  Ruby
    Object-Oriented scripting language. Smart syntax.
        http://www.ruby-lang.org

  GTK+
    Gimp ToolKit. Powerful toolkit written in C.
        http://www.gtk.org/

  Ruby/GTK (this distribution)
    Ruby extension library to use GTK+.
    This language binding was first developed by Yukihiro Matsumoto,
    it is now maintained by me.
        http://ruby-gnome.sf.net

    If you have any questions or requests, use one of the following:

    neilconway@rogers.com         The current Ruby-GNOME maintainer
    http://ruby-gnome.sf.net    The website contains a bug tracker and
                                patch manager
    ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp      English Mailing List. Not Ruby-GNOME
                                specific, but there are other Ruby-GNOME
                                users subscribed


  Install

    0. install ruby-1.6.x and GTK+-1.2.x

    1. extract archive file.
       $ gzip -dc ruby-gtk-x.xx.tar.gz | tar xf -

    2. change directory to which you made last time.
       $ cd gtk-x.xx

    3. create Makefile
       $ ruby extconf.rb
       If gtk-config is installed with other name (ex. gtk12-config), 
       $ ruby extconf.rb <other name>

    4. make.
       $ make

    5. test sample scripts.
       $ ruby -Isrc sample/*.rb
       $ cd sample/testgtk; ruby -I../../src testgtk.rb
       $ cd doc; ruby -I../src rbbr.rb
    
    6. make install if all tests have been OK.
       $ su
       # make install


  Documents

    doc/rbbr.rb         Simple Class Browser (see Install.5)

  Sample Scripts

    sample/helloworld.rb
    sample/calendar.rb  sample for Gtk::Calendar
    sample/drawing.rb
    sample/text.rb
    sample/texthook.rb
    sample/test/*.rb
    sample/testgtk/     Ports of testgtk.c in GTK+ distributions
    sample/testim.rb    sample for Gdk::IM


  Related links

    - Ruby/GTK (official)
      you can get latest version of Ruby/GTK.
      -> http://ruby-gnome.sf.net

    - Programming by Ruby/Gtk
      there are many documents for Ruby/Gtk.
      -> http://ruby.freak.ne.jp/gtk/index.html

    - you can also get valuable information from WWW about GTK+.


  Copying

    You can redistribute Ruby/GTK and/or modify it under the same term
    of Ruby.  License of Ruby is included with Ruby distribution in
    the file "README".

    The graphics files, testgtkrc file, and the origination for
    testgtk.rb are from the GTK+ distribution, and are under
    this copyright:

/* GTK - The GIMP Toolkit
 * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */


  With Ruby, enjoy free and exciting programing.

---
Maintainers:
(up to ver. 0.18)
  by Dai.K. <MAP2303@mapletown.net>
  http://www.minato.net/~j2/
(up ver. 0.25)
  Hiroshi IGARASHI <iga@ruby-lang.org>
  http://www.ruby-lang.org/~iga/
(from ver. 0.26)
  Neil Conway <neilconway@rogers.com>
  http://ruby-gnome.sf.net
