etoys-dev January 2012

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sixteen items for Squeaklamd 2012
by Scott Wallace 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

Here are the sixteen items currently on the Squeakland Educators' Group's wish-list of changes to try to get into the "Squeakland 2012" release. This is from an early version of a working document, and does not necessarily represent consensus or priority, but it provides a useful point of departure as we try to kickstart the process of defining and building the release. Individual items will be addressed in separate emails shortly. Most of the major items here relate to work (heroically) done by Ricardo Moran in 2010 and 2011, whose results were typically circulated in projects attached to emails sent to this list. It would be very useful to hear about all experiences (in as much detail as possible) that anyone has had with any of these projects. Items 1-5 and 7 are all in this category. -------- 1. sectors (graphics) kh/ok add help 2. calendar? (tools) add help (ask developers about cost of adding projects) 3. graphing tool 4. number line 5. spreadsheet - maybe (in object catalogue?) - Skeleton - 6. input/output 7. Single Step Debugger 8. When saving file display only: Name, Notes and Tags - Remove Subject, Target Age, and Region - Matches Scratch (can fold subject entries into tags for existing and older versions) 9. Add Koji Yokokawa's ScratchConnect (game controls and game displays) This will allow kids to create “game controllers” using Etoys Projects on one set of computers to control a “game display” (another Etoys or Scratch Project) on another computer. 10. re-arrange the objects in supplies remove Press me (back in object catalog), polygon in supplies instead (to have a non-symmetric object to let kids see heading when moving) 11. On Add Variable: Show options for value type - to make it easier to discover different types besides number (Ex: player, color, etc). 12. When deleting a project icon, change "delete the icon and delete the project" to "delete the icon and remove the project" delete indicates it may delete it from disk. And change wording from "Really delete the project <name> and all its contents? <yes/no>" to "Realy delete the icon and remove the project from Etoys (file will still be saved on disk) <yes/no>" 13. Fix Connector Labels so they display properly in “middle” of connector. a. Fix: connector labels so that when added they move to the "middle" of the connector, not "openAtMousePosition" b. Fix: connector labels so that repositioning does not place back to position of "openAtMousePosition" relative to move. 14. An "ask" tile to get user input. 15. A Rosetta Stone like (visual display of speech, graph) to help kids learn language and pronunciation). 16. Add perimeter, etc. tiles to polygon tool. -------- -- Scott

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sixteen items for Squeakland 2012 - item 7: Single step debugger
by Ricardo Moran 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Scott Wallace <scott.wallace(a)squeakland.org > wrote: > 7. Single Step Debugger Hi, I made a new picture for the step button in the script editors. A new project is attached for you to test and review. The new button looks like this: [image: StepMe.png] and the old one: [image: StepMe (bug).png] Of course, it's up to you to decide which form to use (or propose a new one). I don't really care much for the button's form anyway, but I'm *very* interested in the "stepping" feature. Cheers, Richo

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OpenGL for etoys?
by Lawson English 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

A long term project might be to create a 3D version of etoys that renders the regular World into a GL texture (as my demo does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSLZKIXeXR4) and allows people to play with a carefully-selected-to-be-stable set of 3D options. Lawson

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Re: [etoys-dev] sixteen items for Squeaklamd 2012 - Item 4: number line
by Ricardo Moran 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Scott Wallace <scott.wallace(a)squeakland.org > wrote: > 4. number line Hi guys, I'm glad you're interested in my additions and I would like to help in their inclusion. For this item, I've made a new version which I believe works more "intuitively" with regards to the max/min value. Now, when changing these slots all the numbers will remain in their place and the number lines will be resized. I believe this addresses Randy and Steve's concerns. New project is attached, suggestions are welcomed as always, and if you like this version I'll submit it to the issue tracker as Scott did with the other items :) Cheers, Richo

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Another video tutorial
by Lawson English 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

Latest squeak tutorial. Connectors how-to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1LveflchAU as an aside, it seems to me that Connectors should be ported back to Pharo, because it can be very useful I am finding. Lawson

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Etoys Inbox: System-kfr.51.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

A new version of System was added to project Etoys Inbox: http://source.squeak.org/etoysinbox/System-kfr.51.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: System-kfr.51 Author: kfr Time: 28 January 2012, 3:34:22 pm UUID: 25d6600f-fadb-7d47-a4b3-719dba805069 Ancestors: System-kfr.50 Add loading preferences file from disk to FileList and a file dialog when restoring preferences from disk in preference panel. =============== Diff against System-kfr.50 =============== Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>fileReaderServicesForFile:suffix: (in category 'services') ----- fileReaderServicesForFile: fullName suffix: suffix ^(self registeredPreferencesFileSuffixes includes: suffix ) ifTrue: [ self services ] + ifFalse: [ #() ] ! - ifFalse: [ #() ]! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>registeredPreferencesFileSuffixes (in category 'services') ----- registeredPreferencesFileSuffixes + ^{'prefs'}! - ^{'prefs'} ! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>restorePreferencesFromDisk (in category 'personalization') ----- restorePreferencesFromDisk + | result | - | result | result := (FileList2 modalFileSelectorForSuffixes: #('prefs')) . result ifNil: [^ self]. Cursor wait showWhile: [ [ self loadPreferencesFrom: result fullName ] on: Error do: [ :ex | self inform: 'there was an error restoring the preferences' translated] ] ! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>restorePreferencesFromDisk: (in category 'personalization') ----- restorePreferencesFromDisk: aFile Cursor wait showWhile: [ [ self loadPreferencesFrom: aFile ] on: Error do: [ :ex | self inform: 'there was an error restoring the preferences' translated] + ] - ] ! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>serviceLoadPreferences (in category 'services') ----- serviceLoadPreferences "Answer a service for loading preferences from disk" ^ SimpleServiceEntry provider: self label: 'load preferences' translatedNoop selector: #restorePreferencesFromDisk: description: 'load preferences file from disk' translatedNoop buttonLabel: 'load preferences' translatedNoop! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>services (in category 'services') ----- services "Answer the receiver's services" + ^ OrderedCollection with: self serviceLoadPreferences ! - ^ OrderedCollection with: self serviceLoadPreferences! Item was added: + (PackageInfo named: 'System') postscript: '"below, add code to be run after the loading of this package" + FileList registerFileReader: Preferences'!

