On 2011-04-04 20:45:49 -0400, spir <denis.s...@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.
--
Michel Fortin
michel.for...@michelf.com
http://michelf.com/
