[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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