etoys-dev May 2007

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[Etoys] #1567 HIGH Trial-2: Etoys/Squeak should use the LANG variable to set the language, if available.
by Zarro Boogs per Child 24 May '07

24 May '07

#1567: Etoys/Squeak should use the LANG variable to set the language, if available. -------------------- +------------------------------------------------------- Reporter: jg | Owner: bert Type: defect | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Trial-2 Component: etoys | Version: Keywords: | Verified: 0 -------------------- +------------------------------------------------------- The LANG environment variable contains the language being used: for example, "en_US.UTF-8". This should be used to determine the language used by default by Squeak/etoys, rather than having to go find some strange menu to change languages, which is clumsy in the extreme (and really hard to do if you don't understand English in the first place). -- Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1567> One Laptop Per Child <http://laptop.org/>

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[Etoys] OLPC Etoys on gentoo
by Brad Fuller 22 May '07

22 May '07

Anyone running OLPC on gentoo? using qemu? or ? (thought I'd see what others are doing before I forge ahead) -- brad fuller

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[Etoys] Etoys scripting examination
by Kazuhiro ABE 16 May '07

16 May '07

Hi, I made a project called "EtoysExam" for OLPC Etoys. http://squeakland.jp/abee/tmp/EtoysExam.034.pr This project is based on the idea of MIiyasaka-san's works. http://mts-j.hiho.jp/kyouzai.html (in Japanese) Sometimes teacher needs to know kids really understand scripting or not. Tile scripting is too easy to make a wonderful project. There are many projects that look like complex and interesting motions. But some author cannot explain how it works. They say, "It just happened." In this case, it is difficult to lead the class to the real science and real math. I think EtoyExam is useful. Please give me your comments and suggestions. Best regards, Kazuhiro Abe

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[Etoys] Broken update stream.
by Takashi Yamamiya 16 May '07

16 May '07

Hi, I'm sorry, I have broken the update stream by my last a few change sets. Now, I cleaned up those, so if you had already tried #1350 to #1352 before this mail. please cancel them. The reason of the problem was that I happened to post some code using FFI class, so it caused an error during loading on plugin image. Thank you, - Takashi

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[Etoys] Polygon fixes
by Karl 10 May '07

10 May '07

Here is a change set which makes the control points of polygons larger and it also makes the default size of the polygon bigger when it is pulled out from the Objects tool. Karl 'From OLPC2.0 of ''24 October 2006'' [latest update: #1340] on 10 May 2007 at 3:37:30 pm'! !PolygonMorph methodsFor: 'editing' stamp: 'kfr 5/9/2007 15:12'! addHandles | handle newVert tri | self removeHandles. handles _ OrderedCollection new. tri _ Array with: 0@-8 with: 8@6 with: -6@6. vertices withIndexDo: [:vertPt :vertIndex | handle _ EllipseMorph newBounds: (Rectangle center: vertPt extent: 16@16) color: (vertIndex = self vertexCursor ifTrue: [Color blue] ifFalse: [Color yellow]). handle on: #mouseMove send: #dragVertex:event:fromHandle: to: self withValue: vertIndex. handle on: #mouseUp send: #dropVertex:event:fromHandle: to: self withValue: vertIndex. self addMorph: handle. handles addLast: handle. (closed or: [vertIndex < vertices size]) ifTrue: [newVert _ PolygonMorph vertices: (tri collect: [:p | p + (vertPt + (vertices atWrap: vertIndex+1) // 2)]) color: Color green borderWidth: 1 borderColor: Color black. newVert on: #mouseDown send: #newVertex:event:fromHandle: to: self withValue: vertIndex. self addMorph: newVert. handles addLast: newVert]]. smoothCurve ifTrue: [self updateHandles; layoutChanged]. self changed! ! !PolygonMorph methodsFor: 'initialization' stamp: 'kfr 5/10/2007 15:33'! initialize "initialize the state of the receiver" super initialize. "" vertices _ Array with: 15 @ 0 with: 60 @ 30 with: 0 @ 60. vertexCursor _ 1. closed _ true. smoothCurve _ false. arrows _ #none. self computeBounds! !

