Need FXRuby character graphics Widget Guidance

[Chuck]

Hi,

 

I posted this on ruby-talk, but didn't get much of a response.  I hope this isn't considered "double posting".  if so, appologies...

 

I'm trying to put together a simple animation using chsaracter graphics (to start) -- by this I mean text against a blank window.  I would move the text on the window from within my ruby program, by a simple erase and redraw character method.  Hopefully I wouldn't have to repaint the entire window.  The window need not be scrollable.  It will be defined as though it were an  M x N  array to which i can do "random access" reads and writes.  a given character need only be addressable to an  location eg.  (m, n). not at  an arbitrary pixel position (though that might be nice in the future) I'm looking for simplicity. 

 

I'm unsure as to which widget would best serve me here.   [table? text box? pallet? something else?)    Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

Chuck