shoes has a default packaging system. The file extension is .shy . That's pretty much all I know about it though, sorry.
rm On 2/13/08, yo kudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm new to the list so please forgive me if this subject has already been > discussed :-) > > After playing around with Shoes for a while, and whilst I wait on my copy > of the book to be delivered I've been thinking about how one would > distribute a Shoes application ? What I mean by this is I think Shoes should > have some sort of standard packaging so that the Shoes app could be classed > as a 'run time' if you will, and developers could distribute there apps in a > uniformed way, which would allow the Shoes 'run time' to recognise them and > launch them transparently to the end user, rather than having to either > launch the app from the command line or open Shoes and then select the Ruby > file. > > I envisage that this could be done similar to how Mac OS X app bundles > work. We could have a basic folder layout, a standard insertion point ( > main.rb for example) which is what Shoes would automatically load when > launching the bundle, and certain resource folders which would store images, > data files etc. All this could be zipped up (Archived!) and given a .shoes > extension. > > This way, we could just distribute the .shoes bundle, and the end user > could double-click it and have it launch like any other application. The > host OS would recognise that the .shoes extension is loaded by the Shoes > 'run time'. > > This would also allow for a new method in Shoes to load a resource, so > rather than loading an image with the image keyword, you could use a > resource keyword, and then specify a type as a parameter, in this case :type > => :image. Implementing such a system would also allow each bundle to > include in it any dependencies, such as gems it requires (because you > could just copy the appropriate folders across) so each bundle would be > independent of any requirements other than Ruby and the Shoes 'run time'. > > Anyhow, just I thought I was having which I thought I would share. Feel > free to jump in with your thoughts/ideas. > > -Mic >
