[Sugar-devel] [RELEASE] TurtleArt-83

[Walter Bender]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. Can we have a While or Until block? Also, prefix logic blocks?

Forgot to mention, one of the changes I already made was to make
prefix logic block. I think they are much easier to use and
understand. Thanks for the continued reminders.

I just implemented a while function as a macro. Once I figure out how
to do it as a block, I will...

> Both would greatly simplify certain kinds of program. Also, how about
> reading the color under the Turtle?

One thing you didn't mention, that I have been working on (but won't
finish for 0.88) is adding graphical skins to blocks so that we can
optionally eliminate the words. I have most of the underlying
mechanics in place--just haven't worked out the UI issues yet.

regards.

-walter

> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 07:57, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a new refactored version of Turtle Art (a fructose module) that
>> has many new features for the Sucrose 0.87.4 unstable release. Still
>> some debugging to do, but generally it seems to be in good shape. The
>> tarball is available here:
>>
>> http://download.sugarlabs.org/srv/www-sugarlabs/download/sources/sucrose/fructose/TurtleArt/TurtleArt-83.tar.gz
>>
>> FYI:
>>
>> New for v83
>>
>> * added new user-interface features
>>  o support for multiple turtles
>>  o expandable blocks
>>  o collapsible stacks
>>  o runtime block highlighting
>>  o error highlighting
>>  o trash palette (with restore)
>>  o palette better integrated into Sugar toolbar
>>  o variable-length string blocks
>>  o editable string blocks
>>  o paste text from Sugar clipboard to string blocks
>>  o new boolean logic UI
>>  o showblock to compliment hideblock
>>  o fullscreen block
>>  o editible macros (used for presentation blocks)
>>  o labels on coordinate-grid overlays
>>  o more complete support in non-Sugar environments
>>  o new (and improved) sample code
>>
>> * completed a major refactoring of the code
>>  o 90% smaller download bundle-size
>>  o faster first-time launch
>>  o greatly simplified i18n maintenance
>>  o easier to extend with new blocks and palettes
>>
>> Still more testing to go before a general release--your feedback very
>> welcome as always.
>>
>> -walter
>>
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