Ability to share OpenJSCAD application via URL

[drom]

Feature request:

Ability to embed OpenJSCAD code by encoding it together with URL.
This way URL can be shareable.

Example:

http://wavedrom.com/editor.html?%7B%20%22signal%22%20%3A%20%5B%0A%20%20%7B%20%22name%22%3A%20%22clk%22%2C%20%20%22wave%22%3A%20%22P......%22%20%7D%2C%0A%20%20%7B%20%22name%22%3A%20%22bus%22%2C%20%20%22wave%22%3A%20%22x.%3D%3D.%3Dx%22%2C%20%22data%22%3A%20%5B%22head%22%2C%20%22body%22%2C%20%22tail%22%2C%20%22data%22%5D%20%7D%2C%0A%20%20%7B%20%22name%22%3A%20%22wire%22%2C%20%22wave%22%3A%20%220.1..0.%22%20%7D%0A%5D%7D%0A

Opens editor with specific code block.

[kaosat-dev]

Do you mean encoding the contentof the jscad script(s) into the url ?
Or just shareable urls pointing to a specific design ?
If the first, then I do not think this is very realistic given the potential complexity of the scripts (you would end up with unmanageable urls), if the second one, I have been exploring (nothing public for now) possibilities for self hosted, peer to peer designs etc which would work like that.

[drom]

First Option:

Agree, it can be bulky, but maybe OK for some small code tweets. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/417142/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-a-url-in-different-browsers

Second option:

https://gist.github.com is public.
Some projects using gist:
https://bl.ocks.org
https://jsbin.com/help/import-gists
http://requirebin.com

[kaosat-dev]

I use require.bin all the time, so I get the appeal :)

The problems & solutions :

• the current "UI" of openjscad is the same for running locally and on the official site, so it would need work to work correctly in both cases ( neither @z3dev nor I are particularly happy about the current UI in the first place, but that is a different problem)
• I think this needs module support first Proposal: switch to a real module system for better modular designs #245 so we can use the same kind of tech as requirebin for a more evolved UI
• take a look at https://datproject.org/ for one of the most promising peer to peer data systems (without any crappy coin stuff)
  there are even ways to share & install node.js packages in a peer to peer manner : https://github.com/depjs/dep : imagine shareable peer to peer cad designs !

[drom]

@kaosat-dev I ❤️ dat . Let's do dat

[jtoy]

love the idea, but hard to implement in practice, especially with data that is essentially unlimited code.