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reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also use 
a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
"kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

I've come up with these ones so far:
- Mango (is it already used?)
- Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
- Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
- Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
mention fruit.

Any beautiful words associated with Mars?
Mar 11 2021
next sibling parent reply Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What


Do you plan on working on retain-mode GUI library?
Mar 11 2021
parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 11:25:07 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 Do you plan on working on retain-mode GUI library?


Yes. I also plan to make it public on GitHub.
It will be a cross-platform library (at least, possible to 
implement for WinAPI and X11).
Mar 11 2021
parent reply Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 11:55:05 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 It will be a cross-platform library (at least, possible to 
 implement for WinAPI and X11).


have you seen my simpledisplay.d and minigui.d?

http://dpldocs.info/experimental-docs/arsd.simpledisplay.html
http://dpldocs.info/experimental-docs/arsd.minigui.html
Mar 11 2021
parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 14:56:31 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 have you seen my simpledisplay.d and minigui.d?


Well, it is nice. Some tutorials would be great.

My goal is to create something like Qt. Big, usable and aesthetic 
(in terms of code)
Mar 11 2021
next sibling parent reply Guillaume Piolat <first.name spam.org> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 15:54:49 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 My goal is to create something like Qt. Big, usable and 
 aesthetic (in terms of code)


Then the name should reflect the desired attributes: Big, 
Aestheic, Usable

BAU

if we turn Usable into Easy it becomes

BAE

aka the acronym for Before Anyone Else.

So I'd says BAE UI.
Mar 11 2021
parent Guillaume Piolat <first.name spam.org> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 17:03:38 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:

 So I'd says BAE UI.


Of course the name's already taken: 
https://github.com/nkpgardose/bae-ui
Mar 11 2021
prev sibling parent reply Abdulhaq <alynch4047 gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 15:54:49 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 My goal is to create something like Qt. Big, usable and 
 aesthetic (in terms of code)


A word of warning. Every now and again a developer stumbles into 
these forums, eyes blinking in the glare of D's clean lines and 
meta-programming power, and says "I'm going to reimplement Qt in 
D". It's a huge job that one person can't do on their own. I urge 
you to get a realistic expectation in place before starting. 
Which parts of Qt would you focus on first? Also, which platform 
(windows, linux, macos)?
Mar 14 2021
parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 14 March 2021 at 11:47:59 UTC, Abdulhaq wrote:

 I urge you to get a realistic expectation in place before 
 starting. Which parts of Qt would you focus on first? Also, 
 which platform (windows, linux, macos)?


My roadmap is:

1. Create a framework with event-driven programming and a nice 
OOP entry point. (Reimplantation of QApplication class and 
event-flavoured C++).

2. Create a module called "platform". It will be a middle-level 
abstract interface to a system API. No pretty widget class 
hierarchy/string translations/advanced resource loading. Plain 
functions for creating, destroying, modifying widgets and some 
capabilities of drawing with OpenGL or whatever.
Porting my library to a new platform might be as simple/hard as 
reimplementing "platform.d"

I target:
- easy use of both native and owner-drawn gui
- easy use of native features (system notifications (as a sort of 
message boxes), window transparency, drag-and-drop)
- Linux and Windows because I have them installed on my PC

3. Pretty widget class hierarchy that basically just glues up 
high-level (1) and middle-level (2) parts of the library.

I target:
- high extensibility (what about implementation of QML? 
MsExcel-like widget? Syntax highlighting in TextEdit? I probably 
won't do that, but I'll leave an opportunity for somebody else)
- string translations, theming.

-----------------------
That's all for now about how I feel Tharsis will be done.
Mar 14 2021
next sibling parent reply rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:
On 15/03/2021 12:57 PM, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 2. Create a module called "platform". It will be a middle-level abstract 
 interface to a system API. No pretty widget class hierarchy/string 
 translations/advanced resource loading. Plain functions for creating, 
 destroying, modifying widgets and some capabilities of drawing with 
 OpenGL or whatever.
 Porting my library to a new platform might be as simple/hard as 
 reimplementing "platform.d"


That is going to be a massive module.

See: https://github.com/Devisualization/spew
Mar 14 2021
parent Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 00:57:02 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:

 That is going to be a massive module.

 See: https://github.com/Devisualization/spew


Doesn't D already have net/time things in phobos?
Mar 15 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent Abdulhaq <alynch4047 gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 14 March 2021 at 23:57:26 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:


 My roadmap is:

 1. Create a framework with event-driven programming and a nice 
 OOP entry point. (Reimplantation of QApplication class and 
 event-flavoured C++).

