Layout changes

[simonvanderveldt]

We currently have a layout that is built up like this (this is the actual layout, I've just made the separate parts more visible):

I was wondering if we could make it a bit more standard and also make room for possible tab-completion/help texts.

My suggestion would be to move the ////druid bar to the bottom and treat it as a proper statusbar. This statusbar could then show things like the connectivity status (connected/disconnected, also see #43) as well as the the values of the two input ports. By moving it to the bottom we create room for auto-completion/help popups + this is the normal spot to have a statusbar in.
See below for a quick prototype of this idea.

What do you think @trentgill @tehn ? Do you have any other ideas/suggestions/plans regarding the layout?

P.S. The screenshot also contains a tab-completion example with help text, I'll create a separate issue for that.

[tehn]

i like this visual idea, provided a blank line remains above the input line so it's not cramped.

also re: input visualization, i'm going to reiterate that it seems just as important to visualize the outputs in terms of helping facilitate understanding what your script is doing. i might suggest even just saying something like:

scope:    0.222     1.333   ---   3.444  6.210  -2.111  0.002

where the inputs are first, then the outputs.

and importantly, have this stuff be toggle-able on/off