dirgui

dirgui

@rsnous on Jan 11, 2021: "idea: filesystem<->GUI adapter, where a directory turns into a form, executable files inside that directory turn into buttons in the form, text files into text areas, image files into image views, etc"

@rsnous on Jan 13, 2021: "now wonder if you could make a graphical application that you just VNC into"

And so dirgui was born…

• cmd/dirgui/main.go implements a VNC server to host the GUI, using the RFB 3.3 or 3.8 protocols, specifically
• cmd/dirgui/ui.go implements a GUI (drawn with Go's built-in image library) that creates a widget for each file in a directory, a button for each executable and a single-line text field for all other files

Custom per-file editors are supported. For example, to use a custom editor for foo.gif, build cmd/dirgui-gif and copy/symlink its binary to "foo.gif.gui". dirgui-gif implements a VNC server whose contents will be spliced into dirgui. (Key and pointer events are not yet forwarded, though…)

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I recommend copying the parts you need into your project. I don't consider this module's API stable at all.