 2. Create a module called "platform". It will be a middle-level 
 abstract interface to a system API. No pretty widget class 
 hierarchy/string translations/advanced resource loading. Plain 
 functions for creating, destroying, modifying widgets and some 
 capabilities of drawing with OpenGL or whatever.
 Porting my library to a new platform might be as simple/hard as 
 reimplementing "platform.d"

 I target:
 - easy use of both native and owner-drawn gui
 - easy use of native features (system notifications (as a sort 
 of message boxes), window transparency, drag-and-drop)
 - Linux and Windows because I have them installed on my PC

 3. Pretty widget class hierarchy that basically just glues up 
 high-level (1) and middle-level (2) parts of the library.

 I target:
 - high extensibility (what about implementation of QML? 
 MsExcel-like widget? Syntax highlighting in TextEdit? I 
 probably won't do that, but I'll leave an opportunity for 
 somebody else)
 - string translations, theming.


that should keep you busy for a while :-). When you say "native" 
GUI I'm guessing you mean Win32 for Windows / GTK for linux? Do 
you see OpenGL fitting in anywhere? I confess I'm out of touch 
for desktop GUI libraries because I'm currently working in the 
mobile platform arena with Flutter, and previously for all my 
desktop oriented work I've reached for Qt.

It's exciting launching a big project like this and I wish you 
well. Please keep us updated, it would be very interesting to 
hear of the challenges you face as you go along, and the 
solutions you employ to get past them. If you write a blog I'd 
definitely follow along.
Mar 15 2021
prev sibling parent reply Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 14 March 2021 at 23:57:26 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 drag-and-drop


I actually just recently did drag and drop in my 
simpledisplay.d... it isn't too hard but like a lot depends on 
what you'd do on linux.

Would you wrap qt or gtk? or diy? I diy'd but that's not always 
the best for other people's preferences.
Mar 15 2021
parent reply Jack <jckj33 gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 13:54:55 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Sunday, 14 March 2021 at 23:57:26 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 drag-and-drop


 I actually just recently did drag and drop in my 
 simpledisplay.d... it isn't too hard but like a lot depends on 
 what you'd do on linux.

 Would you wrap qt or gtk? or diy? I diy'd but that's not always 
 the best for other people's preferences.


Drag and drop you mean like dragging controls from toolbox to 
form like Qt/Visual studo?
Mar 18 2021
parent Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 16:17:47 UTC, Jack wrote:

 Drag and drop you mean like dragging controls from toolbox to 
 form like Qt/Visual studo?


I mean in the api, right now you can initiate a data drag and 
accept a data drop.

I'm considering doing a drag and drop builder thing just I have 
to do foundational stuff first.
Mar 18 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent Danny Arends <Danny.Arends gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


Just gonna suggest my favorite Martian topological place

Medusae Fossae (MF)

Medusae Fossae is one of the weirdest locations on Mars, with 
some people even speculating that it holds evidence of some sort 
of a UFO crash. The more likely explanation is it is a huge 
volcanic deposit, some one-fifth of the size of the United 
States. Over time, winds sculpted the rocks into some beautiful 
formations.
Mar 11 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


"LeInterface"

Sounds like when an englishman tries to looks a bit french.

"LeUI".
Mar 11 2021
parent Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 14:41:20 UTC, Basile B. wrote:

 On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


 "LeInterface"

 Sounds like when an englishman tries to looks a bit french.

 "LeUI".


eventually adds a "leu" suffix to sounds more Canadian.

   "Cte intefarce leu."
Mar 11 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent Kagamin <spam here.lot> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_Freia rather that very name is 
associated with beauty, so if your library doesn't live up to 
expectation...
Mar 11 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library


Well, small compared to size of all GTK .dll files. However, not 
mini/nano/simple
Mar 11 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Imperatorn <johan_forsberg_86 hotmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


Is Ares taken? 🤔

AresUI
Mar 11 2021
parent Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 16:36:00 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

 On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


 Is Ares taken? 🤔
 AresUI


Yes, unfortunately :(.
Mar 13 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


Will Jupiter be OK? Or Saturn?
Mar 13 2021
parent reply Imperatorn <johan_forsberg_86 hotmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 13 March 2021 at 23:51:21 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


 Will Jupiter be OK? Or Saturn?


