ming rocks. ming creates swf files on the fly, which can be made interactive. I haven't used the ruby binding, but I have used the PHP binding. It appears to be an abandoned project, but the ming code is still highly functional. http://madscientist.jp/~ikegami/ruby/ming/ http://www16.brinkster.com/gazb/ming/index.html http://ming.sourceforge.net/ http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2001/06/28/flash.html?page=2 http://www.productbeta.com/tutorials/show.php?goomba=3& http://www.thatmingthing.com/ming_.php http://namazu.org/~satoru/mingplot/ http://www.video-animation.com/mx2k_01.shtml Sung Soo Kim wrote: > I need to draw a simple graphs to post my biological data on web. > And I also want to add some interactivity into the graph (using like a simiple > imagemap). > To do this, I need to know the position of squares or circles on the graph. > So, instead of using statistical toolbox to draw the graph and find where > square and circles are in the graph (which can be scary job), I want to draw > the graph by myself and make an imagemap based on my drawing. > > --> The conclusion is that I need a really simple drawing tool that makes it > possible to draw lines, squares, circles, and some characters, and to save the > result file in GIF format or JPG format. > > Is there any simple drawing library in Ruby? (I'm thinking PHP shape drawing > tools... but I don't want to use PHP...) > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >