Greetings,
I have an idea for a project. The eventual aim is rather eccentric, but
the specifications I have sketched out are roughly as follows (best
viewed with fixed-width font due to diagrams):
0. the graphical user interface is entirely mouse driven, mouse
position/clicks/releases are shown by [ ]
1. the world consists of empty space, nodes, and links between nodes
2. nodes may either be filled ("*") or hollow ("o");
call hollow nodes "targets", targets may be "highlighted" ("O")
3a. left-click on empty creates a filled node linked to a target:
[ ] *
=> |
o
3b. left-click on a target fills it and links it to a new target:
: :
[o] *
=> |
o
4a. right-click on empty creates a filled node linked to two targets:
[ ] *
=> / \
o o
4b. right-click on a target fills it and links it to two new targets:
: :
[o] *
=> / \
o o
5a. left-click-drag on a filled node with 1 descending link highlights
all targets linked under it:
: :
[*] [*]
: => :
* *
/ \ / \
o o O O
5b. left-click-drag as in 5a, when released on a highlighted target,
creates a "weak" link (not considered as descending for purposes of 5a)
from the original node to that target. that target is filled, all other
targets are unhighlighted:
: :
* *
: => :\
* * \
/ \ / \|
O [O] o [*]
6a. right-click-drag from a filled node at the top of a connected
component highlights all targets not in that connected component:
[*] * [*] *
: | => : |
o O
6b. right-click-drag as in 6a, when released on a highlighted target,
joins the graphs together, such that the original node fills that
target, and all other targets are unhighlighted:
* * *
: | => |
[O] [*]
:
7. when a connected component has no targets, double-clicking anywhere
on it will launchMissiles
My question: can you suggest a library that would make implementing this
specification relatively painless?
OpenGL-based would be preferable, as I would like to scale the graph
under construction automatically to fit the display, and launchMissiles
will require something with fast rendering.
Thanks,
Claude
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http://claudiusmaximus.goto10.org
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