- Olympus Mons, the largest volcano

- Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the Solar System

- a large amount of underground ice in the Utopia Planitia region

- the vast upland region Tharsis

Tharsis UI 😎
Naming sux 😔
Mar 13 2021
parent Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 14 March 2021 at 07:35:11 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

 - the vast upland region Tharsis
 Tharsis UI 😎


Tharsis UI is the best! Thanks 😊
＼(^o^)／
Mar 14 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?B?0JLQuNGC0LDQu9C40Lkg0KTQsNC0?= =?UTF-8?B?0LXQtdCy?= writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


UI
UI + concept
concept + UI
FastUI
DUI
SmallUI
ZeroCodeUI
MouseDriwedUI
MagneticUI

What concept ?
What an advantage ?
Mar 15 2021
next sibling parent =?UTF-8?B?0JLQuNGC0LDQu9C40Lkg0KTQsNC0?= =?UTF-8?B?0LXQtdCy?= writes:
On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 11:47:16 UTC, Виталий Фадеев wrote:

 On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


 UI
 UI + concept
 concept + UI
 FastUI
 DUI
 SmallUI
 ZeroCodeUI
 MouseDriwedUI
 MagneticUI

 What concept ?
 What an advantage ?


DG - D-lang Graphics
Mar 15 2021
prev sibling parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 11:47:16 UTC, Виталий Фадеев wrote:

 UI
 UI + concept
 concept + UI
 FastUI
 DUI
 SmallUI
 ZeroCodeUI
 MouseDriwedUI
 MagneticUI

 What concept ?
 What an advantage ?


Main concepts:

Event-driven
Programming
Inside
Crazy
D code
------------
EpicD

EpicD is not taken yet. Should I take it?
Mar 15 2021
parent Jack <jckj33 gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 15:10:25 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 11:47:16 UTC, Виталий Фадеев wrote:

 UI
 UI + concept
 concept + UI
 FastUI
 DUI
 SmallUI
 ZeroCodeUI
 MouseDriwedUI
 MagneticUI

 What concept ?
 What an advantage ?


 Main concepts:

 Event-driven
 Programming
 Inside
 Crazy
 D code
 ------------
 EpicD

 EpicD is not taken yet. Should I take it?


EpicD sounds the coolest I've read
Mar 18 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


This reminds me of a famous quote by a genius:

"The most important thing in the programming language is the 
name. A language will not succeed without a good name." -- Donald 
Knuth
Mar 15 2021
parent reply Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 13:38:01 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)
 - Rowan (i like it; could be shorten to "rw")
 - Feijoa (complicated, however, could be shorten to nice "fj")
 - Pumpkin (also could be "pmk")

 Why fruit? Well, that are just my names. You don't have to 
 mention fruit.

 Any beautiful words associated with Mars?


 This reminds me of a famous quote by a genius:

 "The most important thing in the programming language is the 
 name. A language will not succeed without a good name." -- 
 Donald Knuth


Actually, that was not a full quote... The full quote is the 
following - "The most important thing in the programming language 
is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I 
have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for 
a suitable language."
Mar 15 2021
parent Bastiaan Veelo <Bastiaan Veelo.net> writes:
On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 13:39:18 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 13:38:01 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 This reminds me of a famous quote by a genius:

 "The most important thing in the programming language is the 
 name. A language will not succeed without a good name." -- 
 Donald Knuth


 Actually, that was not a full quote... The full quote is the 
 following - "The most important thing in the programming 
 language is the name. A language will not succeed without a 
 good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I 
 am looking for a suitable language."


Now I wonder what the name was, and whether he ever found the 
language to match. Web? Metafont? TeX?

— Bastiaan
Mar 16 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest? I can also 
 use a shortened form (for instance, if the lib is called 
 "kaleidoscope", i can use only "kd").

 I've come up with these ones so far:
 - Mango (is it already used?)


FYI, there were two projects called Mango [1] and Ares [2] back 
in the days (D1 days). These two projects joined efforts and 
became Tango [3]. Not sure if it matters since it was so long ago.

[1] http://dsource.org/projects/mango
[2] http://dsource.org/projects/ares
[3] http://dsource.org/projects/tango

--
/Jacob Carlborg
Mar 17 2021
parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 09:50:53 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

 FYI, there were two projects called Mango [1] and Ares [2] back 
 in the days (D1 days). These two projects joined efforts and 
 became Tango [3]. Not sure if it matters since it was so long 
 ago.

 [1] http://dsource.org/projects/mango
 [2] http://dsource.org/projects/ares
 [3] http://dsource.org/projects/tango

 --
 /Jacob Carlborg


Thanks, so now I have only two candidates:

[1] Tharsis (a nice place on Mars)
[2] EpicD (ideological)

I would stick with [2] EpicD.
Mar 17 2021
parent reply Bastiaan Veelo <Bastiaan Veelo.net> writes:
On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 11:17:50 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 Thanks, so now I have only two candidates:

 [1] Tharsis (a nice place on Mars)


Somehow gives me associations with “catharsis”, which I doubt all 
programmers think with fondness of...


