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strudelifying hazel (internalizing strudel.cc)

Looks juicy. Have you ever found the layout to be unsatisfactory when you have graphic interfaces inline with the text? Or is it simply not a problem?

together these can be used for fun layouts. but sometimes they are overly constraining. other things i am actively investigating: (a) first class combinator UIs that are basically flexbox and grid, and which bottom out as editors, so you can use them to arrange whatever

(b) more canvas-style combinators where you can take an subtree of code, and 'punch holes' in it corresponding to sub-subtrees or sub-GUIs. this replaces the whole subtree with a canvas on which the punched holes can be freely positioned

so in short still an active investigation for me. one awkwardness is switching between text and mouse/touch driven modalities... i think to feel truly good, both the base editor and the embedded GUIs need thoughtful dedicated mouse/touch and keyboard controls