(Re)building Grafoscopio from GToolkit via nested playgrounds and extra features

[offray]

Hi,

I have been exploring current GToolkit beta and I think that I could provide a stable, supported platform to build future versions of Grafoscopio.

Grafoscopio essentially is a tree of nested playgrounds containing prose and code to express (interactive) documents and (data) narratives. It was a pretty simple idea and I wonder if a set of features could be implemented/explored to remake it in the current GT. Maybe this would become a set of issues, but I would like to express them in a more conversation free form.

I will try to build Grafoscopio from what GToolkit has by adding:

1. Cell reordering,
2. Document / Playground zoom in/out and tab naming.
3. Keyboard shortcuts.
4. Microdown support.
5. Playground / Documenter "nesting" similar to what Coder now has to show nested packages and classes, but showing instead nested playgrounds.
6. Some UI buttons to export/import from previous formats and documents and reveal functionality. This will require to see how data serialization is done now (I was exploring inside xdoc "main.playground" already). I would be interested in how the nested Playground approach can read/store/migrate previous Grafoscopio documents.

I will open particular issues on the repository, for particular questions or feature request. But I would be interested in any feedback the community could provide meanwhile.

[girba]

In the meantime, GT now has Lepiter that addresses most of these concerns.

[offray]

Well, that was written before Lepiter existed or was launched. But, in the spirit of retaking on old talks about addressing data storytellers needs, there is any plan to make Lepiter document tree always present and easier to reorder?

It's good to see the forum being nurtured. Thanks.