Deuce: A Lightweight User Interface for Structured Editing

arxiv.org

57 points·mpweiher··11 comments

This is an extension of the earlier Sketch-n-Sketch system by the same group: http://ravichugh.github.io/sketch-n-sketch/

It looks like you can try it (including the Deuce additions) here: http://ravichugh.github.io/sketch-n-sketch/releases/v0.6.3/

Amazingly, the interactive editor can edit coordinates defined as a simple formula over other variables.

Would be more interested, if the UI was 100% keyboard controlled. Keyboard control is largely why plaintext rocks.

What an unfortunate name...

I was going to say the same thing, have they never heard the term "dropping a deuce"?

I'm sure they have but their target audience is adults so it shouldn't be a problem.

Note: there's nothing usable in this (scientific) article, it's basically an abstract describing Deuce.

Does anyone know if there's a demo somewhere?

Another comment linked to the tool

There are already some structured editors for Lisp like paredit and lispy. They are keyboard controlled too, which is a big plus.