[MacRuby-devel] anyone using WebKit to generate dialogs?

[Rich Morin]

Google SketchUp's WebDialog class allows Ruby plugins to
generate, launch, and support interactive dialogs, using
HTML and JavaScript.  Basically, the plugin:

*  sets up some callback code
*  generates some HTML (etc) code
*  points SketchUp at the HTML

SketchUp then puts up a window whose layout is specified
by the HTML (etc) code.  User actions may be handled by
JavaScript and/or callbacks to the Ruby plugin.

Although there are some awkward aspects to this approach,
I like the ability to generate dynamic content, use CSS
and jQuery, etc.


It looks like WebKit could provide similar capabilities,
using MacRuby as the "back end".  I'm curious whether
anyone has been playing with this approach, possibly using
HotCocoa magic to tidy things up.

-r
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