Nathaniel Talbott writes:

# Help! I can't seem to change the color of a gtk widget dynamically 
within
# Ruby. I have no trouble changing the color initially, by setting the 
proper
# Style property before the widget is shown, but nothing seems to happen 
if I
# change the style after the widget is shown.
# 
# I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have; I'm just about at the end 
of
# my rope. 

FWIW, here are my suggestions:

(1) Identify the version of Ruby and OS you are using. 
(2) In case no one else can answer this (e.g. perhaps it's just a bug or 
maybe it involves something that hasn't been completely implemented yet), 
always consider a cc: to the appropriate developer(s) unless you know that 
they follow the English mail list.

I've done (2) here because I had some questions for Hiroshi Igarashi: From 
the RAA links, I see mention that Ruby/GTK works with Ruby 1.4.x and GTK+ 
1.2.x, and that the last screen update was 2000-04-22. I was wondering if 
there is currently any ongoing development work? Is there anything that 
others could usefully help out with?

I also had some questions for Nathaniel: How do you like (Ruby/)Gtk in 
general? Have you also tried using it on Windows? (This last question is 
stimulated by recent cross-platform IDE/browser discussions.)

Conrad Schneiker
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