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Suitcase: A macOS tool for deploying GUIs for simple commands and scripts

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Re: Suitcase: A macOS tool for deploying GUIs for simple commands and scripts

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Post by oefrha »

k2enemy wrote: post #10

Very cool. Just a suggestion for the demos in the README though. Maybe have the code shown statically, then a gif of the GUI. Watching all the typing gets long when I just want to see the resulting GUI.

Also, move at least one screenshot/cast to the top, not after tons of technical documentation.

Re: Suitcase: A macOS tool for deploying GUIs for simple commands and scripts

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Post by evandena »

Anyone know something similar to this, but with help generating a web front end? I'd love to generate a small UI for my team to help with openssl commands, being able to input data would be a bonus.

I could probably cook something up with node fairly fast, but I'm a remedial programmer.

Re: Suitcase: A macOS tool for deploying GUIs for simple commands and scripts

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Post by tambourine_man »

Really nice. Reminds me of Platypus[1].

I don't really use GitHub but, if possible, please change the GIFs to MP4. Besides being sharper and way smaller, one can control the playback to rewind/fast forward.

[1] https://sveinbjorn.org/platypus

Re: Suitcase: A macOS tool for deploying GUIs for simple commands and scripts

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Post by Aloha »

guessbest wrote: post #13
fimdomeio wrote: post #3

does anyone know of similar tools for linux?

"Xdialog is designed to be a drop in replacement for the "dialog" or "cdialog" programs. It converts any terminal based program into a program with an X-windows interface. The dialogs are easier to see and use while adding even more functionalities (e.g. with the treeview, the file selector, the edit box, the range box, the help button/box). Because Xdialog uses GTK+, it will also match your desktop theme." http://xd…

I dont think Xdialog is maintained anymore, dialog is though.

Re: Suitcase: A macOS tool for deploying GUIs for simple commands and scripts

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Post by booi »

Jaxan wrote: post #35
turnipla wrote: post #15

All of that doesn’t seem to belong on to CLI flags. I love the possibilities this opens up, but I’d much rather write a configuration file.

Or you use suitcase to make a GUI for this tool ;-)

Or make a separate tool that is a GUI to generate the config. We’ll call it metacase

Re: Suitcase: A macOS tool for deploying GUIs for simple commands and scripts

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Post by kirstenbirgit »

k2enemy wrote: post #10

Very cool. Just a suggestion for the demos in the README though. Maybe have the code shown statically, then a gif of the GUI. Watching all the typing gets long when I just want to see the resulting GUI.

Yep, there's zero reason for the gifs. They seem really slow to me. Makes it impossible to copy the code if I wanted to, as well.
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