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#1 2010-01-08 01:30:59

Chrischb
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Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

This is a very small suggestion, but it has (I think) good reasoning.

The (letter (0) of [world]) block is a sort of lie because text isn't just letters.

You can have "tehkajtkeaj", which consists of letters, or "92jkd!@", which has more. Characters would be the proper word, so should it be changed?


I know this is small, but feel free to state your opinion.  smile

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#2 2010-01-08 02:08:21

Jonathanpb
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

Yeah, I thought of this too...

It should be real easy to implement.

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#3 2010-01-08 16:36:27

Lucario621
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

I like the idea. Simple, but you're correct. It would make the block longer *gasp* but oh well lolz.

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#4 2010-01-08 17:04:53

juststickman
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

Good idea, it might be confusing to new people.

Although I think the scratch team should focus on the other suggestions first.

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#5 2010-01-08 17:23:23

Chrischb
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

juststickman wrote:

Although I think the scratch team should focus on the other suggestions first.

I agree.  tongue

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#6 2010-01-08 19:40:23

Paddle2See
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

You can probably do this to your own version of Scratch by playing around with the language files.  All the text on the blocks is configurable so that it can be translated into other languages easily.

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#7 2010-01-08 19:43:17

Jonathanpb
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

Paddle2See wrote:

You can probably do this to your own version of Scratch by playing around with the language files.  All the text on the blocks is configurable so that it can be translated into other languages easily.

If it's that easy, then it should be possible for the next version of Scratch!  big_smile

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#8 2010-01-08 19:57:41

Chrischb
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

Paddle2See wrote:

You can probably do this to your own version of Scratch by playing around with the language files.  All the text on the blocks is configurable so that it can be translated into other languages easily.

Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it.  smile

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#9 2010-01-11 14:42:39

rdococ
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Re: Change the (letter (0) of [world]) block to (character (0) of [world])

Jonathanpb wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

You can probably do this to your own version of Scratch by playing around with the language files.  All the text on the blocks is configurable so that it can be translated into other languages easily.

If it's that easy, then it should be possible for the next version of Scratch!  big_smile

True,  but the next version is 2.0, not 1.5.

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