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#1 2010-02-18 11:10:24
Scratch Menu
Hello Everyone,
I was wondering about that menu that you get when you turn fill screen off, and then click on the whitespace, and a little menu will come up, and I got to this menu because that is how I enable mesh, just select open, then browser, then some weird navigating of the browser.
Please, I would like a summary of what this menu does, what you can do with it, and maybe a few secrets to get me started
--Elijah
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#2 2010-02-18 12:55:09
Re: Scratch Menu
Hey Elijah, you have just entered the Squeak VM.
Squeak is what Scratch is built on. Scratch is programmed in Squeak.
The menu you have opened up is the "World Menu". You can use it to access the programming functions in Squeak.
The browser is basically how the Scratch Team modifies Scratch for different blocks, interfaces, etc. It comes pre-built in Squeak.
To go back to normal, quit and do not save.
By the way, you should backup all your projects somewhere because you are toying around with Scratch's "insides". I tried to make a "comment" block and ended up with an ugly list-like block that I have that I don't know how to get rid of. 
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#3 2010-02-24 01:12:06
- billyedward
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Re: Scratch Menu
This is what's known as a backdoor.
It is used by the scratch team to easily edit the source code.
The menu gives them an easy way to get at it, with 'turn fill screen off.'
"I'd love to change the world, but they haven't released the source code yet."
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#4 2010-02-24 09:21:48
Re: Scratch Menu
Greatdane wrote:
Hey Elijah, you have just entered the Squeak VM.
Squeak is what Scratch is built on. Scratch is programmed in Squeak.
The menu you have opened up is the "World Menu". You can use it to access the programming functions in Squeak.
The browser is basically how the Scratch Team modifies Scratch for different blocks, interfaces, etc. It comes pre-built in Squeak.
To go back to normal, quit and do not save.
By the way, you should backup all your projects somewhere because you are toying around with Scratch's "insides". I tried to make a "comment" block and ended up with an ugly list-like block that I have that I don't know how to get rid of.
Can I see the ugly list-like block?
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