Rework of chat app

[calderonsamuel]

For the past few days I have been working on trying to make the chat app look more like an actual chat window. You can try it with:

remotes::install_github("calderonsamuel/gptstudio")

Feel free to test it an let me know if it breaks. Also, I haven't done a PR yet because no one really asked for this.

Here I'll explain incrementally the new features and the reworks.

New look of the message history

Each individual message is now rounded and has an icon indicating whether it comes from the user or from the assistant. Each role has a different horizontal aligment and a slightly different background color.

Simplified user inputs

The prompt and buttons have been simplified to give the chat more room to expand.

Now the app has a settings button where the user can still choose its skill level and prefered style.

Welcome message with instructions

When the app starts (or history is cleared) the assistant greets the user with a random welcome message and instructions on how to use the app.

The chat can be adjusted vertically, horizontally and is scrollable

Limited to 800px width. The prompt input is always fixed to the bottom of the app.

Video.sin.titulo.mp4

The chat inherits the current rstudio theme

This makes it look more integrated with the IDE. I believe this gives the feel of what an extension does in VScode.

Video.sin.titulo.2.mp4

Notes

Although the main focus of the rework focused on the chat app, some changes in internals were needed. I also had to structure the app in modules to better isolate all internal logic and functions.

I have documented almost every new function and module that I have added and made sure that the changes pass all the previous tests and the ones that I added.

Pending features

In my fork issues panel https://github.com/calderonsamuel/gptstudio/issues you can see the next features I would like to include (also bugs). In the near future, I'll be working on adding:

• A copy to clipboard button in code chunks
• A nicer looking scrollbar

In the not so near future, I would love to have in the app:

• Typewriting effect for new messages
• Custom system prompts
• Import and export chat history
• User prompt templates
• Insert into current document button for code chunks
• Model selection setting

Please try it and let me know what you think!

[JamesHWade]

This is fantastic! I would very much welcome a PR. Great work!!!

[MichelNivard]

Amazing! yes please submit a PR would love this!

[calderonsamuel]

I will close this discussion because the main changes were implemented. The features for the "not so near future" will be listed in the issues of this repo.