Scratch

Hardmath123 wrote:

Better mockup:

Queue
3 blocks | Scratch | May 13 | Image not included | Not tested
1 block | Scratch | May 13 | Image not included | Not tested

That looks good. 
It will be post 40. Not much space, unless we put 43 as a reserved post and have fullmoon delete his post. ^^

Is a busy librarian going to have the time to add a post to the queue? On the other hand it works nicely to stop posts being missed.

someone posts a block, a librarian adds that post to the queue and quotes the post saying "queued". That way people know that their block is in the process of being added even if it seems overlooked. I support!

Since the queue is only really for librarians we don't have to use one of the reserved spaces for it - the queue post could be anywhere as consecutivity isn't a problem.

I need people to use the online variable blocks. Due to non-use the site has shut down twice. Please use them.

WindowsExplorer wrote:

YourLocalBlockLib wrote:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6273449/BlockLibraryTitle.png
^Back to Scratch blocks

How to download a Scratch block
Credit to nXIII for his patcher, which this code was based on

This is a way how you can make an "import block" item in the file menu so you can download and import blocks from the library.

Beware: this feature is untested! If you want to test it for us, great, but don't use this in your production environment yet!

The Importer
Installing the block importer is the hardest (but not very hard) thing you must do in order to import blocks. Simply follow these instructions:
Step 1: Open Scratch
Step 2: Press and hold the "shift" key while clicking the loop of the "R" in the Scratch logo
Step 3: Select "turn fill-screen off" from the popup menu which shows up
Not showing up? Make sure you're clicking inside the loop of the "R"; the "logo" referred to is the one that says "Scratch" in the top-left corner.
Step 4: Click anywhere in the "white space" which shows up at the bottom and right sides of the window
Step 5: Select "open..." from the popup menu
Step 6: Select "workspace" from the subsequent popup menu
Step 7: Copy the following text and paste it into the textbox-like window with (Windows) Alt+V or (Mac) Command+V, or by clicking the "-" button above the scrollbar (appears when the mouse is over the "workspace" window) and selecting "paste (v)"

Code:

'From MIT Squeak 0.9.4 (June 1, 2003) [No updates present.] on 18 June 2010 at 5:06:17 pm'!

!ScratchFileChooserDialog methodsFor: 'initialization'!
createBlockFileChooserFor: t1 
    scratchFrame _ nil.
    readingScratchFile _ true.
    list _ ScratchFilePicker new extensions: #(#block ).
    self removeAllMorphs.
    bottomSpacer delete.
    bottomSpacer _ nil.
    mainColumn addMorphBack: list.
    self title: 'Import Block'.
    list scratchInfoClient: nil.
    mainColumn addMorphBack: (Morph new extent: 5 @ 9;
         color: Color transparent);
     addMorphBack: newTitleBin.
    fileInfoColumn addMorphBack: buttonRow.
    self addMorphBack: shortcutColumn;
     addMorphBack: mainColumn;
     addMorphBack: fileInfoColumn! !


!ScratchFrameMorph methodsFor: 'menu/button actions'!
addBlock
    | t1 t2 t3 t4 |
    t1 _ ScratchFileChooserDialog new createBlockFileChooserFor: self;
             type: #block.
    t2 _ t1 getUserResponse.
    t2 = #cancelled ifTrue: [^ self].
    t3 _ (FileDirectory forFileName: t2)
                oldFileNamed: t2.
    t4 _ t3 contentsOfEntireFile.
    (ReadWriteStream
        on: t4
        from: 1
        to: t4 size) fileIn! !

