[Squeakland] Please help us test "Squeakland05"
Randy Heiland
heiland at indiana.edu
Thu Aug 4 03:16:00 PDT 2005
Scott,
Thanks once again for your verbose explanation! You're just too darn
polite to say, "Randy, you *are* losing your mind" :)
I just ran the old image here on my miniMac at home and, sure enough,
I get the same behavior - no auto-phrase-expansion in a book page.
Sorry for not testing the old image before posting.
--Randy
On Aug 3, 2005, at 10:57 PM, Scott Wallace wrote:
> Hi, Randy,
>
> Whether or not a phrase gets automatically expanded into a new
> Script when you drop it into a container depends on what the
> *container* decides is the right thing to do. This is governed by
> the "playfield option" named "auto-phrase-expansion", which you can
> see and set from the "playfield options" menu of the container.
>
> By default, BookPageMorphs, which are what the pages of a "Book"
> consist of, do *not* have the "auto-phrase-expansion" flag set,
> which is why when you drop a phrase in such a container, it does
> not automatically expand into a Script.
>
> If you want a particular BookPage or Playfield to *have* that kind
> of behavior, bring up its Playfield Options menu, find the relevant
> checkbox, and check it. Thenceforth, it will have that behavior.
>
> Conversely, if you should happen *not* to want that kind of
> behavior on your "desktop" (aka the "world"), you can bring up the
> "playfield options" menu for the "world" and *uncheck* the auto-
> phrase-expansion option.
>
> Experience has proven that both alternatives are really necessary,
> and we've set the defaults the way they are (on for the World, on
> for a "Scripting Area", off for a generic Playfield, off for a
> Holder, off for a default BookPage) based on perceived needs over
> the years.
>
> So... what recourse do you have?
>
> (1) You can set the "auto-phrase-expansion" option of your book
> page(s) to true.
>
> (2) Or, whenever you want a phrase to be automatically expanded
> into a script, you, simply drop the phrase on the *desktop* to get
> the script created. Once it's created, you can pick it up and
> place it on a book-page if you wish.
>
> (3) Finally, if, for whatever reason, you have a bare phrase, and
> you want to get it directly converted into a new script consisting
> of that phrase, there's an option at the bottom of the PhraseTile's
> halo menu to do just that -- look for "Sprout a new scriptor around
> this phrase."
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Scott
>
> PS: Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago in just a few days!
>
> At 1:32 PM -0500 8/3/05, Randy Heiland wrote:
>
>> Perhaps I'm losing my mind, but...
>> Today as I continue to add more pages to a 'Book' project, I paint
>> an object
>> on the page, open its viewer, drag one of the assignment tiles
>> (e.g. obj x's
>> position) into the page and, to my surprise, it doesn't
>> automagically create
>> a script and put the assignment tile into it. This is unlike the
>> behavior
>> of the old image and, I thought, even the new image from my using it
>> yesterday.
>>
>> --Randy
>>
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