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Draft: Add a "Minimalist" GUI

Hanno Perrey requested to merge py-simple-gui into main

This MR adds a proof-of-concept "minimalist" GUI written in pyqt5: it allows to control a Constellation with a minimum of buttons (and feedback for that matter).

This could e.g. be extended to act as a main tab in a more feature-complete GUI or as a simple operators (touch) interface.

screenshot_20240726_1058

While this could be merged as-is, I would like to add a couple more features:

  • pre-fill the run identifier and sequence trailer from the Constellation (similarly to what @simonspa's GUI does)
  • update the run id sequence number at an appropriate place (not the start of the run)
  • move to pyQt6
  • add some hint of it to the documentation (somewhere)

Otherwise, the GUI is essentially functional.

Further ideas for improvement:

  • test whether some actions, such as Start should be run in separate threads
  • provide more user feedback either in a dedicated small field (best) or the status line
  • add a button/tab to view the loaded config file
  • make it prettier!
  • test in practice! 😸
Edited by Linus Ros

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