java.awt.Robot functionality in Ruby?

[ljr2600]

I'm a solid Java programmer, who recently came across ruby and liked
what I saw. So far, however, the lack of any centralized
API/Libraries/Classes documentation, like that for Java, has been very
frustrating.

Firstly, is there any centralized documentation for Ruby?

Secondly, and more importantly, is there an windows32 API for Ruby that
offers functionality similiar to java.awt.Robot? i.e. getPixel(),
keyPress(), etc.

 

[Christophe Grandsire]

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I'm a solid Java programmer, who recently came across ruby and liked
what I saw. So far, however, the lack of any centralized
API/Libraries/Classes documentation, like that for Java, has been very
frustrating.
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Firstly, is there any centralized documentation for Ruby?
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ri is a documentation viewer that is shipped with Ruby itself. Just type=20
ri SomeClass or ri SomeClass#some_method or ri SomeClass.some_method=20
(for class methods). There are some graphical browsers too, although I=20
don't know if there is one yet for Windows.

For a centralised place on the Internet, look no further than=20
http://www.ruby-doc.org. Core API, Standard library, C API, it's all=20
there, plus many links to various articles and tutorials about Ruby. The=20
core and standard library documentation you find there is the one=20
available for ri.

Secondly, and more importantly, is there an windows32 API for Ruby that
offers functionality similiar to java.awt.Robot? i.e. getPixel(),
keyPress(), etc.
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I'm sorry I can't answer this one, as I just don't know.
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Christophe Grandsire.

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[Justin Collins]

http://www.ruby-doc.org/ is a great resource for documentation.
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/ is a great resource for applications/libraries.

-Justin

 

[dave.burt]

ljr2 asked:

Secondly, and more importantly, is there
an windows32 API for Ruby that
offers functionality similiar to
java.awt.Robot? i.e. getPixel(),
keyPress(), etc.

Well done for recognizing that the tool is going to be
platform-dependent. As awt.Robot is toolkit-specific, I imagine some of
the graphical toolkits available for Ruby offer similar functionality.

AutoIt 3, though, is a tool separate from Ruby which probably covers
your needs. You can script it from Ruby via its COM interface. I've
found it useful and easy to use. See the RubyGarden entry
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?AutoIt_For_Windows

Or visit AutoIt:
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Hugh Sasse]

I'm a solid Java programmer, who recently came across ruby and liked
what I saw. So far, however, the lack of any centralized
API/Libraries/Classes documentation, like that for Java, has been very
frustrating.

The documentation sources I know about are listed here:
http://www.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~hgs/ruby/#docs

Hugh

 

[Peter Burns]

Another source of libraries: http://rubyforge.org/

And I think fxri is a cross platform documentation viewer. I think it
comes installed in some ruby windows packages, but if it isn't
installed I think the installation is as easy as 'gem install fxri'.=20
Then just 'fxri' to run it.