[squeakland] World menu

[Harness, Kathleen]

Hi,
I am glad you are taking an active interest in Etoys. The Floss manuals are always a work in progress.

I read your comments to the lists and enjoy thinking about your point of view.  The attachment is my view of Etoys in response to your question: "Am I right in thinking that it is meant to provide a greatly restricted programming environment on the surface, where only a few Squeak/Smalltalk objects and methods are available without going behind the scenes, chosen for younger children?"

For me as a teacher, Etoys is a great way to interest children who might not otherwise know the power they can have over the computer. The difference in being an author of a program and being a user of a program is enormous. For me as an author, Etoys lets me express ideas I could not share any other way. 
Regards,
Kathleen
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Subject: [squeakland] World menu

I have discovered by trying many combinations that alt-shift-w brings up
the World menu in Etoys on Ubuntu. I have added that and some other
information to

http://booki.flossmanuals.net/etoys-reference-manual/_edit/

and I am about to add the keyboard shortcuts for the XO. (I have two of
them, which I have named Thing1 and Thing2.)...First pass, done now.

Apparently I now know how to apply all that I know of Squeak (not a lot,
but increasing) within Etoys, by bringing up menus that allow me to bring
up everything else.

Is there a design document for Etoys explaining what its intention is? Am
I right in thinking that it is meant to provide a greatly restricted
programming environment on the surface, where only a few Squeak/Smalltalk
objects and methods are available without going behind the scenes, chosen
for younger children?

--
Edward Mokurai
(默雷/निशब्दगर्ज/نشبدگرج)
Cherlin
Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks


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