EveryGUI - UNIX Commands by the Click of a Button

Jeffrey Bakker — 2006-01-29T06:20:14+00:00

Now anyone can harness the power of the UNIX command line with a few clicks of a mouse.

Since my game plan is still on hold, I've had to keep myself busy with other things lately. In the process of designing m2dui (a GUI for map2dif), I realized that I design a lot of GUI programs for command line tools, which all have the same general idea - to run the command with the specified options...

..this is when I came to the conclusion that I should make a single GUI for pretty much "everything". So, I went about to design EveryGUI. EveryGui provides two applications: Chameleon, which is a dynamic GUI for virtually any tool or OS command, and Designer which is a visual environment for editing config files that determine Chameleon's different behaviours for each tool/command.

More information available at the official website:

http://everygui.sf.net

Released GTK+ Map2Dif User Interface for Windows/Linux

Jeffrey Bakker — 2005-12-19T00:11:16+00:00

Since my video game plan is going to have to be put on hold, due to time and money constraints, I figured I can still make myself useful by starting other projects in the meantime.

I don't know how many people will find it useful, but I designed a user interface for map2dif that works on Linux and on Windows. It requires python, GTK+ 2.6, pyGTK 2.6 and libglade, which are all available on any Linux distro and can easily be installed on Windows** in minutes.

Most people either know how to use map2dif from the command line, and others may use BSP programs that have map2dif already integrated. But for those in between, or those who'd like to do batch converting, m2dui is the ting for you! Below are some screenshots:

Windows

Linux

I hope that at least a small handful of people may find this useful. Here's the download link:

Linux/Windows python script release:
damnclan.com/evil/torque/m2dui-1.0.2.zip

"Standalone" Windows .exe release (only basic GTK+ runtime is required):
damnclan.com/evil/torque/m2dui_exe-1.0.2.zip

Enjoy!

*Note: first time running, you will have to locate the map2dif executeable and your paths, then you can click on save settings which will create an m2duirc file in your home folder.

**The "standalone" .exe version is recommended on Windows, as it has less requirements (only GTK+ runtime). The non-exe version still works fine in Windows, however. If you want to use the non-exe, you will need the following...

GTK+ for windows, GTK+ devel for Windows, libglade for windows are all available in one package, found here:
gladewin32.sourceforge.net/modules/wfdownloads/viewcat.php?cid=1

Then install python:
www.python.org/download

Then install pygtk (make sure to download the version the corresponding version of python and GTK+ you downloaded):
www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/pygtk.html

Update:
New feature, plus minor changes in v1.0.2, as well as another Windows .exe release (requires GTK+ runtime, but nothing more :). The non-exe release still works in Windows, given all requirements are met.

m2dui changes

v 1.0.2 (21/12/2005)

- Added more tooltips to the GUI.
- Added the ability to write batch/shell scripts for later/repeated use.
- Fixed for output and textures directory paths containing spaces.
- Fixed adding a whole directory to only add .map files inside.
- Maps directory chooser will now only show .map files.

v 1.0.1 (20/12/2005)

- Added a separate Windows .exe version (regular version still works too).
- Code cleanup/organization.
- Fixed GTK+ 2.8 FileChooser warnings.
- Fixed AboutBox bug if License file is not found.
- Updated toolbar with text labels.

v 1.0.0 (18/12/2005)

- Initial release.

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EveryGUI - UNIX Commands by the Click of a Button

Released GTK+ Map2Dif User Interface for Windows/Linux