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> I’m curious to know if anyone knows of any similar tools or approaches to composable GUIs! I believe the emacs architecture is the answer. emacs is not just
by brabel 2y ago
> I’m curious to know if anyone knows of any similar tools or approaches to composable GUIs!
I believe the emacs architecture is the answer. emacs is not just a CLI, it's not just a GUI, it's a wonderful (but archaic) matchup of both, where they integrate seamlessly.
I am currently working on some ideas on this as well, my idea even looks superficially similar to yours, but I would say you should look into how this works in emacs as I feel like your approach is not really very "composable" (though I haven't looked very deep, sorry).
EDIT: perhaps this may also inspire you, in case you don't know it: https://gtoolkit.com/ https://gtoolkit.com/ (Smalltalk environment where literally everything is programmable, just like in emacs but kind of the other way around: the GUI is language itself, not a result of its commands).
- williamcotton 2y agoI feel like your approach is not really very "composable" It is as composable as a shell pipeline because all it does is make shell pipelines!
- brabel 2y agoI was thinking of the GUI itself: how can you compose GUI components?