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Steve Thomas | 9 Feb 02:37

Droppable Behaviors in Etoys

I am looking to create droppable behaviors similar to those in Lively Kernal.  I can do it with connectors like this:

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self getDestinationPlayer setColor: self getSourcePlayer getColor

But would like to simply drop a morph onto another morph to accomplish the task.  How can I get a list of morphs my "droppable behavior" is overlapping?

Extra points for a sample project :)

Thanks,
Stephen 
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David Corking | 5 Feb 22:56

Paint tool affordance was re: [etoys-dev] The Paradox of Choice

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 8:51 PM, karl ramberg wrote:
> I observed my kind using Etoys and they
> had a hard time
> grasping that they  had to paint one object at a time. They wanted to
> paint the background and all the objects
> at the same time.

Thanks Karl! Until you wrote that, I didn't realize we _could_ paint
the background. (I had never thought to look for the little spray can
in the world's halo. Now I feel so dumb!)

Now it will be much easier to make roads and racetracks. (Up to now,
our slightly awkward method was to paint new objects, and then scale
them up to suit.)

Subbu mentioned the onion skin, and I just noticed that the selection
tool for the rubber stamp sees partially through the onion skin and
grabs a faded copy of whatever is under it. Is there a need for some
kind of onion skin switch in the selection tool, that makes the skin
either fully transparent or fully opaque?

Have fun! David
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Steve Thomas | 1 Feb 22:24

If I create a text string which contains squeak code, how can I execute it from within a script?

Folks,

I am trying to create a project where kids can enter their own "Connector" functions.

So what I want to do is given a connector connected to two text boxes (one Enhanced Text, so I can execute a script when they hit <CR> or on <focus loss>).
I have a string variable defined for the connector, in which the kids can enter a function like ( D = S + 25)
Where D maps to DestinationPlayer and S maps to SourcePlayer.

Ideally I would like to generate the below script and execute it:

doIt
self getDestinationPlayer setNumericValue: self getSourcePlayer getNumericValue + 25


Need some squeak coding help on this.  I guess specifically, assuming I can figure out how to create a string with the correct code ...
How do I "do it" to the string?

Thanks,
Stephen
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Ricardo Moran | 31 Jan 23:39
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sixteen items for Squeakland 2012 - item 7: Single step debugger


On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Scott Wallace <scott.wallace-tgy29QT0A092KDkfy0k2sw@public.gmane.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: 

and the old one:

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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Ricardo Moran | 31 Jan 22:00
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Re: [etoys-dev] sixteen items for Squeaklamd 2012 - Item 4: number line


On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Scott Wallace <scott.wallace-tgy29QT0A092KDkfy0k2sw@public.gmane.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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Christine Murakami | 18 Jan 15:42
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Etoys in Chinese?

Hi everyone!

 

I have a native Chinese student who is planning to translate our music lessons into Mandarin. She looked online for a Chinese version of Etoys, but was unable to get it. When we tried to change the language in our regular version of Etoys (v 4.1.1) it said that it couldn’t install the font.

 

Could you please help?

 

Thanks! Hope you are all having a great start to the new year!

 

Christine Murakami

Upper School Technology Integration Specialist

Columbus School for Girls

http://csgolpc2012.weebly.com

614-453-4538

 

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carnen | 12 Jan 13:46
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NYTimes.com: The Value of Teachers

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OPINION   | January 12, 2012
Op-Ed Columnist:  The Value of Teachers
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
A new study suggests a great teacher is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in increased earning power to students. It's time to overhaul our education policy.

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Ricardo Moran | 4 Jan 18:00
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Calendar fixes

Hi guys,


Given the recent interest in the CalendarMorph, I've been working on it a little more (see the project attached). Now I find it much more responsive by just deferring the update of the GUI (which is expensive) in the #step method. I also fixed the issue with the translations not updating when changing languages. Now the month names and day initials should get updated but the problem is that we don't have translations for them yet in the database, so you won't notice this until we add them.

Important for developers: I changed the way the locale changes are notified to morphs. See Project>>#updateLocaleDependentsWithPreviousSupplies:gently: and Morph>>#localeChanged. Basically, I just send #localeChanged to all morphs and I have the default implementation in Morph doing nothing. I think this is much better than before because now any morph can get notified of locale changes by just implementing the #localeChanged method, but I wanted to ask for your opinion on this.

Cheers,
Richo
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carnen | 4 Jan 11:10
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NYTimes.com: Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools

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TECHNOLOGY   | January 04, 2012
Grading the Digital School:  Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools
By MATT RICHTEL
Teachers in Idaho and elsewhere have been in revolt over policy makers thrusting technology into classrooms and shifting money to unproven teaching methods.

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Carlos Rabassa | 10 Dec 13:09
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Re: [Olpc-uruguay] Guías de producción para desarrollar en las máquinas del Plan Ceibal

S077 - Manual del Mundo Real por Sansberro

E077 - Real World Handbook by Sansberro


Carlos Rabassa
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Plan Ceibal Support Network
Montevideo, Uruguay


On Dec 9, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Erick Rosales wrote:

Excelentes guias, debemos de saber aprovechar todo su contenido,
Saludos desde El Salvador

El 09/12/11, nanonano-Ga1oV57TjE6B+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org <nanonano-Ga1oV57TjE6B+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org> escribió:
/>On 02/12/2011 10:20 a.m., Esteban Arias wrote:
Se publicó en el Portal Ceibal las Guías de producción para desarrollar en
las máquinas del Plan Ceibal
<http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/Portal.Base/Web/verContenido.aspx?PVW=1&ID=212239>./
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NYTimes.com: Online Learning, Personalized

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Grading the Digital School:  Online Learning, Personalized
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
At least 36 schools nationwide are combining teacher-led lessons with computer-based lectures and exercises using a software program based on Salman Khan's popular YouTube lessons.

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