[uGFX-Studio v0.20 or latest one]

3 minutes ago, Joel Bodenmann said:

Keep in mind that you can do that already. The µGFX library provides everything you need to do that. Even the new studio won't provide that feature in the alpha and beta

I understand that the 9-slicing would be done through custom rendering functions (i.e. cut/draw/resize image, over lay text,etc). So, will the studio support the real-time rendering of these customized functions?  I think yes.  If so, then having studio2 would make my effort in creating custom rendering that much faster.  Let me know if I've misunderstood how 9-slicing could be applied.

[uGFX-Studio v0.20 or latest one]

Ship it! At least, let us get at the alpha version.

I'm interested in writing the rendering functions using sprites and nine-slicing.

Jeff.

[Problem building uGFX on Mac for x86_64]

Ha! That was it! It builds now and runs.
Just had to make this change in the os_osx.mk file

OPT_CPU = x64

Thanks Joel.

(by the way)
in gdriver.h, line 90, there are two const declarations in the same line, which the gcc compiler on the mac is not happy with.
just generates a warning).
Same issue on gdisp_driver.h, line 735.

[Problem building uGFX on Mac for x86_64]

I am trying to build uGFX on my mac book pro, running MacOS Sierra - just to get the demos running.

I copied the Makefile from  ./boards/base/OSX/example/Makefile

The problem: the make is trying to build for i386 and so ignores my SDL2 lib which is built for x86_64.

Question:  how to setup the Make to build this as x86_64 architecture on my mac?

linker warning:

ld: warning: ignoring file /usr/local/lib/libSDL2.dylib, file was built for x86_64 which is not the architecture being linked (i386): /usr/local/lib/libSDL2.dylib

The linker command: Notice the insertion of -m32 near the end by make:

Linker Options........
gcc -L/usr/local/lib -lSDL2 -I/usr/local/include/SDL2 -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -Wl,-syslibroot,/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.12 -m32 .build/obj/fakefile.o -o .build/ugfxTest

 

The Makefile settings
(I've tried CFLAGS and LDFLAG for `-arch m_64` but it has no effect.

##############################################################################################
# Settings
#

# General settings
       # See $(GFXLIB)/tools/gmake_scripts/readme.txt for the list of variables
       OPT_OS                                  = osx
       OPT_LINK_OPTIMIZE               = no

# uGFX settings
       # See $(GFXLIB)/tools/gmake_scripts/library_ugfx.mk for the list of variables
       GFXLIB                                  = /Users/jeff/Code/ugfx/
       GFXBOARD                                = OSX
       GFXDEMO                                 = modules/gdisp/basics

# OSX settings
       # See $(GFXLIB)/tools/gmake_scripts/os_osx.mk for the list of variables
       OSX_SDK = /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk
       OSX_ARCH = -mmacosx-version-min=10.12

##############################################################################################
# Set these for your project
#

ARCH     =
SRCFLAGS = -ggdb -O0
CFLAGS   = `sdl2-config --libs --cflags`
CXXFLAGS =
ASFLAGS  =
LDFLAGS  =

SRC      =
OBJS     =
DEFS     =
LIBS     =
INCPATH  =
LIBPATH  =

##############################################################################################

 

[Studio on MacOS Sierra]

@Joel Bodenmann

I just watched the video for the uGFX editor teaser. Here's what I really like:

• uses the library rendering. (essential)
• can change styles interactively
• can create rendering functions, with real-time compiling and error reporting.(could we adjust the 400ms delay? I type slower that you).

Here is what I think is missing from uGFX:

The Art Pipeline

Really good UI components are designed by graphically capable people, which are often not programmers. So, if we want to create a complete set of widgets, we get them designed and then a programmer has to figure out how to create the rendering functions.  A much simpler way is to use resizable sprites and render these.  For example a button has a background sprite (nine-sliced) and a foreground text and/or icon. Unity (the game engine) takes this approach.

Now Unity is not embedded, but it is cross platform.  And in gaming, we see many great, custom UIs. On most teams I've seen, a UI artist designs the components which are later implemented by a programmer.

I've provided an example below of custom sliders that we use in our game Xemo - a robotics simulator.

The sliders have three components:
- the background
- the fill area
- the handle

Each of these is a sprite image. I can be colored, but we use white, which gets replaced with a run-time selected color (like red, green blue in this case).

If you want a square handle instead of a round handle, the artist just has to provide a different sprint. No coding necessary.

So, for uGFX, can you create a set of custom renderers, one for each widget, that would allow the programmer to just indicate what component sprite to render? It seems like you have most of the stuff in place to already to this.  Custom renderers provided with this approach would make it much easier to include the art people in the development pipeline.

I think if you take this approach, you will get some really amazing UI designs used with uGFX, which is really needed for embedded. 

Best,

Jeff.
 

[Studio on MacOS Sierra]

I get a crash when I click on the "Display Pages" pane. I'm editing a single page.

Another problem, I can't slide the split pane divider unless I first scale the entire window by pulling the left edge of the window.

(running on MacOS, MacBook Pro 2015).