Scratch

billyedward wrote:

If I am correct, you use Jens' method:
Find a bug, type Preferences enableProgrammerFacilities into the walkback, etc.
And, the problem in 1.4 is, you can't find any bugs, right!
Well, here's what I use:
In the default cat sprite, make another costume to be a single pixel (the colour doesn't matter).
Then, set the sprite to be 54000% in size.
Now, just switch to the cat costume...
You will see a red walkback window entitled 'space is low'
Be sure to delete that offending cat sprite and then set it to 100% soon; those errors are there for a reason.

If by chance it causes a squeak memory dump (denounced by an unflattering text-filled white rectangle in the top left corner) then try it again with a smaller size. (ie: 2000%, etc. 54000 is the largest it will allow for a single pixel)

Please do not advertise this method outside this forum, because if the scratch team gets wind of it, they will be sure to fix it. And we all know how precious these bugs can be.

worked perfexctly

You could check how variable watchers are hidden and shown. There are two methods on the instance side of class ScriptableScratchMorph accomplishing this, they're a bit hairy, but I'm sure you'll find a way 

cds56 wrote:

anybody know how AFTER hacking 1.4, the code to get back to the way it was b4 it was hacked? (full window and stuff.) and does anybody have any blocks they would want me to add to my limited edited scratch.( I stupidly edited my only 1.4 image)

open a workspace and execute

ScratchFrameMorph new openInWorld; saveImageForEndUser

Is there some kind of high level layout of the source structure anywhere?   or an example of something, say adding a block in the motion blocks say?

Or a description of where the Motion/Looks/Sound etc blocks are defined and how to write one?

Thanks!
Eric

Hi Eric, I once posted a little primer for this: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jens/75626

Where or how can I get the scratch 1.4 skin  already hacked 1.4 and would like to alter the way scratch looks. f I can't get the skin is the 1.3.1 skin compatable?

bendad wrote:

How do you change the default sprite?

That is easy, no coding required!
First make the sprite you want to use.
Then export it into the costumes directory, under the name default.sprite.
Read the 'scratchreference.pdf' for more information.

filo5 wrote:

Hi, billyedward

Do you know some tutorials on Squeak Smalltalk (which you've used to learn it)?

Actually, I learned all I know from browsing through the scratch source code...
But there is a tutorial: http://www.dmu.com/squeak/sq1.html
as well, you can look at the official ones: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/792#Beginner

Rich_Goyette wrote:

ealbers wrote:

Is there some kind of high level layout of the source structure anywhere?   or an example of something, say adding a block in the motion blocks say?

Or a description of where the Motion/Looks/Sound etc blocks are defined and how to write one?

Thanks!
Eric

Eric:

I've been hacking away at the code for some time and pasting my results to a web site.  I was totally new to smalltalk and squeak (two months or so ago) so I think you might find some of the things you're looking for.

http://www.richardgoyette.com/ItchBotsMain.html

Some of the earlier pages are pretty lame because I was essentially just banging around lost in the squeak woods.  However, after some time, I started getting "a feel" for where to find things that I was looking for.

As an aside, if anyone knows how to make the scratch source work with a new (or newer) version of Squeak, I'd love to know.  The search facilities in the Squeak used in SBE are great and would be very handy.

Rich

I believe that you can get the whole cs file from the open source scratch page...
Just press Control+a, then Control+c. Now, open a workspace in smalltalk, and paste it in. Now press Alternate+a, right click on it, choose 'more' then 'file it in'.
I am not 100% sure if the cs file is  there, but this will work if it is.

Uhhh. What is this forum for? 

This is a little off topic, but after squeak, does anyone know of a mac/unix smalltalk 80 compiler/IDE?

Jens will there be byob 2 source released ?

HungryDragon wrote:

Where or how can I get the scratch 1.4 skin  already hacked 1.4 and would like to alter the way scratch looks. f I can't get the skin is the 1.3.1 skin compatable?

Oh, By the way please someone respond, I already posted this once and go no answer    }

What I'd most recommend is to wait until the scratch team releases the 1.4 source code. However, it may be possible... The long, painstaking way is to print screen it and edit the images to include only the ones you want... or it may be possible to write a code to do that for you.
P.s. the 1.3.1 images will not work. (there will be a whole whack of 'key not found' errors if you try it).