[squeakland] Numeric value question

[karl ramberg]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:48 PM,  <mokurai at earthtreasury.org> wrote:
> Noted for Etoys Reference Manual. We cover a fair amount of this sort of
> thing already, but I believe that there is significantly more to do in
> matters such as locating and documenting menus.
>
> I, as a dedicated button pusher and lever puller with plenty of time to
> explore, had no trouble finding the information out for myself about
> setting the number of decimal places to display for numbers. I recognize
> that others will need well-thought-out-and-tested hints at a minimum, and
> outright explanations in many cases.

Yes, it can be frustrating to hunt for solutions many times.

User testing/feedback is needed to bring attention to stumble blocks
or stuff that need documentation .

Karl
>
> On Tue, November 6, 2012 6:35 pm, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> On 2012-11-07, at 00:21, "Avigail Snir" <avigail at snir.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bert,
>>> The attached draft of a project (which a teacher asked me to create for
>>> his students), has a problem/bug?
>>> When I put the numerical value of a variable into a text object, it
>>> rounds the value to the nearest 2 decimal digit. Do I have any control
>>> of it?
>>
>> Yes. Use the menu left of the "outputCar's numeric value" tile in its
>> viewer:
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, *please* ask this kind of question on the mailing list. Everyone can
>> learn from it.
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
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