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[Etoys] Demon Castle Tutorials for eToys
by luis ACEVEDO 08 May '07

08 May '07

Hi: I share my translate of "Demon Castle 1" Tutorial in spanishhere http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPI6nNg0_eEbye _________________________________________________________________ Descubre Live.com - tu propia página de inicio, personalizada para ver rápidamente todo lo que te interesa en un mismo sitio. http://www.live.com/getstarted

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[Etoys] [BUG] viewer close button vanishes
by Bert Freudenberg 08 May '07

08 May '07

When destroying a script while a viewer on the script's owner is open, the viewer's close button goes away. You can't remove the viewer's flap anymore (except via the halo). - Bert -

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[Etoys] [ENH] Cursor wait on repeat tile
by karl 03 May '07

03 May '07

A little enhancement to the repeat tile so it shows the hour glass when executing the repeat tile. Karl 'From OLPC2.0 of ''24 October 2006'' [latest update: #1283] on 2 May 2007 at 4:16:45 pm'! !TimesRepeatMorph methodsFor: 'code generation' stamp: 'KFR 5/2/2007 16:07'! storeCodeOn: aStream indent: tabCount "Store code representing the receiver on the stream, obeying the tab state." aStream nextPutAll: 'Cursor wait showWhile:[(('. numberOfTimesToRepeatPart submorphs ifEmpty: [aStream nextPutAll: '0'] ifNotEmpty: [numberOfTimesToRepeatPart storeCodeOn: aStream indent: tabCount + 2]. aStream nextPutAll: ' ) asInteger max: 0) timesRepeat:'. tabCount + 1 timesRepeat: [aStream tab]. aStream nextPutAll: '['; cr. self storeCodeBlockFor: whatToRepeatPart on: aStream indent: tabCount + 2. aStream nextPut: $]. aStream nextPut: $]. ! !

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[Etoys] A few notes on eToys interface - playing with latest eToys in olpc
by Milan Zimmermann 02 May '07

02 May '07

HI, After a while, I have played with the latest OLPC eToys, and I'd like to share a few notes. I was running it on "regular" Linux distro . 1) A few notes about eToys experience: - I really like the eToys new look, cleanup and changes. - It seems that some menus have been simplified, which is great. - The intro with 5 clouds and runing car is nice and fun! (Actually it would be fun if all menus were turned into clouds :) ) - one note here, it seems the "Load a Project" text is _not embedded_ in it's cloud. - I think the largest potential issue is ease of eToys navigation for someone who is running the system for the first time. I am thinking how to modify the UI, without significant changes, to help a new user to not "get lost" (for example by following a few projects from the cloud menu). I think people's sense "not getting lost" is greatly satisfied when there is a way to know "how to go back" - either one step back, or all the way to the beginning. I realize this is where the "Navigator->Prev" is used, but it is not very obvious for a first time user, mostly because it's contents (the Prev button) is "hidden". I am thinking if the following would help: - By default, always show the "Navigator" toolbar contents "expanded", so user can see the "New/Prev". This way it would be more obvious how to go back. It seems to me this would be a nice usability help for a small price - Rename "Prev" to "Previous" or "Back". Add a more explicit popup, instead of "Previous Project", maybe "This button will take you back to the previous project" - Add a "Home" button, to "Navigator". The "Home" button would take user all the way to the clouds menu. - The demo is "modifiable" which is nice for playing, but at the same time it would be good if there was a way to revert it back to the initial state. The book now has this option which I love. - A bigger change, and probably overkill, would be at the time of entry to any project, a popup would show for 5 second, something like "Use the red Navigator button on the bottom-left to go back where you came from". This would, at all times, give a small hint as to how to navigate. - In general, the popup help on various items could be more wordy. One example, on "Supplies", instead of "A Source for many basic types of Objects" popup, could be "Click here to find useful objects. You can drag out objects to the area above and start using them". I do not mean this one thing is a problem, but in general I find it helpful if popup help is a bit more wordy, not sure this is the best for all ages though... 2) Next, about how to help more users to try OLPC eToys. I am running on "regular" Linux distro (non-olpc, Suse 10.2), by installing yum and then following steps on this page: http://etoys.laptop.org/. Perhaps a note could be added to http://etoys.laptop.org/, to explain that the steps described there will allow running OLPC eToys on any (reasonably recent) Linux system. (It was not clear to me, and I hesitated to install the RPMs). Also, I am thinking it would help teachers and interested people to try OLPC version of eToys, if we add a few links on how to run OLPC eToys on Windows, and Mac, maybe just a link to the Windows OLPC emulation page. Sorry this is longer than I wanted, I really love the changes and cleanup, great work, Milan

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[Etoys] A few issues and suggestions regarding the etoys image
by Karl 02 May '07

02 May '07

I noticed that the halomenu for BookMorph still offers sendPagesToServer. There is no easy way to get a text widget with a scrollbar. There is inconsistency and unneeded complexity to the ways morphs are picked up. -Some places you have to click and drag to get a morph (Objects tool, Supplies flap) -Some places you get the morph on mouseDown (desktop, tiles in the viewer) -Some places you get a morph on mouseUp (TestTileButton in ScriptEditorMorph, desktop, some tiles in the viewer) Also sometimes the the hand morph is positioned to the top left corner of the script tile morph, sometimes not. Karl

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