[etoys-dev] [squeakland] Step by Step debugging and Etoys

[Ricardo Moran]

Hi,

I attached a new version of the step button. This one uses Karl's bug
picture, it resets the etoys debugger, and it keeps the visual feedback.

A few remarks, though:
* I modified PhraseTileMorph>>#try to use the top editor's player when
possible. I don't think it could be dangerous, but I'm not sure so I
thought you should know...
* I had to make a HighlightMorph class to make the rectangle follow the
highlighted tile. While writing this I realized a lot of Etoys mechanisms
could be made much simpler if we make all morphs trigger events whenever
one of its properties change. This way we could avoid a lot of stepping
morphs (for instance, all the Updating___Morphs). What do you think?

Cheers,
Richo

P.S. I borrowed the "salmon sniff" project for the example... I'm not
feeling very creative today :)

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 7:23 AM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> wrote:

>
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> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Ricardo Moran <richi.moran at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes, you're right. One thing I was thinking was to move the
>> "timesToRepeat" property from the TimesRepeatTile to the EtoysDebugger, and
>> when hiting the try button or the tick clock, reinitialize the
>> EtoysDebugger altogether.
>
>
> This sounds right. Once you press other buttons the debugger should be
> reinitialized.
>
>
>>
>> Also, maybe it would be a good idea to leave the visual feedback instead
>> of deleting after a short while, what do you think?¨
>>
>
> I think this could be tested.
>
> Karl
>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:00 PM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> One issue or maybe feature I found with the TimesRepeatTile is that the
>>> Try button does not reset the timesToRepeat property.
>>> So the debug button jumps into the TimesRepeatTile and you press the Try
>>> button, the debug button will hi-light the same tile you left before
>>> clicking the Try button.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:34 PM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I think this code looks quite nice and I think it does what it should.
>>>> I can't see how it could be much simpler either.
>>>> Others chime in here.
>>>>
>>>> I made a drawing of a bug that maybe could be used as the debug button.
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Ricardo Moran <richi.moran at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This version works with the repeat tile, and I replaced the red button
>>>>> with the "next page" button from books. It's more intention revealing,
>>>>> don't you think? :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Although it seems to work fine, I think the code should be examined
>>>>> before inclusion because I have the feeling the code is too complex for
>>>>> what it does and I'm not sure how to improve it...
>>>>> To make it easy for review, I put all the code in a package called
>>>>> "Etoys-Debugger" (except for the code adding the button to the row editor).
>>>>> I don't mean we should upload them as separate packages but it might help
>>>>> to review the code.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Richo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:15 AM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is really nice, Richo.
>>>>>> So very useful. We must add this to the image :-)
>>>>>> Maybe enhance the look of the red button a little.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Scott Wallace <
>>>>>> scott.wallace at squeakland.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yay, Richo!  Outstanding!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  -- Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 12, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Ricardo Moran wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I've added a simple "step over" button in the script editor. I
>>>>>>> attached a project to demonstrate. For now, it's an ugly red circle because
>>>>>>> I don't have a nice image, but it should work as expected.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Limitation: it doesn't work with the repeat tile yet. And it could
>>>>>>> probably be coded more nicely.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Cheers,
>>>>>>> > Richo
>>>>>>>
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