!ScratchFrameMorph methodsFor: 'menu/button actions'!
fileMenu: t1 
    | t2 |
    t2 _ CustomMenu new.
    t2 add: 'New' action: #newScratchProject.
    t2 add: 'Open' action: #openScratchProject.
    t2 add: 'Save' action: #saveScratchProjectNoDialog.
    t2 add: 'Save As' action: #saveScratchProject.
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Import Project' action: #importScratchProject.
    t2 add: 'Export Sprite' action: #exportSprite.
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Import Block' action: #addBlock.
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Project Notes' action: #editNotes.
    Sensor shiftPressed
        ifTrue: 
            [t2 addLine.
            t2 add: 'Write Project Summary' action: #writeSummaryFile.
            t2 add: 'Write Multiple Project Summaries' action: #writeMultipleSummaries].
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Quit' action: #quitScratch.
    t2 localize.
    #(2 4 5 6 7 8 ) do: [:t3 | t2 labels at: t3 put: ((t2 labels at: t3)
                copyFrom: 1 to: (t2 labels at: t3) size - 1)
                , ScratchTranslator ellipsesSuffix].
    t2 invokeOn: self at: t1 bottomLeft + (0 @ 10)! !

Step 8: Select all the text by click-and-drag or by pressing (Windows) Alt+A or (Mac) Command+A
Step 9: File in the selection by clicking on the "-" in the top left corner; choosing "more...", then "file it in"
Step 10: Shift-click the loop of the "R" in the Scratch logo again and select "save image for end-user" then select "yes" when prompted. Scratch should close, and when restarted you will see a new option in the file menu: "Import Block..."

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6273449/BlockLibDiv2.png

^Back to Scratch blocks

I tried it - It worked!

Not for me...

Since I can't figure it out, I may as weel submit a formal block request.  This is for Panther.  I want a block that brings up an Informtion Dialog that displays a string of text, but I can't seem to make it work.  Can someone else figure it out?

YourLocalBlockLib wrote:

                                       http://welcometoyourlocalblocklibrary.w … 223741.gif
2 Blocks
Updated by: Pecola1

http://www.weebly.com/uploads/7/1/1/0/7 … 111682.gif

http://www.weebly.com/uploads/7/1/1/0/7 … 014294.gif

[Uh... I am not sure quite how to do this, or how to order it, can someone edit this? I already added the update to the update list.]

What I do is "edit" the previous one and copy the code here. 

YourLocalBlockLib wrote:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6273449/BlockLibraryTitle.png
^Back to Scratch blocks

How to download a Scratch block
Credit to nXIII for his patcher, which this code was based on

This is a way how you can make an "import block" item in the file menu so you can download and import blocks from the library.

Beware: this feature is untested! If you want to test it for us, great, but don't use this in your production environment yet!

The Importer
Installing the block importer is the hardest (but not very hard) thing you must do in order to import blocks. Simply follow these instructions:
Step 1: Open Scratch
Step 2: Press and hold the "shift" key while clicking the loop of the "R" in the Scratch logo
Step 3: Select "turn fill-screen off" from the popup menu which shows up
Not showing up? Make sure you're clicking inside the loop of the "R"; the "logo" referred to is the one that says "Scratch" in the top-left corner.
Step 4: Click anywhere in the "white space" which shows up at the bottom and right sides of the window
Step 5: Select "open..." from the popup menu
Step 6: Select "workspace" from the subsequent popup menu
Step 7: Copy the following text and paste it into the textbox-like window with (Windows) Alt+V or (Mac) Command+V, or by clicking the "-" button above the scrollbar (appears when the mouse is over the "workspace" window) and selecting "paste (v)"
Code:

Code:

 'From MIT Squeak 0.9.4 (June 1, 2003) [No updates present.] on 18 June 2010 at 5:06:17 pm'!

!ScratchFileChooserDialog methodsFor: 'initialization'!
createBlockFileChooserFor: t1 
    scratchFrame _ nil.
    readingScratchFile _ true.
    list _ ScratchFilePicker new extensions: #(#block ).
    self removeAllMorphs.
    bottomSpacer delete.
    bottomSpacer _ nil.
    mainColumn addMorphBack: list.
    self title: 'Import Block'.
    list scratchInfoClient: nil.
    mainColumn addMorphBack: (Morph new extent: 5 @ 9;
         color: Color transparent);
     addMorphBack: newTitleBin.
    fileInfoColumn addMorphBack: buttonRow.
    self addMorphBack: shortcutColumn;
     addMorphBack: mainColumn;
     addMorphBack: fileInfoColumn! !


