Summer of Code/2013/Turtle Blocks Python export project: Difference between revisions
Marion Zepf (talk | contribs) add a decision on running unnamed stacks; defer the pending decision on the speed of execution |
Marion Zepf (talk | contribs) update decisions after meeting with Walter |
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* Code in named stacks will be put into functions with the same name. Blocks appended to the 'start' block will be put into a function called <code>start()</code>. Unnamed stacks will also be put into extra functions with auto-generated names (e.g., <code>unnamed_stack_1()</code>). | * Code in named stacks will be put into functions with the same name. Blocks appended to the 'start' block will be put into a function called <code>start()</code>. Unnamed stacks will also be put into extra functions with auto-generated names (e.g., <code>unnamed_stack_1()</code>). | ||
* Run only the block stack that has a 'start' block at the top. If there is no 'start' block, notify the user, but don't execute unnamed stacks. (TA itself should show the same behavior.) | * Run only the block stack that has a 'start' block at the top. If there is no 'start' block, notify the user, but don't execute unnamed stacks. (TA itself should show the same behavior.) | ||
* Assume the generated code will be run in GNOME, but keep the <code>running_sugar</code> flag, so it can be ported to Sugar later. | |||
=== Pending === | === Pending === | ||
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* Enable the user to control the speed of execution (e.g., by setting a global <code>step_time</code>)? ''deferred on 2013-06-14'' | * Enable the user to control the speed of execution (e.g., by setting a global <code>step_time</code>)? ''deferred on 2013-06-14'' | ||
** How to implement this? E.g., call a <code>wait(step_time)</code> function in between two steps? | ** How to implement this? E.g., call a <code>wait(step_time)</code> function in between two steps? | ||
* How to automatically determine the path to the TA installation (e.g., for finding the plugins)? ''deferred on 2013-06-14'' | |||
** Either: check a list of standard paths. | |||
** Or: expect it to be in the <code>PYTHONPATH</code>. | |||
** Explain to the user what's wrong when the TA installation wasn't found. | |||
* Should the status bar be shown when the exported code is run? | |||