[Squeakland] Etoys - create duplicate (not sibling) from a script?

[Alan Kay]

Hi Mark --

We should have done this better.

Here is how I handle things that are "like this" 
this may or may not work for your case.

If you build a bunch of components on a Playfield 
it is smart enough to act as a little name-space, 
so when it is copied all the links between the 
components will be preserved in the new composite 
object. (Again, we should do this better.)

So e.g. if you have an object that is controlled 
by a joystick morph, you can put both of these in 
a Playfield, copy the Playfield, and the new 
object and the new joystick will be linked.

Cheers,

Alan

At 02:04 AM 1/31/2008, Scott Wallace wrote:
>Hi, Mark,
>
>You're right that there's no direct programatic way using tiles alone
>to obtain a proper "duplicate" (as opposed to a "sibling,") except (as
>Pierre-André suggests) by using "do menu item - duplicate," which,
>unsatisfactorily, leaves the clone in the "hand" rather than allowing
>you programatically to place it where you wish.
>
>However, by using a one-line textual script, you can get the desired
>effect.
>
>The trick is to devote a "Player-valued" variable to "remember" the
>newly-created thing, so that you can send messages to it to set it up
>the way you want.
>
>In the example below, Robot has been given a player-valued variable
>named "theDuplicate."  The one-line textual script creates a duplicate
>of the Robot and places it into the "theDuplicate" variable.  Each
>time this script is run, a new copy of the robot is made, and placed
>into the originating robot's "theDuplicate" variable.
>
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>In order for the newborn to be seen on the screen, it needs to be put
>somewhere visible, and this is done by "including" it in the desired
>container, and positioning it appropriately; all of this can be done
>with normal tiles.
>
>Thus, for example, the following script first 
>invokes the textual one- liner to create a copy, 
>then adds the copy to the container, and,
>finally, positions the copy at an offset to the upper-right of the
>original robot.
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>Hope this helps!
>
>Cheers,
>
>   -- Scott
>
>
>
>On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:55 PM, Mark Nelson wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the tip.  That's getting closer to what I need, but in my
>>application the robots need to be able to 'reproduce' without any user
>>interaction.  Having a robot 'in hand' isn't going to work for this
>>purpose.
>>
>>The robots autonomously explore their environment collecting
>>food/energy and once they have acquired enough energy, they reproduce
>>(generate a copy of themselves).  I have the reproduction algorithm
>>working fine with the 'copy' tile, but I have the problem that the
>>embedded sensors of the child robot seem to be linked back to the
>>parent's sensors, rather than the child's own sensors.
>>
>>If you have any other ideas along these lines, please let me know.
>>Thanks,
>>--Mark
>>
>>On Jan 30, 2008 12:13 PM, Dreyfuss Pierre-André (EDU)
>><pierre-andre.dreyfuss at edu.ge.ch> wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>you have to use do menu item tile in the category miscellanous and
>>>choose duplicate as item.
>>>
>>>This seems create a copy in the hand.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you want just create a new robot this will work. But there is no
>>>handle on the new created object this way.
>>>
>>>however once dropped it can be designated as the first element of
>>>the morph containing it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>-------- Message d'origine--------
>>>De: squeakland-bounces at squeakland.org de la part de Mark Nelson
>>>Date: mer. 30/01/2008 15:35
>>>À: squeakland at squeakland.org
>>>Objet : [Squeakland] Etoys - create duplicate (not sibling) from a
>>>script?
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>> From an Etoys SCRIPT, how can I create a 'duplicate' of a player
>>>(equivalent to clicking on the green halo icon), rather than creating
>>>a 'sibling/clone' of a player (equivalent to SHIFT-clicking on the
>>>green halo icon)?  The 'copy' tile available under the miscellaneous
>>>category seems to create a clone; the textual equivalent of
>>>''Playfield include Ellipse's copy' is 'self include: Ellipse
>>>getNewClone'.   What I need is the textual equivalent that would
>>>create a 'duplicate' rather than a 'clone'.
>>>
>>>[Why do I care?  In the course that I'm currently teaching, we've
>>>created a 'robot' with embedded 'sensors'  (the 'robots' and
>>>'sensors'
>>>are created from individual Ellipse morphs; the sensors then get
>>>embedded in the robot). The robot's actions depend on differences
>>>between left and right sensor values. If I now make a 'duplicate' of
>>>the robot using the green halo icon, the new robot works as expected.
>>>However, if I make a 'clone' of the robot (either by SHIFT-clicking
>>>the green halo icon, or by using the 'copy' tile in a script, the new
>>>robot seems to pick up the sensor values from the original robot,
>>>rather than from its own sensors.]
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>--Mark Nelson
>>>
>>>
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