!ScratchFrameMorph methodsFor: 'menu/button actions'!
addBlock
    | t1 t2 t3 t4 |
    t1 _ ScratchFileChooserDialog new createBlockFileChooserFor: self;
             type: #block.
    t2 _ t1 getUserResponse.
    t2 = #cancelled ifTrue: [^ self].
    t3 _ (FileDirectory forFileName: t2)
                oldFileNamed: t2.
    t4 _ t3 contentsOfEntireFile.
    (ReadWriteStream
        on: t4
        from: 1
        to: t4 size) fileIn! !

!ScratchFrameMorph methodsFor: 'menu/button actions'!
fileMenu: t1 
    | t2 |
    t2 _ CustomMenu new.
    t2 add: 'New' action: #newScratchProject.
    t2 add: 'Open' action: #openScratchProject.
    t2 add: 'Save' action: #saveScratchProjectNoDialog.
    t2 add: 'Save As' action: #saveScratchProject.
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Import Project' action: #importScratchProject.
    t2 add: 'Export Sprite' action: #exportSprite.
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Import Block' action: #addBlock.
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Project Notes' action: #editNotes.
    Sensor shiftPressed
        ifTrue: 
            [t2 addLine.
            t2 add: 'Write Project Summary' action: #writeSummaryFile.
            t2 add: 'Write Multiple Project Summaries' action: #writeMultipleSummaries].
    t2 addLine.
    t2 add: 'Quit' action: #quitScratch.
    t2 localize.
    #(2 4 5 6 7 8 ) do: [:t3 | t2 labels at: t3 put: ((t2 labels at: t3)
                copyFrom: 1 to: (t2 labels at: t3) size - 1)
                , ScratchTranslator ellipsesSuffix].
    t2 invokeOn: self at: t1 bottomLeft + (0 @ 10)! !

Step 8: Select all the text by click-and-drag or by pressing (Windows) Alt+A or (Mac) Command+A
Step 9: File in the selection by clicking on the "-" in the top left corner; choosing "more...", then "file it in"
Step 10: Shift-click the loop of the "R" in the Scratch logo again and select "save image for end-user" then select "yes" when prompted. Scratch should close, and when restarted you will see a new option in the file menu: "Import Block..."

What next?  =/

YourLocalBlockLib wrote:

I fixed the update post.

~~Sparks

Someone needs to learn how to spell "length" 

When Catch! 1.0.1 comes out, it will have it's own make-a-block, based on broadcasts.
So, when it comes out, can you do a Catch! block category? It could be a sub-category of Scratch blocks.

Hardmath123 wrote:

YourLocalBlockLib wrote:

                                       http://welcometoyourlocalblocklibrary.w … 223741.gif
2 Blocks
Updated by: Pecola1

http://www.weebly.com/uploads/7/1/1/0/7 … 111682.gif

http://www.weebly.com/uploads/7/1/1/0/7 … 014294.gif

[Uh... I am not sure quite how to do this, or how to order it, can someone edit this? I already added the update to the update list.]

Another reason queues could help: it would give priority to older blocks. Not to be mean to Pecola(1), but I think older blocks should be attended to first  .

Other wise i would post it, and people would ask why I didn't just do it myself, I only had the time to do those, and wasn't sure where and how many blocks needed to update.

fixed spelling of length in blockspec and picture.

Yo! I Have some new BYOB Blocks!

Here are them:

photo:

spec: (sorry this one in portuguese,the next one with traduction)

photo:

spec:

photo:

spec: (to make the without beeping, use wait secs instead of play note)


I Hope you like it! I'm coming up with more soon!

scratchisthebest wrote:

scratchisthebest wrote:

Thanks for trying-I mean the thing that you install onto Scratch and it appears in the file menu as "Import Block". You know-that thing that is based of "patcher" code. It's in post 39.

Thanks! I'll try the source way though.
EDIT: What's with the mysterious forum blocks in the quote? I had to use (blocks)(/blocks) to stop everything from getting bold!

Can somebody please help me here? Thanks!