Bwise as Source Code Generator
As a direct result of the serious interest of someone for using Bwise
as a web site maintenance and interactive content generator tool,
this page describes the practical applicability of the latest version
of Bwise in this area.
The main thoughts
Considering many systems are easily and naturally enough understood
in network fashion, an interactive block editor, with added functionality
for userinterface components in the network itself is a good start for
application to make networks the basis for some task.
The current focus is networks that generate source code, possibly tcl/tk,
possibly html, and that may be driven or 'executed' under control
of a web server. As a start the network may just be run as a collection
of blocks that represent tcl code fragments passing data to eachother.
To 'run' a network, it is needed to have a certain order of calling the
blocks in it. Alternatively, the structure of the network
may be sufficient. An interactively responding network is the hardest.
Example function decomposition
The netlistout command (type on console after loading the library)
returns a list of sublists for each connection in the network
that runs between an input and and output pin. Each sublist has the
form: block pin block pin.
Example running a network
The entry block (type newentry in a console window), though not
re-loadable automatically after the canvas is saved (then it
must be replaced by a new one), has on output and an on-canvas entry
for any text, that will at the press of return with the cursor in the
entry hold that text, and start evaluating all connected bwise
blocks.
Example
By typing newseq in the command window, a block is created which
can trigger blocks on a row. It has a line of outputs o1...o8,
which when connected to trigger inputs of other bwise blocks
make those blocks active on a row (1,2,3...).