On 2009-10-06, Valentin Villenave wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:26 AM, <codesite-nore...@google.com> wrote: > > > > Rather, it might be better to write a cross-platform GUI (not Java > > based) so that we're not stuck using the Windows API. I've been > > thinking about starting a project like this for a while, but I'm > > not promising anything yet. > > I've been thinking the same thing.
Cool! > 1) I believe PyGTK might be the way to go (Python is already included > with LilyPond, GTK is cross-platform, stable, and almost everywhere on > GNU/Linux distributions. Besides Lily already uses GTK low-level stuff > like Pango). PyGTK is definitely an option. wxPython looks like another very reasonable possibility. > 2) A small GUI could also be able to detect, configure and launch > already installed editing environments (It could check for emacs, > LilyPondTool and Fresco, for instance). Yeah, that would be pretty simple, I think. > 3) As for the text editing component, Scintilla is probably one of the > bests out there, it has countless features, most of which would not be > needed at all (so perhaps we could distribute a <100Ko stripped > version). So, even users who do not have emacs/LPT/whatnot could enjoy > syntax-highlighting and proper indentation :) Hmm, I'll have to take a look at that editor. The problem of syntax highlighting is something that's been bugging me for a while now, but I'll save that for another big feature request to bug-lilypond (and maybe the lily-proposals list) once I can articulate my ideas clearly. :-) > 4) And if we really do need to embed a PDF viewer (no we don't, but > still), muPDF is the lightest, fastest solution. And it's > cross-platform. This would be a nice feature, but should be implemented *after* we have a working text editor. Also, in the future, we can expect to see a nice libgnupdf, and we might consider using that. > 5) ...Aaand ideally, we should have some kind of an auto-updater > mechanism. Having to uninstall/download/install everything everytime > is a PITA. That would be cool. > 6) And if we ever do manage to achieve that, we could name it, huh, > "EasyLilyPond" or something :-) Sure! :-) > There, I've said it. No matter how, I'd be delighted to join you in > developing something. Okay, thanks. Since this is obviously still in the brainstorming stage, I'll set up a wiki page. -Patrick _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
