On Aug 20, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Axel Etzold wrote:
>
> I'll definitely also have a look at Monkeybars, but that software  
> will have to find java's swing also...
> so I'd like to be able to use this gem here....

Axel,
Monkeybars is one of the three JRuby/Swing frameworks out there.  
Profligacy and Cherri are the other two.
The main distinction that I'm aware of is that Profilgacy and Cherri  
wrap Swing for you, and expose a Ruby-friendly API for accessing  
Swing. Monkeybars is different in that it provides a sort of landing  
pad for Swing (the view), where you can do all of your nitty gritty  
Swing stuff. While there are helpers for Swing, you are still directly  
exposed to it.

I'm not sure if you're running an existing Swing project or not, but  
Monkeybars is supposed to integrate into existing Java apps  
(Monkeybars itself provides a jar). However, I'm not aware of any apps  
like this in the wild.

Finally, my concern is that, to my awareness, Profligacy and Cherri  
aren't maintained anymore.

-Logan