On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:58:55 +0000, Len Lawrence wrote:

> On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:46:44 -0400, Mark Roseman wrote:
> 
>> Current, up-to-date tutorial documentation for Ruby Tk is very sparse,
>> especially for newer features like the themed widgets.  I've been
>> working on a website that I hope helps fill some of those gaps.  You
>> can find it here:
>> 
>>       http://www.tkdocs.com
>> 
>> Please check it out, and in particular the tutorial, which covers the
>> more modern "best practices" with using Tk.  It gives equal coverage to
>> using Tk both from Tcl and from Ruby (you can turn either off of
>> course), so you don't have to try to translate from Tcl-oriented
>> documentation to figure out how to do things in Ruby.
>> 
>> I hope some people here will find this helpful.  Any corrections,
>> contributions or comments definitely appreciated!
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Mark
> 
> Yes, a very big thank you Mark for this very timely exposition.  I have
> just recently started using Ruby after 16 years of Tcl/Tk and am finding
> your tutorial and references invaluable.  The documentation has given me
> a handle on a problem which has dogged me since Mandriva switched from
> Tk8.5.0 to Tk8.5.1.  Tcl/Tk with legacy code works flawlessly but
> ruby-tk now breaks down.  I used your examples to demonstrate that the
> ttk themed widgets can be used without a problem but legacy widgets
> cause an immediate core dump, in Linux at least.  So, is there anything
> extra that needs to be done in ruby scripts to enable support for the
> old style widgets?
> 
> Len

As posted in another thread, problem solved by installing ruby1.8.7.

Len