SketchUp Gem Loader interface

[DanRathbun]

Continuing the discussion from Ruby backtick returns nothing!:

@DanRathbun

@eneroth3

… it takes a really long time to install the Gem.
If used in an extension there has to be some feedback to the user that a Gem is installing.

I attempted to code such an interface at one time, and sent Thomas a copy.
It’s been several years, so I had forgotten about it. (I’ll try and see if I can find it.)

Okay, I found some old code. I last played with this back in 2014, during the 2015 release cycle.
I don’t remember what I was changing for the 3rd version, and I don’t have a copy of the initial version.

gem_load_2.rb (4.0 KB)
gem_load_3.rb (5.8 KB)

Now with SU2017, and it’s balloon notifications and UI::HtmlDialog class, things could be made a bit better (or different.)

Anyway, this might give some ideas.

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ADD: This was testing code. Not really ready for primetime.
It was an idea. So no warranties expressed nor implied !