Scratch

Hi Sophie,

thanks for testing the prototype! At the moment sprites can only access their own custom blocks, and not call other sprite's procedures/functions. I agree that this might be beneficial for e.g. a "math-services" sprite or so. I'm just not sure how to integrate something like it into the current Scratch blocks paradigm. Do you have any ideas on this?

jcubed wrote:

you cant type numbers into the blocks

Hmm, I just checked and, yes, you should be able to type in numbers into the parameter-fields of any custom block you made (also into the "report" field in the block editor). Could you perhaps explain what you're missing a little more in detail? Thanks!

Aha, now I see what you mean. The first character in the block spec needs to be a non-numerical one. After that you can use numbers. Thanks for finding this out, jcubed!

[update]

fixed a few bugs:
   - using tools on the template-block no longer has any effect
   - using tools on variables in the block editor no longer as any effect
   (you weren't going to try that anyway, were you?)

added an integrated compiler
   - you can now turn your projects into an .exe with a single click on a button
   (this works currently only, however, if there are no spaces in the paths)

the new version is 1.0.3
Enjoy!

amazing! It's turned Scratch into a real programming language! Now all we need are parameters!

Hi coolstuff,

certainly you can use BYOB on a Mac. Just copy a Scratch VM into the BYOB folder and drag the BYOB.image file onto it. The only thing not working will be the compiler, because it is Windows-specific.

I'm not sure what you mean by asking for parameters, could you explain that to me? You can create your own blocks, specify parameters and pass them along, you know. Are you perhaps referring to command line parameters for the .exe files? What would you do with these? I'd be interested to learn more about your ideas!

Jens wrote:

I'm not sure what you mean by asking for parameters, could you explain that to me? You can create your own blocks, specify parameters and pass them along, you know. Are you perhaps referring to command line parameters for the .exe files? What would you do with these? I'd be interested to learn more about your ideas!

Hi Jens,
I posted that before completely exploring the uses of BYOB and reading the ReadMe file. I didn't know that you could pass parameters. Thanks for your response!

I'm tired. because I'm up at 5:33 AM. so I can't think about this right now. goodbye.

keroro645 wrote:

I found out that byob stands for build your own bag

I wish I could build my own bag...

For the thing, it should have block lists as well as block variables. for if you want to have a reporter that is the input of a string that uses a list, then it would need it.

Brilliant!  I'm already spoiled using this.

(Growing up, BYOB always meant Bring Your Own Bottle- to the reverse osmosis water store, for me.)

Last edited by AddZero (2008-11-17 10:45:13)

ProgrammingLanguage is a changed scratch too! Cool!

Jens wrote:

Hi DarthPickley,

sorry if you're having problems with BYOB, and if I didn't make it all clear and obvious how you can get rid of unwanted custom blocks. Actually it's rather easy: Just right click (command click on a Mac) on the block you want to delete in the palette, and select "delete" from the pop-up menu.

I hope this helps. Thanks for testing the prototype and giving feedback!

I know! I thought I deleted those posts... but I guess I didn't. I also need to say: You should have block arrays, and string input and output.