GUI library for D

[Michel Fortin]

On 2011-04-04 20:45:49 -0400, spir <denis.spir at gmail.com> said:

> I would love that! Actually was thinking at something like that yesterday.
> 
> An ideal design (for me) for this kind of exploratory / fun programming 
> would be having
> * a drawing frame using most of the screen
> * a minimal terminal frame down there (like in prog editors)
> * a 'control' frame on the left
> The control part beeing firstly for feedback on what happens in the 
> drawing part. Eg display range, min/max, average... when drawing a 
> function's curve.
> Then, all kinds of sophiscation (control allows input, mouse, 
> whatever...) can be added.

Actually, I think it needs to stay simple: provide a drawing area in a 
window and let the program draw whatever he wants. I'd leave controls 
and other GUI stuff to actual GUI frameworks (at least in a first 
incarnation).


> Unfortunately, I really have no idea on how to do that; else, I would 
> have developped it already. But I would definitely help, if possible, 
> anyone who knows and wants to invest time on such a project.

The first thing needed is an API. Ideally, the API would have the 
concept of an image buffer, some primitives to draw in the buffer, and 
a way to put the buffer on screen (typically in a window) or elsewhere 
(in a PNG file for instance).

It would also be nice to be able to load an image from a file, but 
that's a little more complicated.


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Michel Fortin
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