I'm working on this idea for real. I have a demonstration mail client as an additive GUI.

You generate a GUI from simple predicates using propositions such as leftOf, rightOf, above, inside and the system generates a rendering tree (such as HTML)

startMenuIcon inside startMenuButton

startMenuLabel inside startMenuButton

startMenuLabel rightOf startMenuIcon

startMenuButton leftOf programArea

startMenu is hidden

startMenuButton toggles startMenu

startMenu above startMenuButton

here's a mail client as an additive gui as a link
-- chronological, Mar 05 2020

Mail client JSON https://github.com/...les/mailClient.json
[chronological, Mar 05 2020]

Project Homepage (Github) https://github.com/...quire/additive-guis
Github URL of the project homepage [chronological, Mar 05 2020]

Inequality problem https://github.com/...EQUALITY-PROBLEM.md
This software solves problems of this kind [chronological, Mar 06 2020]

Inequality solver library https://github.com/...e/inequality-solver
Same code used by additive guis [chronological, Jun 30 2020]

Scrollbar transcends X-Y plane

Overlay redescribes context

Radiogroup punctuates workflow

Button pushes envelope

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-- pertinax, Mar 05 2020


Writing a programming language? That's a dark and dangerous path you're on...
-- Voice, Mar 05 2020


Voice it's not a programming language per se. It's a string interpreter right now. It solves inequality problems.
-- chronological, Mar 06 2020


Oh. Well, in that case ...

Form occludes function
-- pertinax, Mar 06 2020


I've managed to get the code to be mostly commutative. Hooray!
-- chronological, Mar 06 2020


Mostly could be a very powerful programming function. Although it will need an implementation of tidying functions and an increase in garbage collection.
-- wjt, Mar 06 2020


Just give me an Android style screen with three tabs and a settings icon in the corner.
-Is each one of the tabs a separate page or are the tabs only scrolling part of the page away and another stays always seen?

What are you asking?
- I'm asking if you want 3 pages, with each tab taking you to a separate page.

Yes.
- OK what would you call each of the pages.

I want to decide that later.
- OK so what should the title of the app be, and do you want it to show on the top of each page?

... after a few minutes and a good looking app already there: Can you describe the logo you want?
-- pashute, Jun 29 2020


Every time I see this I read it as "Addictive GUI". trying to imagine how that works...
-- pocmloc, Jun 30 2020


Who keeps bumping my ideas? I thank you.

pashute, for a three tabbed Android app, the rules would look like this:

tabs is TabbedBar

tabs contains Tab1

tabs contains Tab2

tabs contains Tab3

Tab1 is 1st

Tab2 is 2nd

Tab3 is 3rd

SettingsIcon above tabs

SettingsIcon is button

SettingsIcon is rightAligned
-- chronological, Jun 30 2020



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