Activities/Turtle Art/Tutorials/Turtle Art programming without words - Revision history

Rdrsadhu: Migrate to GitHub

2018-07-28T14:13:13Z

Migrate to GitHub

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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 ==
-==Examples==
+Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/turtleart_tutorials/programming_without_words.html
-Can you read these examples?
+The source file has been moved to [https://github.com/godiard/help-activity/blob/master/source/turtleart_tutorials/programming_without_words.rst GitHub]

FGrose: moved Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle Art programming without words to Activities/Turtle Art/Tutorials/Turtle Art programming without words: deCamelCase

2012-07-23T15:37:30Z

moved Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle Art programming without words to Activities/Turtle Art/Tutorials/Turtle Art programming without words: deCamelCase

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Mokurai: Add palette images

2011-07-17T05:14:29Z

Add palette images

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	==Glossary==		==Glossary==

	This is a ~~partial~~ listing showing blocks ~~for which Mokurai has chosen a symbol~~, either a Unicode character or a graphic~~. It includes everything visible in the examples above~~. In some cases the same symbol appears on two blocks of different shape, where one is the definition of a ~~function~~ or setting of a ~~variable~~, and the other calls the ~~function~~ or accesses the value.		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===		===Turtle===
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	* '''keyboard''' (value previously read) ⌨		* '''keyboard''' (value previously read) ⌨

	===~~Extras~~===		===Templates===

	* '''print''' Picture of printer		* '''print''' Picture of printer

	One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.		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]]

Mokurai: /* Numbers */ Move visual numerals to new page

2011-07-17T01:17:50Z

Numbers: Move visual numerals to new page

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	* '''and''' ∧		* '''and''' ∧
	* '''or''' ∨		* '''or''' ∨
	* '''number''' Not decided. ~~We are looking at various visual numerals in Unicode, such as~~		* '''number''' Not decided.

	[[~~File:UnicodeNumerals.png~~]]		We are looking at various [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Numerals\|visual numerals]] in Unicode.

	~~Mayan is also a candidate~~ in ~~part because it is the only one of these number systems with a zero, but Mayan has not yet been added to~~ Unicode.

	~~[[File:MayanNumerals.svg]]~~

	===Flow===		===Flow===

Mokurai: Examples section title

2011-07-08T02:43:19Z

Examples section title

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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 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.

			==Examples==

	Can you read these examples?		Can you read these examples?

Mokurai: /* Extras */ print

2011-07-08T02:40:43Z

Extras: print

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	===Extras===		===Extras===

			* '''print''' Picture of printer

	One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.		One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.

Mokurai: /* Glossary */ symbols, formatting

2011-07-08T02:27:22Z

Glossary: symbols, formatting

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	==Glossary==		==Glossary==

	~~Incomplete~~		This is a partial listing showing blocks for which Mokurai has chosen a symbol, either a Unicode character or a graphic. It includes everything visible in the examples above. In some cases the same symbol appears on two blocks of different shape, where one is the definition of a function or setting of a variable, and the other calls the function or accesses the value.

	===Turtle===		===Turtle===

	* Forward →		* '''Forward''' →
	* Back ←		* '''Back''' ←
	* Right ↶		* '''Right''' ↷
	* Left ↷		* '''Left''' ↶
	* Arc ↻		* '''Arc''' ↻
			** '''Angle''' ∡
			** '''Radius''' circle with arrow from center to edge

	===Pen===		===Pen===

	* Pen Up ✑		* '''Pen Up''' ✑
	* Pen Down ✒		* '''Pen Down''' ✒

	~~===Colors===~~

	===Numbers===		===Numbers===
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	Some of these functions are named with math symbols +-×÷><=, which are not changed.		Some of these functions are named with math symbols +-×÷><=, which are not changed.

	* mod \|		* '''mod''' \|
	* random ?		* '''random''' ?
	* not ∼		* '''not''' ∼
	* and ∧		* '''and''' ∧
	* or ∨		* '''or''' ∨
	* number Not decided. We are looking at various visual numerals in Unicode, such as		* '''number''' Not decided. We are looking at various visual numerals in Unicode, such as

	[[File:UnicodeNumerals.png]]		[[File:UnicodeNumerals.png]]

	Mayan is also a candidate, but it has not yet been added to Unicode.		Mayan is also a candidate in part because it is the only one of these number systems with a zero, but Mayan has not yet been added to Unicode.

	[[File:MayanNumerals.svg]]		[[File:MayanNumerals.svg]]
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	===Flow===		===Flow===

	* wait ⌛		* '''wait''' ⌛
	* if-then		* '''if-then''' Split arrow to Yes and Continue
	* if-then-else		* '''if-then-else''' Split arrow to Yes and No, then rejoin to continue
	* repeat		* '''forever''' ⥁ (In some cases, this will stop at a stop stack block
	* while		* '''repeat''' ⥁ (This block requires a number of repeats to execute.)
	* until		* '''while''' Circle with arrow leaving at top right
	* stop stack		* '''until''' Circle with arrow leaving at bottom left
			* '''stop stack''' Stop sign

	===Boxes===		===Boxes===

	* start ↓		* '''start''' ↓
	* store in box Set variable; identified by colored dot		* '''store in box''' Set variable; identified by colored dot
	* box Get value of variable; identified by colored dot		* '''box''' Get value of variable; identified by colored dot
	* action Identified by colored lozenge for both definition and use		* '''action''' Identified by colored lozenge for both definition and use
	* text ""		* '''text''' ""

			===Sensors===

			* '''read keyboard''' ⌨
			* '''keyboard''' (value previously read) ⌨

	===Extras===		===Extras===

	One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.		One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.

Mokurai: /* Boxes */ arrow and colors

2011-07-08T00:45:22Z

Boxes: arrow and colors

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	===Boxes===		===Boxes===

	* start		* start ↓
	* store in box		* store in box Set variable; identified by colored dot
	* action		* box Get value of variable; identified by colored dot
	* text		* action Identified by colored lozenge for both definition and use
			* text ""

	===Extras===		===Extras===

	One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.		One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.

Mokurai: /* Numbers */ Numerals

2011-07-08T00:30:04Z

Numbers: Numerals

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	* and ∧		* and ∧
	* or ∨		* or ∨
	* number		* number Not decided. We are looking at various visual numerals in Unicode, such as

			[[File:UnicodeNumerals.png]]

			Mayan is also a candidate, but it has not yet been added to Unicode.

			[[File:MayanNumerals.svg]]

	===Flow===		===Flow===

Mokurai: /* Glossary */ Block names and symbols; incomplete

2011-07-07T15:51:21Z

Glossary: Block names and symbols; incomplete

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	==Glossary==		==Glossary==

	~~To be added~~		Incomplete

			===Turtle===

			* Forward →
			* Back ←
			* Right ↶
			* Left ↷
			* Arc ↻

			===Pen===

			* Pen Up ✑
			* Pen Down ✒

			===Colors===

			===Numbers===

			Some of these functions are named with math symbols +-×÷><=, which are not changed.

			* mod \|
			* random ?
			* not ∼
			* and ∧
			* or ∨
			* number

			===Flow===

			* wait ⌛
			* if-then
			* if-then-else
			* repeat
			* while
			* until
			* stop stack

			===Boxes===

			* start
			* store in box
			* action
			* text

			===Extras===

			One of the Python programmable blocks has a drawing of a python on it. We keep that.