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@@ -209,6 +209,35 @@ https://godoc.org/github.com/gorilla/websocket The higher-level client-server API could be made rather generic to allow for smooth integration with non-IRC "backends" such as Slack or Mattermost. +he -- text editor +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +VIM controls, no scripting, no syntax highlight, single-file, made for variable- +-width/proportional fonts. Initially done primarily to produce a text editing +widget, which is going to be an interesting challenge, arguably better solved by +whole program composition. Scintilla may provide some inspiration. + +In the second stage, support for the Language Server Protocol will be added so +that the project can be edited using its own tools. Some scripting, perhaps +a tiny subset of VimL, might be desirable. Or other means of configuration. + +Visual block mode or the color column may still be implemented. + +The real model for the editor is Qt Creator with FakeVIM, though this is not to +be a clone of it, e.g. the various "Output" lists could be just special buffers, +which may be have names starting on "// ". + +Resources: + - http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/sam/ + +ho -- all-powerful organizer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Zettelkasten with fulltext search, arbitrary reciprocal links, arbitrary tags. +Flat storage. Should be able to use translation dictionaries for search hints. + +Indexing and search may be based on a common database, no need to get all fancy: +http://rachbelaid.com/postgres-full-text-search-is-good-enough/ +https://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html#full_text_index_queries (FTS4 seems better) + htd -- translation dictionary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This specific kind of application doesn't need a lot of user interface either, @@ -235,26 +264,6 @@ hiv -- image viewer JPG, PNG, first frame of GIF. Zoom. Going through adjacent files in directory using cursor keys. Possibly a dialog with image metadata. -he -- text editor -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -VIM controls, no scripting, no syntax highlight, single-file, made for variable- --width/proportional fonts. Initially done primarily to produce a text editing -widget, which is going to be an interesting challenge, arguably better solved by -whole program composition. Scintilla may provide some inspiration. - -In the second stage, support for the Language Server Protocol will be added so -that the project can be edited using its own tools. Some scripting, perhaps -a tiny subset of VimL, might be desirable. Or other means of configuration. - -Visual block mode or the color column may still be implemented. - -The real model for the editor is Qt Creator with FakeVIM, though this is not to -be a clone of it, e.g. the various "Output" lists could be just special buffers, -which may be have names starting on "// ". - -Resources: - - http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/sam/ - hfm -- file manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All we need to achieve here is replace Midnight Commander, which besides the @@ -268,14 +277,14 @@ Eventually the number of panels should be arbitrary with proper shortcuts for working with them. We might also integrate a special view for picture previews, which might or might not deserve its own program. -ho -- all-powerful organizer -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Zettelkasten with fulltext search, arbitrary reciprocal links, arbitrary tags. -Flat storage. Should be able to use translation dictionaries for search hints. +hss -- spreadsheets +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The first version doesn't need to be able to reference other cells, and can more +or less be a CSV editor. -Indexing and search may be based on a common database, no need to get all fancy: -http://rachbelaid.com/postgres-full-text-search-is-good-enough/ -https://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html#full_text_index_queries (FTS4 seems better) +We can take inspiration from Excel: +https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/excel/excel-recalculation +https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2018/03/build-systems.pdf The rest ~~~~~~~~ |