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Line 1: − + − ==Examples==+ − Can you read these examples?+ − − [[File:Tangent.png|Tangent to a curve]] − − − Here is a more complicated one. − − [[File:Numeric integration program.png|Numerical integration]] − − This example draws X and Y axes and graphs a function. Then it draws lines from the X axis to the curve, and adds the area of the lines. This approximates a Riemann integral. But never mind that. Can you read the blocks? − − ==Glossary== − − This is a listing showing English names for the blocks in the above examples and their icons, either a Unicode character or a graphic. In some cases the same symbol appears on two blocks of different shape, where one is the definition of a subroutine stack or setting of a value in a box, and the other calls the stack or accesses the value. − − ===Turtle=== − − * '''Forward''' → − * '''Back''' ← − * '''Right''' ↷ − * '''Left''' ↶ − * '''Arc''' ↻ − ** '''Angle''' ∡ − ** '''Radius''' circle with arrow from center to edge − − ===Pen=== − − * '''Pen Up''' ✑ − * '''Pen Down''' ✒ − − ===Numbers=== − − Some of these functions are named with math symbols +-×÷><=, which are not changed. − − * '''mod''' | − * '''random''' ? − * '''not''' ∼ − * '''and''' ∧ − * '''or''' ∨ − * '''number''' Not decided. − − We are looking at various [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Numerals|visual numerals]] in Unicode. − − ===Flow=== − − * '''wait''' ⌛ − * '''if-then''' Split arrow to Yes and Continue − * '''if-then-else''' Split arrow to Yes and No, then rejoin to continue − * '''forever''' ⥁ (In some cases, this will stop at a stop stack block − * '''repeat''' ⥁ (This block requires a number of repeats to execute.) − * '''while''' Circle with arrow leaving at top right − * '''until''' Circle with arrow leaving at bottom left − * '''stop stack''' Stop sign − − ===Boxes=== − − * '''start''' ↓ − * '''store in box''' Set variable; identified by colored dot − * '''box''' Get value of variable; identified by colored dot − * '''action''' Identified by colored lozenge for both definition and use − * '''text''' "" − − ===Sensors=== − − * '''read keyboard''' ⌨ − * '''keyboard''' (value previously read) ⌨ − − ===Templates=== − − * '''print''' Picture of printer − − One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that, and several other blocks that have icons in Walter Bender's original version. − − ==Palettes== − − These are the block palettes from a different version of Mokurai's implementation of Iconic Turtle Art. Can you make sense of them? − − [[File:TAIconsTurtle.png]] − [[File:TAIconsPen.png]] − [[File:TAIconsNumbers.png]] − [[File:TAIconsFlow.png]] − [[File:TAIconsBox.png]] − [[File:TAIconsMisc.png]] − [[File:TAIconsTemplates.png]]
Activities/Turtle Art/Tutorials/Turtle Art programming without words (view source)
Revision as of 09:13, 28 July 2018
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Turtle Art blocks are named in the current language. Mokurai has created an alternative language-independent "localization" for TA, using symbols rather than words to name the blocks. He hopes that this will make TA accessible to pre-schoolers, after some period working on [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/You_be_the_Turtle|You be the turtle]]. It has not been made part of TA yet, but we are working on it.
== Turtle Art/Tutorials/Turtle Art programming without words ==
Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/turtleart_tutorials/programming_without_words.html
The source file has been moved to [https://github.com/godiard/help-activity/blob/master/source/turtleart_tutorials/programming_without_words.rst GitHub]
[[File:TangentAtMaximum.png|Local maximum with level tangent]]