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#1 2009-03-29 12:34:30
- demosthenes
- Retired Community Moderator
- Registered: 2008-02-19
- Posts: 1000+
Text Based Scratch
This is more a question than a suggestion.. I was wondering if it would be possible for the scratch team to implement something like forum blocks, so you can type your code with commands such as, "< when green flag clicked >" Instead of acctually dragging the,
<when green flag clicked>
block around. Then you could compile this source and it would be translated into code in the scratch editor?
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#2 2009-03-30 09:32:23
- technoguyx
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-10-18
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Text Based Scratch
You mean like this, instead of doing this:
[blocks]<when green flag clicked>
<go to x 
0 )y 0
<forever>
<move( 10 )steps>
<turn cw( 15 )degrees>
<end>[/blocks]
You could open up a window and type it in code, like this:
Flag Clicked
goto(0,0)
forever
movesteps(10)
turncw(15)
end
Of course I used a made up language there.
If you mean that, I don't think the Scratch Team will add it, since Scratch is supposed to be a simple to use/learn graphical language. You could just use a typed language such as Logo, Lua, Ruby, Java, C/C++, and lots more.
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