> The "bottom" I referred to was taken from the larger context
> of my code, by the way. It's just a TkFrame.

I hoped so, but wasn't sure :)

> I'm finding that the book _Learning Perl/Tk_ is not as much
> help as I had hoped... by that I mean, there are more differences
> than I expected in Ruby/Tk and Perl/Tk. 

Yup, I found the same.
grep'ping Ruby/Tk sources can help, too.

> In their example, TkPhoto is a method (and I don't think there's 
> a TkPhotoImage at all...)  Of course, Ruby is more OO than Perl...

Affirmative, while Tk in itself is not OO. Subclassing Tk classes has
some funny effects, sometimes. TkMenus are a pain.

With a bit of luck, I'll write an introduction into Ruby/Tk (in
English) next week, as addition to what is on Ruby Central (excerpts
from the book). I won't get to the reference manual, I'm
afraid. Anyone wish to help?

Bye,
Kero.

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