Re: World menu
mokurai-ikfZt3P9bkcA4t5MK3byRdi2O/[email protected]
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Excellent. Thank you. I see that these define all of the categories in the various viewer menus for various Etoys object times, and that it will require a bit of exploration. On Sun, September 9, 2012 6:11 am, karl ramberg wrote: > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 5:51 AM, <mokurai-ikfZt3P9bkcA4t5MK3byRdi2O/[email protected]> wrote: >> Just so. This Reference Manual is aimed at the power user. Among other >> things, I am trying to learn how to use Squeak development to add >> facilities to Etoys. >> >> I am still looking for documents that explain Etoys for the classroom >> teacher and the student without going behind them into Squeak >> development. >> I have found many that begin to explain parts of Etoys, but nothing that >> I >> consider satisfactory. For example, nothing that systematically explains >> what tiles are available for Etoys programming, and the places to find >> them. I know about >> >> Object viewers >> The gold chest >> The function menus in some tiles >> >> Are there more? > > You can find all morphs that have additional morphic categories with > the MethodFinder : WorldMenu/Open/MethodFinder. > > Search for "additionsTo" > > Karl > >> >> On Sat, September 8, 2012 9:16 am, karl ramberg wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 3:47 AM, <mokurai-ikfZt3P9bkcA4t5MK3byRdi2O/[email protected]> wrote: >>>> 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? >>> >>> Squeak is the environment in which Etoys lives. While direct access to >>> Squeak is possible its of most interest to power user. Its not hard to >>> break the system running Squeak so access is made not easy to stumble >>> uppon. A broken system is quite disruptive to most lectures and >>> newbies. >>> >>> Karl >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> squeakland mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > -- 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