 [2] EpicD (ideological)

 I would stick with [2] EpicD.


“Epic” = “an exceptionally long and arduous task or activity” 
(a.o. meanings). Seems fitting, given the scope of the endeavour 
;-) EpicD though sounds to me more like a language variant like 
Safe D or Better C, not so much a library.

— Bastiaan.
Mar 17 2021
parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 12:18:42 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:

 “Epic” = “an exceptionally long and arduous task or activity” 
 (a.o. meanings). Seems fitting, given the scope of the 
 endeavour ;-) EpicD though sounds to me more like a language 
 variant like Safe D or Better C, not so much a library.

 — Bastiaan.


Well... Having a small experience in GUI programming in other 
languages (Python, Tcl, C++), I can say that GUI essentially 
changes the programming style, especially Qt that modifies C++ 
classes with slots and signals.

Anyway, here is a little experiment with the names:

// Import modules from TharsisUI
import tharsis.application;
import tharsis.widget;
import tharsis.window;

// Import modules from EpicD
import epicd.application;
import epicd.widget;
import epicd.window;

Visually Tharsis is more beautiful.
Mar 17 2021
parent reply drug <drug2004 bk.ru> writes:
On 3/17/21 3:39 PM, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 12:18:42 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:

 “Epic” = “an exceptionally long and arduous task or activity” (a.o. 
 meanings). Seems fitting, given the scope of the endeavour ;-) EpicD 
 though sounds to me more like a language variant like Safe D or Better 
 C, not so much a library.

 — Bastiaan.


 
 Well... Having a small experience in GUI programming in other languages 
 (Python, Tcl, C++), I can say that GUI essentially changes the 
 programming style, especially Qt that modifies C++ classes with slots 
 and signals.
 
 Anyway, here is a little experiment with the names:
 
 // Import modules from TharsisUI
 import tharsis.application;
 import tharsis.widget;
 import tharsis.window;
 
 // Import modules from EpicD
 import epicd.application;
 import epicd.widget;
 import epicd.window;
 
 Visually Tharsis is more beautiful.
 
 


https://code.dlang.org/search?q=tharsis

Do you want to release your lib recently?
Mar 17 2021
parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 13:58:00 UTC, drug wrote:

 https://code.dlang.org/search?q=tharsis

 Do you want to release your lib recently?


Aw. No, that is not me.
Mar 17 2021
parent Imperatorn <johan_forsberg_86 hotmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 17:51:02 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 13:58:00 UTC, drug wrote:

 https://code.dlang.org/search?q=tharsis

 Do you want to release your lib recently?


 Aw. No, that is not me.


Tharsis sounds cooler than epicD tho 😁
Mar 18 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 What easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest?


What about:

Loot - tool but reversed
Dima - random name
DMA  - from Dima but without i
Mar 18 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply ShadoLight <ettienne.gilbert gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest?


[..]

Completely arbitrary...

GUInness

...or, if you don't like the association with a (very yummy) 
Irish beer...

MeGUIn
Mar 18 2021
parent Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 12:30:05 UTC, ShadoLight wrote:

 On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 10:59:11 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 I've got an idea of a small GUI library as a pet project. What 
 easy-to-type, short and nice name you can suggest?


 [..]

 Completely arbitrary...

 GUInness


Drop one 'n':

GUIness

I like that. Potentially evokes goodness and Guinness at the same 
time for those with the proper frame of mind.
Mar 18 2021
prev sibling parent reply Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 March 2021 at 09:01:28 UTC, ElzaJ wrote:

 I'm not a developer myself, so I can't help you with this 
 issue. But I can recommend you my IT partners. They are 
 updating my site to newer technology 
 https://itmaster-soft.com/en/angular-development-services Maybe 
 they will be able to help you too


Thanks, but I don't need help yet. I need a great name to call 
that.

Here are candidates to choose from:
1. Kylo
2. EpicD
3. Rowan
4. Loot
5. Hippo
6. Something more?
Mar 22 2021
parent Mark Lagodych <lgd.mrk gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 March 2021 at 09:54:48 UTC, Mark Lagodych wrote:

 Here are candidates to choose from:
 1. Kylo
 2. EpicD
 3. Rowan
 4. Loot
 5. Hippo
 6. Something more?


Actually, Kylo UI already exists :(
Mar 22 2021