Hi everyone! I have an update to share regarding wtherion, which you hopefully remember is my project for a web-based Therion map editor to replace XTherion's map editing capabilities: https://github.com/daem-on/wtherion
I just spent the last two weeks rewriting the UI of wtherion, which was originally a fork of a vector editing application, migrating the parts that used jQuery to Vue. The canvas library and most of the editing logic are the same, this change just means the editor UI can be even more dynamic, complex and useful than before. This eliminated a lot of unnecessary or overly complex code left from the vector editor, and I hope in the future this will make it easier to maintain and add new features to. Some of the more visible changes include: - New layout and new UI styles - Shortcuts icons for common actions - Keybinds can be configured (this is not persisted yet) - All select lists (including points/symbols) have preview images - UI language can be changed at runtime - New rendering capabilities This last one I'm especially happy about, it's a step towards actual WYSIWYG editing, although that is not planned for this project. Currently you can see, in real time, while editing, what your 'slope', 'pit' or 'overhang' lines might look like when compiled. The main limiting factor here is performance, since I don't know how capable the average user's hardware will be, I tried to keep it optimised, and I added a toggle for it in the toolbar. I'm planning on releasing a 1.0 version of wtherion in the future, but I would like to hear feedback on this development version, which can be reached at beta.wtherion.daemonw.com (this is also linked in the GitHub repo). If you have suggestions on how it should work differently, if it's not working well for your workflow, or if you find a bug, please let me know here, or create an issue on GitHub. I can't make any guarantee as to the timeline of development, or how quickly I'll respond. Admittedly, I haven't worked on this project very actively in the last two years, but right now I want to spend more time on it. The scope of the project hasn't really changed, but I'd be interested to work on other projects that plan to replace the whole of XTherion, or even replace text based editing. Csongor _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
