libgphoto2 binding

[Tim Hunter]

I'm thinking about doing a binding for libgphoto2, the library behind
gphoto2 (www.gphoto.org).

First, is there already a project like this? I've searched RAA and
RubyForge and found nothing. If you know of such a project, please let me
know.

Second, is this something that would be useful? The gphoto2 application is
already a good CLI to libgphoto2, and gtkam is a GTK2 GUI for the library,
so the two most obvious uses are already satisfied.

 

[Laurent Sansonetti]

I'm thinking about doing a binding for libgphoto2, the library behind
gphoto2 (www.gphoto.org).

This is a good idea.

First, is there already a project like this? I've searched RAA and
RubyForge and found nothing. If you know of such a project, please let me
know.

AFAIK you're the first one ;-)

Second, is this something that would be useful? The gphoto2 application is
already a good CLI to libgphoto2, and gtkam is a GTK2 GUI for the library,
so the two most obvious uses are already satisfied.

Well, libgphoto2 seems to be an interesting library, and it would be
really nice to have a Ruby access to it.

Unfortunately libgphoto2 doesn't seem to be based on GLib (yet), so you
won't be able to use Ruby/GLib facilities to implement the binding.

Do not hesitate to ask questions if you have problems!

Cheers,