Reacting to Keystrokes in Etoys
Christopher Sawtell
csawtell
Fri Apr 18 14:54:43 PDT 2003
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:34, Scott Wallace wrote:
> Several people have mentioned recently that they would like to be
> able react to keystrokes in etoy scripts.
>
> Attached is a simple project that illustrates one straightforward way
> that this could be done. Please have a look -- examine the
> "navigate" scripts of the two objects -- and see what you think.
>
> If there is interest, we could add this to the etoy system. Comments
> please!
My 13 y.o. son says "Yes please!".
I say that the other desired enhancement would be to have a square root
function added to the math operators in the tiles.
Yes I know that one can do a Newtonian iteration, but that's too time
consuming for children during a school lesson.
--
Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell
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