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Hello !

> - it must run on WinXP and Linux, idally also on OSX
> - it must have a GUI preferably with the GUI's native widget set
> - it must allow scripting access to system resources with a modern and
> comfortable scripting language

What you really need is Qtruby - it matches exactly your requirements. Check
out

http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum/

and

http://trolltech.com

There's two options:

* use qtruby, which is based on Qt3 - pretty stable, but will not work on
WinXP unless you've got a license for Qt3 on WinXP boxes;
* use qt4-qtruby - pretty cool, based on Qt4, still some useability glitches
but Richard Dale is working hard on them (and then, you can do bug-reporting
and improve it for me as well ;-)...). And Qt4 is free on WinXP as well, and
qt4-qtruby works there (according to forum posts).

You should get Qt/Qt4 and it's documentation on Trolltech.

All the code you write will work on MacOS, Linux and WinXP...

Cheers !

Vince, a Qt4 addict

PS: I already sent this mail with another account, but it looks like the
mail didn't make it yet, and as it's not the first time, I try from
somewhere else.

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