <benrimming...@me.com> wrote: > On 3 Apr 2011, at 18:33, Johannes Fahrenkrug wrote: > > > I like the name MacRuby :) > > NSObject is also still called NSObject although NeXTStep hasn't been > > around for a long time. > > I don't hate the name MacRuby, but I thought it might be confusing (if > someday Ruby becomes the most popular language for writing iOS apps). > However, your analogy to the NeXTSTEP frameworks was good. > > On 3 Apr 2011, at 19:07, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > > > While there is nothing wrong with having this kind of discussion, I don't > think we are currently looking into changing the project's name ;) > > Maybe it just takes a while to appreciate the project name (a bit like how > the name "iPad" was unpopular at first). > > P.S. In chapter 5 of "MacRuby: The Definitive Guide", you might be able to > use -addObserverForName:object:queue:usingBlock: to simplify your > NSNotificationCenter examples. > > < > http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449380373/ch05.html#_tasks_subprocesses > > > > <http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449380373/ch05.html#_notifications> > > For the second example, instead of: > > > framework 'Foundation' > > > > class NotificationHandler > > def tea_time(notification) > > puts "it's tea time!" > > end > > end > > > > center = NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter > > notification_handler = NotificationHandler.new > > > > center.addObserver( notification_handler, > > selector: "tea_time:", > > name: 'tea_time_reminder', > > object: nil ) > > > > center.postNotificationName("tea_time_reminder", object:self) > > You might be able to do: > > > framework 'Foundation' > > > > center = NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter > > > > observer = center.addObserverForName( > > "tea_time_reminder", > > object: nil > > queue: nil > > usingBlock: Proc.new{|notification| puts "it's tea time!" } ) > > > > center.postNotificationName("tea_time_reminder", object:self) > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >
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