[Qt-qml] Node/Graph interface

[Johannes von Bargen]

Hi List!

I am designing a cool new concept for user interfaces, mainly loosely 
based on mind-mapping / nodes / connections between nodes. To get an 
idea of what I am talking about you could check out iMindMap 
<http://www.imindmap.com/articles/files/lightSound.jpg>, Blender 
node-editor <http://blenderzin.de/media/0texturnodeskd3.png>, Maya 
Hypergraph 
<http://www.djx.com.au/blog/wp-content/images/layeringShadersInMR/layersHyperGraph.jpg>, 
SoftImage RenderTree 
<http://xsisupport.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/blinn_rendertree_connections.png?w=548&h=258> 
etc. Similar interfaces are found in every compositing/effects tool.

My plan is to bring this approach to the daily desktop use, preferably 
integrated with KDE.

I am a web developer with allmost no desktop programming experience, but 
the declarative way of doing things with qml catched me.

What I need:
* Boxes/Nodes of arbitrary shape
* Splines
* Text on splines (following the curves)
* The possibility to use splines to connect nodes (or severals point on 
one node to some more nodes)

Is there a fast and practical way to build such a thing in qml?

Any directions are greatly appreciated!

Greetings

Jo

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