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=GUI/IDE=
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:''See also: [[Summer of Code Project Ideas#GUI]]''
*Søren Hauberg has suggested that we need C++ code that can:
*Søren Hauberg has suggested that we need C++ code that can:
**Determine if a line of code could be fully parsed, i.e. it would return true for "plot (x, y);", but false for "while (true)".
**Determine if a line of code could be fully parsed, i.e. it would return true for "plot (x, y);", but false for "while (true)".
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**Query defined variables, i.e. get a list of currently defined variables. Bonus points if it could tell you if anything had changed since the last time you checked the variables (could also be done with signals).
**Query defined variables, i.e. get a list of currently defined variables. Bonus points if it could tell you if anything had changed since the last time you checked the variables (could also be done with signals).
* Create a better (G)UI for the {{manual|profile|profiler}}. This may be done with Qt, but not necessarily.
* Create a better (G)UI for the {{manual|profile|profiler}}. This may be done with Qt, but not necessarily.
== GUI Variable Editor and Property Inspector ==
Octave has a preliminary implementation of a Variable Editor: a spreadsheet-like tool for quickly editing and visualizing variables.  The initial phase of the project will be learning how the implementation was done.
With the knowledge gained, the second part of the project will be to implement a Property Inspector.  This is a spreadsheet like interface to the many, many graphics properties that exist and are different on a per-object basis.  The goal would be not only the concise-display of the existing properties, but a reasonable user interface to change them.  As examples, Boolean properties should be able to be toggled with a double-click; Radio properties should have a drop-down list of only the supported options; Other properties that can be modified should have the constraints built-in (for example, Linewidth must be a scalar, while Position must be a 1x4 vector).  It would also be important to have easy access to the documentation of a property.
For reference, Matlab has a similar Property Inspector (https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/inspect.html).


== Sisotool. Create a graphical design tool for tuning closed loop control system ([[Control package]])==
== Sisotool. Create a graphical design tool for tuning closed loop control system ([[Control package]])==