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Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by SuperNinKenDo » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC

mofosyne wrote: post #8

I be curious to see if there is a Terminal User Interface that can also have a GUI mode as well if opened directly rather than in a terminal.

That's how Emacs works, although it uses (your choice of a set of) GUI toolkits. Not sure if you mean one single toolkit that covers both and looks identical. I guess Emacs would still mostly qualify.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by agumonkey » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC

mofosyne wrote: post #8

I be curious to see if there is a Terminal User Interface that can also have a GUI mode as well if opened directly rather than in a terminal.

Maybe we're about to see react like semantics driving multiple backends, cli, local gui, html5 webapps..

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by enriquto » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:29 PM UTC

mofosyne wrote: post #8

I be curious to see if there is a Terminal User Interface that can also have a GUI mode as well if opened directly rather than in a terminal.

what does it mean "opened directly"?

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by 0xTJ » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:37 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #4

It looks incredibly nice, but ... I still think a text UI that looks like a GUI is combining the worst of two worlds.

Have you ever used (h)top? It's great at-a-glance view of what's going on, from the command line.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by notorandit » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

Underestimating the power of TUIs annoying it is.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by vitaut » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:48 PM UTC

creamytaco wrote: post #7

C++ ensures this will never be used widely.

And yet C++ is one of the most popular languages in the world and widely used in the industry including most (all?) tech giants.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by aninteger » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:52 PM UTC

xixixao wrote: post #10

amelius wrote: post #4

It looks incredibly nice, but ... I still think a text UI that looks like a GUI is combining the worst of two worlds.

Except if you need to run the app on remote server. VS Code shows how utterly difficult it is to get a GUI working well in that scenario.

What scenario are you talking about, or what does VS Code have to do with anything?

Did you mean running VS Code on a remote server and forwarding it to the local machine? X11 based forwarding?

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by vbsteven » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:59 PM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #12

mofosyne wrote: post #8

I be curious to see if there is a Terminal User Interface that can also have a GUI mode as well if opened directly rather than in a terminal.

Maybe we're about to see react like semantics driving multiple backends, cli, local gui, html5 webapps..

That is basically what Flutter is. Renders to desktop, mobile and web, only tui is missing there.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by synergy20 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 2:05 PM UTC

Great project. One of its user git-tui looks well comparing to another git-cli (tig).

Wish we have some nice cross-platform GUI with modern c++ works across linux/windows/macos too, the only choice used to be Qt. Nowadays imgui seems a good alternative.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by agumonkey » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 2:07 PM UTC

vbsteven wrote: post #18

agumonkey wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe we're about to see react like semantics driving multiple backends, cli, local gui, html5 webapps..

That is basically what Flutter is. Renders to desktop, mobile and web, only tui is missing there.

I thought flutter web uses wasm/canvas and not html am I wrong ?