I'm still getting up to speed on some things, but I agree with this sentiment. In my opinion, linuxcnc should be more like a distro that you install packages on. The UI's should be packages that are not maintained by the main development team. I also agree with the idea that a cleaned up "new version" should be considered for the next major release.
I have used PathPilot and it seems a lot better than the other LinuxCNC UI's I poked at before. That said, I feel like even PathPilot has a long way to go, but at least it looks like they are iterating quickly. On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:43 AM Johannes Fassotte <johan...@automationassist.com> wrote: > > Here are my thoughts on user interfaces. > > Frankly I think that just a mention that users can make their own user > interface would be enough and how to do that using a universal user interface > method. In my opinion all user interfaces should be removed from LinuxCnc > proper which will greatly reduce maintenance and upgrade problems. > > As a example we’re still using Python 2.7 even though there has been talk > about upgrading it for years. Perhaps a totally new version of LinuxCnc > should be considered instead of adding more and more to the old. It does look > to me that Qtpyvcp will be the winner in user interfaces. > > Johannes P. Fassotte > Automation Assist > 217 Sunny Hills Drive > Fairbanks, AK 99712 > > > On May 1, 2020, at 4:17 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I wonder if the docs should mention the GUIs that are made for > > LinuxCNC but are not part of LinuxCNC? > > > > I am thinking of > > http://www.qtpyvcp.com/showcase/mill_vcps.html > > And > > https://github.com/DjangoReinhard/JCNCScreen > > > > And maybe also PathPilot. > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
