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      heromed
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      Since I am REALLY impressed by the facilities of this app, by far the most detailed available (of this kind) on the Google Play Store (Including my own failed effort on similar lines), I am considering writing a graphical (WYSIWYG) GUI-O Editor (like the one available in QT6, specifically for GUI-O.

      I mean no disrespect regarding the one available now, but a more visual way to generate the various strings for each "component" may encourage greater use of this App, which more than likely benefit all current and future users.

      I am soliciting opinions for:

      1. Is it a worthwhile effort
      2. Will it encourage further use
      3. Any opinions/inputs (assuming it is judged to be worth while)
      4. If I go ahead with it, I will make it FreeWare (unless the publisher has some other idea).
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        kl3m3n @heromed
        last edited by kl3m3n

        @heromed Hi!

        No offense taken regarding the current design tool. I strongly agree that it is not very user friendly... 🙂

        The initial plan was to introduce a simple designer, which would then gradually "grow" into a more capable, user friendly graphical editor.

        But, maintaining the GUI-O app (and basically everything else related to GUI-O), I never got this far. It is not a simple project anyhow.

        To answer your questions:

        It is definitely worthwhile from GUI-O perspective as it would surely be a significantly more friendly tool to create layouts. From my point of view, I see no problem if you license the editor as a FreeWare.

        I only see one problem if you go ahead with this - almost all widgets are custom (low-level paint operations), which means all the logic is implemented in the GUI-O. So in order to create an editor that will be 1:1 compatible with GUI-O, you would need to re-implement the widgets exactly... Ideally, the codebase for the widgets should be the same (e.g., shared between the GUI-O app and the editor).

        I am sure you understand I cannot share the source code for this as this is one of the main features of GUI-O.

        Can you share a brief overview on how would you implement the editor? So we can discuss this further. 🙂

        P.S.: Which app did you develop? Can I download it from Google Play Store?

        Best regards,
        Kl3m3n

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          kl3m3n @heromed
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          @heromed BTW - If you like GUI-O app, please consider leaving a review on Google Play Store. 🙂

          Thanks.
          Kl3m3n

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