Archive for February, 2009

rbcurse 0.1.2 gem released

February 22, 2009

Version 0.1.2 of rbcurse (Ruby Curses Widgets) has been released. Minor enhancements:

search in textview, textarea with wrap-around, case insensitive and highlighting searched text
table can have nil data to start with
tabbed pane hasĀ  ok button by default, can set ok_cancel etc
table autosizing – required for adhoc queries
table horizontal scrolling – if [...]

Sample: SQL Client in ruby ncurses

February 14, 2009

I am putting up a small SQL Client made in about 3 hours using rbcurse. The idea of course was to see deficiencies in the library, and yes, for adhoc queries auto_sizing of columns is required. Need to work on that.
The demo shows a textarea, enter a query and press Run to see the results [...]

Update on Finder app (ruby curses)

February 9, 2009

A very rough demo (7 mb) of the app (sorry, its hastily done with no planning) and a couple screens. The aim is really to find loopholes in the ruby curses widgets and framework. I have while making this added the ability to easily get radio buttons and checkboxes onto dialog boxes. You almost always [...]

Finder app using ruby curses widgets

February 2, 2009

After some work on a TODO app, which used editable tables and other widgets, I have started a sort of Finder app with 2 panes, like Midnight Commander. Shows how easy it is to put up something with minimal code using the Listbox widget.
This will also use the TextView for viewing files, TextArea for editing [...]