resending as i'd failed to copy the list in my original reply

On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 11:53 Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st> wrote:

> Hi Anand!
>
> Very impressive functionality you are working on!  I have a couple of
> questions, both rather in the same vein -- potential improvements in
> the form of contributions from others to this work.
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 12:09 AM Anand Tamariya <atamariya@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Here's my next iteration on "Draw and Scribble Notes in GNU Emacs" for
> drawing simple schematics. Here are the new features:
> > - Copy shapes
> > - Move shapes
> > - Group / ungroup shapes
> > - Toggle grid
> > - Horizontal and vertical guides for movement
> > - Snap to grid
> >
> > Details:
> https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2021/08/scribble-notes-in-gnu-emacs.html
> > Video: https://youtu.be/cWylaLAodng
>
> 1. I see that you are working from within a modified version of svg.el
> (file seems to have the boiler-plan header comments saying it is a GNU
> source, etc.).   Assuming I haven't misunderstood, would you be
> interested in receiving back a new version of your work that separates
> things into a stand-alone package?
>
> 2. Similarly, at last year's Emacsconf I shared a demo of
> dm-sketch[1].  This is part of dungeon-mode[2] an Emacs-based RPG
> engine this is my work-in-progress project for several decades. Sketch
> for Dungeon is rather different from what (I believe) you have created
> (so far).  Key examples:
>
> (a) we use a "snap-to-grid" approach, and
> (b) recursive tile-sets for placement ("Stamp tool") of complex shapes, and
> (c) all "data" (SVG elements and SVG Path fragments, etc. composing
> the tiles) are intended to be stored within org-mode tables.
>
> These support key usability and accessibility goals of our project
> which you can read about at the project link (#2, below).
>
> I would, at least in potential, be interested in reworking dm-sketch
> (and thus, dm-draw and dm-table which provides the key "primitives")
> to be dependant on your work, potentially pushing some of the
> functionality I need for (e.g.) tile-placement up toward your library.
>   This assumes you are planning, as I assume in the first question, to
> (eventually) make your package separate from the core svg.el
>
> Would you be interested in seeing (for example) tile-set and
> data-via-org-tables capabilities merged into what you are working on?
>
> Thanks again for all your work in this area!
>
> [1 ] dm-sketch demo from EmacsConff 2020 -
>
> https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--28-welcome-to-the-dungeon--sketch--erik-elmshauser-corwin-brust.webm
>
> [2] dungeon-mode is RPG engine and sample game for GNU Emacs (WIP) ;
> see: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dungeon
>