An avalanche of new thoughts

2018-01-31 Thread Edward K. Ream
Something totally unexpected happened today after reviewing the ancient items in leo/doc/leoToDo.txt. I see new directions for Leo, and new ways to think about old issues. *Background* This particular avalanche was triggered by reading Kent's request for "node pipes". I have just created #66

Re: An avalanche of new thoughts

2018-02-01 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Edward K. Ream wrote: - *Sclerotic*: Leo's concrete gui code. > > Terry has made Leo's gui more flexible than it was, but Qt seems to be > showing signs of age. > ​[snip]​ > > > Leo could simulate the js DOM with a new Leonine API. For example, it > would be pos

Re: An avalanche of new thoughts

2018-02-01 Thread Joe Orr
Not sure I understand what you mean by use browser as graphics backend, just wanted to note that it is definitely possible to make a desktop app with browser technology (Electron). Just need to wrap the backend in node. Joe On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 12:12:01 PM UTC-5, Edward K. Ream wr

Re: An avalanche of new thoughts

2018-02-01 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Joe Orr wrote: > Not sure I understand what you mean by use browser as graphics backend, > just wanted to note that it is definitely possible to make a desktop app > with browser technology (Electron). Just need to wrap the backend in node. > ​Thanks for the conf

Re: An avalanche of new thoughts

2018-02-02 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 1:40:22 PM UTC-6, Joe Orr wrote: Not sure I understand what you mean by use browser as graphics backend, > just wanted to note that it is definitely possible to make a desktop app > with browser technology (Electron). Just need to wrap the backend in node. > I