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Etoys Inbox: System-kfr.50.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

A new version of System was added to project Etoys Inbox: http://source.squeak.org/etoysinbox/System-kfr.50.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: System-kfr.50 Author: kfr Time: 28 January 2012, 3:19:35 pm UUID: 924c3a92-8441-454c-bf03-946e7a1adf0a Ancestors: System-kfr.49 Add loading preferences file from disk to FileList and a file dialog when restoring preferences from disk in preference panel. =============== Diff against System-Richo.48 =============== Item was added: + ----- Method: Preferences class>>fileReaderServicesForFile:suffix: (in category 'services') ----- + fileReaderServicesForFile: fullName suffix: suffix + + ^(self registeredPreferencesFileSuffixes includes: suffix ) + ifTrue: [ self services ] + ifFalse: [ #() ]! Item was added: + ----- Method: Preferences class>>registeredPreferencesFileSuffixes (in category 'services') ----- + registeredPreferencesFileSuffixes + ^{'prefs'} ! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>restorePreferencesFromDisk (in category 'personalization') ----- restorePreferencesFromDisk + | result | + result := (FileList2 modalFileSelectorForSuffixes: #('prefs')) . + result ifNil: [^ self]. + Cursor wait showWhile: [ + [ self loadPreferencesFrom: result fullName ] on: Error do: [ :ex | self inform: 'there was an error restoring the preferences' translated] + ] + - (FileDirectory default fileExists: 'my.prefs') - ifTrue: [ Cursor wait showWhile: [ - [ self loadPreferencesFrom: 'my.prefs' ] on: Error do: [ :ex | self inform: 'there was an error restoring the preferences' translated] - ] ] - ifFalse: [ self inform: 'you haven''t saved your preferences yet!!' translated]. ! Item was added: + ----- Method: Preferences class>>restorePreferencesFromDisk: (in category 'personalization') ----- + restorePreferencesFromDisk: aFile + Cursor wait showWhile: [ + [ self loadPreferencesFrom: aFile ] on: Error do: [ :ex | self inform: 'there was an error restoring the preferences' translated] + ] + + ! Item was added: + ----- Method: Preferences class>>serviceLoadPreferences (in category 'services') ----- + serviceLoadPreferences + "Answer a service for loading preferences from disk" + + ^ SimpleServiceEntry + provider: self + label: 'load preferences' translatedNoop + selector: #restorePreferencesFromDisk: + description: 'load preferences file from disk' translatedNoop + buttonLabel: 'load preferences' translatedNoop! Item was added: + ----- Method: Preferences class>>services (in category 'services') ----- + services + "Answer the receiver's services" + + ^ OrderedCollection with: self serviceLoadPreferences! Item was removed: - ----- Method: PseudoClass>>isMeta (in category 'testing') ----- - isMeta - ^false! Item was removed: - ----- Method: PseudoMetaclass>>isMeta (in category 'testing') ----- - isMeta - ^true!

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Help needed for new Etoys release!
by Rita Freudenberg 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Dear developers, it's been some time since the latest Etoys release and some nice has been done in the meantime. We eductors would love to have a new Etoys release to give the new features to all the Etoys users, but we cannot do this on our own. So please step up and let us know that you will help us. Bert wrote a documentation on how to do a release here: http://etoys.squeak.org/svn/trunk/Documentation/ Greetings, Rita

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Re: [etoys-dev] [etoys-notify] [JIRA] Commented: (SQ-1006) Improve wording when deleting a Project Icon
by K. K. Subramaniam 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

On Friday 20 Jan 2012 1:07:07 AM Karl Ramberg (JIRA) wrote: > Karl Ramberg commented on SQ-1006: > ---------------------------------- > > I suggest 'close project' as it's more correct of what's happening. Actually, both 'unload' and 'close' are too technical and implies an understanding of the implementation. A better way is to model project servers as container morphs like TrashMorph. Projects can then be pulled out (load) or dropped into the container (save). I recollect Yoshiki had created something like this before (GalleryMorph?) Regards .. Subbu

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Re: [etoys-dev] [etoys-notify] [JIRA] Created: (SQ-1006) Improve wording when deleting a Project Icon
by K. K. Subramaniam 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

On Thursday 19 Jan 2012 10:30:07 AM Stephen Thomas (JIRA) wrote: > When deleting a project icon, change: "delete the icon and delete the > project" to "delete the icon and remove the project" How about "unload the project"? We already use the word "load project" for pulling it into Etoys. Regards .. Subbu

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