On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:22:09 +0900 Jean-Philippe André <j...@videolan.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > On 29 April 2016 at 12:19, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:32:39 +0900 Jean-Philippe André > > <j...@videolan.org> wrote: > > > > > As for bindings, they need to be able to dynamically know which > > > functions an object support based on its class (here the object > > > is an instance of a class implementing Efl.Pack). Otherwise I > > > don't see how any binding would work at all. (In C++ I would cast > > > to the efl_pack class, but that doesn't work for Lua/JS). > > > > That's what I've been saying for a while now, EO run time > > introspection, for Lua bindings specifically. Also need to > > introspect the classes available. > > > > A bit unrelated :) > Full introspection might not be *required* for bindings to work, they > only need to be able to match an EO object with its class and from > there know which APIs are supported. > > > Though now I'm thinking of going in a different direction anyway. > > Going back to my original NAWS (Not A Widget Set) plans, but using > > that as a wrapper around a variety of GUI front ends, including > > Elm, HTML, wasm, and maybe something like curses. In which case, > > the Elm part would be based on hand coding around Elm widgets to > > fit into the NAWS wrapper. > > > > Oddly enough, the main test code for this might be a Conky Lua > > script I wrote this week. It uses Conky's access to system info, > > but Lua driving Cairo direct instead of using Conky's rendering > > wrapper. At this point I essentially have a generic widget that > > renders graphs as well as labels and frames. Making this generic > > widget clickable turns it into a button, and that's the beginning > > of NAWS already written. I already got plans to port this script > > to EFL, using Conky in text console mode to feed the values until I > > get around to writing all the EFL replacements. Then maybe port > > the graphics bits from Lua driven lines and rectangles to something > > like eGraph, or port that bit to C. > > > > Have you looked at Evas VG? I'll add that to the things to look at, thanks. -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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