menu design

notes ahead of a redesign of the menu system (which also includes state and interface management)

basic requirements

script loading

• clear lua state
• check script syntax
• conditionally load engine. wait for engine success, run init() (or run init() if no engine)

script state

• store last run script
• run last script at startup

interface state

• manage menu/script toggling (short key1)
• manage screen updates (ie, script-focus vs. menu-focus)
• manage key and encoder redirection (script vs. menu)
• manage encoder settings state https://github.com/monome/norns/issues/414
• manage key state (when toggling between menu/script mode)
• (possibly manage HID keyboard https://github.com/monome/norns/issues/840)

menu navigation

• pages, scrolling
• text entry
• list selection
• file selection

params

• audio params
• script params
• (groups)
• (navigation helpers)
• saving/loading files
• mapping interface:
  • midi (absolute vs. incremental. channel. ranges. port settings.)
  • osc (automatic?)
• (global clock)

interface

• SELECT scripts and preview text

  • (starred scripts view)

• SYSTEM

  • (AUDIO -- move to params)
  • DEVICES (midi, grid, arc, hid)
  • WIFI
  • RESET
  • UPDATE

• sysinfo: battery %, current draw, cpu %, temp, disk free, ip address, current version, current script

• SLEEP

• TAPE

  • play, rec, (file management?)

• mixer: vu's, faders