[squeakland] RE: squeakland Digest, Vol 83, Issue 5

Christine Murakami cmurakami at columbusschoolforgirls.org
Fri Mar 5 09:32:21 EST 2010



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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Is there a way to have typed text be part of a test?
      (Bert Freudenberg)


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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:32:05 +0100
From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
Subject: Re: [squeakland] Is there a way to have typed text be part of
	a test?
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On 04.03.2010, at 16:26, Christine Murakami wrote:
> I am trying to use ?test? to see if a item of text (from the supplies bin) overlaps a holder. At which point, if the test is yes, the holder changes color. I know how to do this using a graphic, but don?t want to handwrite the text with the palate. Is there a way to include text in a test?

Using a Text object should work exactly the same as a Sketch. I'm not quite sure what the problem is - can you post a project demonstrating what works with a Sketch but not a Text?

Alternatively you can create a Sketch by grabbing a rectangle of Text from the screen.

- Bert -


Thanks Bert! This works great. I just had a brain freeze and forgot to start the script "ticking." 

Christine
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