Jeremy wrote:

# Sorry to follow up on my own post, but a workable solution has been
# arrived at and it is general purpose, and it seems to work, and so
# I'd like to share it with the world becuase I can't be the only one
# who has ever had this come up! =)

Who knows, maybe you are the first (for Ruby/Tk). 

In any case, it's good to have things like this posted for the benefit of 
others that come along later. Think of this as raw material for the 
forthcoming Encyclopedic Catalog of Ruby Tools and Techniques (aka the 
Ruby Cookbook). 

Meanwhile, this might be a good place to file your post:

    http://www.pragprog.com:8080/ruby?RubyGUI

(Dave Thomas: is there a general link at rubycentral that points to the 
top of this area? I took a *very* quick look, but didn't seen anything 
obvious.)

# Thanks for bearing with me! 

You're welcome.

# I'm excited!  This is neat!  I've used
# entirely too many bangs in this posting! ;-)

That's the spirit!!!! 
IMHO, people like you should be cloned!!!!!!!!!
Multiple times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Conrad Schneiker
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