Context Sensitive Gui Library

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 11/04/2015 8:34 p.m., jkpl wrote:
> On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 07:28:50 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>> On 11/04/2015 7:24 p.m., jkpl wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 05:45:10 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>>>> On 11/04/2015 5:43 p.m., Rashad Vinshy wrote:
>>>>> CSGL:
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to announce the release of my beta library for D!
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the best plan of action at this point to contribute it to
>>>>> the D
>>>>> community? (the library still needs debugging and optimization
>>>>> support,
>>>>> I've only tested it on my machine)
>>>>>
>>>>> For those interested the library hast he following features currently
>>>>> supported:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. CSGL exists on a series of overlays over the workspace - by simply
>>>>> design one can simulate traditional gui's.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. CSGL has context sensitive capabilities - Allows one to change the
>>>>> gui depending on what actions have previously taken place.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. CSGL is intelligent and can find optimal patterns in your work
>>>>> flow.
>>>>> You are presented with what you need at that point. The self modifying
>>>>> gui can adapt not only visual elements but also context sensitive
>>>>> hotkeys, mouse interact, and even things such as MIDI, OSC, COM, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. CSGL has a built in fully capable scripting editor. One can not
>>>>> only
>>>>> write their on wrappers around the gui elements but also design
>>>>> commonly
>>>>> used macros to reduce complex gui interaction tasks. One can even do
>>>>> such things as animation using the scripting language
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. CSGL has pluggable modules that can be freely used by any gui that
>>>>> recognizes them. One can also access them through scripting.
>>>>>
>>>>> 6. The visual template of the gui can be easily changed through the
>>>>> gui
>>>>> template library. (your apps can be reskinned by a few clicks)
>>>>>
>>>>> 7. Full multi-monitor support, including automatically tracking usage
>>>>> patterns to present the user with the best possible scenario.
>>>>>
>>>>> 8. Full User-Edit mode. By a special hotkey the user can go into edit
>>>>> mode and configure and edit the different gui elements. The same
>>>>> editor
>>>>> is used to the design the gui.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Features to come: Full GUI editor(not done yet). Something like Blend.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Next week I will be able to upload a working demo that shows off
>>>>> some of
>>>>> the capabilities; Some of the graphics treats such as alpha channel
>>>>> tricks, along with how context sensitive gui's work.
>>>>>
>>>>> The demo is a graphics program that essentially changes the gui as you
>>>>> change your working actions. If you use the paintbrush tool, not
>>>>> only do
>>>>> the other tools reorder themselves, they also can(but not necessarily)
>>>>> configure themselves to present to you similar choices that were used
>>>>> before in similar contexts. In this case(of a new user) a circular
>>>>> swatch is present to the user that surrounds the canvas for easy color
>>>>> access that is on it's own overlay along with the right mouse button
>>>>> becoming a different function(from a secondary drawing tool
>>>>> function to
>>>>> an eraser. This was done by scripting side to show how it can be
>>>>> used).
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, If anyone is interested in helping with this project please
>>>>> let me
>>>>> know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> RV
>>>>
>>>> Thats nice. Now where is the source code?
>>>
>>> Same here...quite amused. I think that now he's gone in nothern Yukkon
>>> to kill the bear whose skin just been sold.
>>>
>>> Though i might be wrong.
>>
>> I umm, not sure I understand you.
>
> it's based on this french idiom:
> (vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué)
>
> in a nutshell: I suspect this announce to be spam because:
> 1/ googlelize the OP name: nothing, except this post. For such a
> framework, the guy cannot land from nowhere.
> 2/ he has posted in te wrong fourm section.
> 3/ no screenshot, no links.
> 4/ the concept is quite abstruse, not self-explanatory, no tech details
> (e.g open-gl for this, xml for that...
> 5/ it's too providential.
>
> Though i might be wrong.

Ohhh that.

Yeah I understand your pov on this.
I just don't like risking alienating somebody who could become part of 
the D community.