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#1 2009-04-25 11:34:12

coolstuff
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Registered: 2008-03-06
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Code Mode

We all have those troubles - we drag a block somewhere and it ends up going somewhere else. When we try moving it, we mess up the whole program.

Which is why I'm proposing a "Code Mode", in which you can type rather than that drag-n'-drop. It would not be default - perhaps it could be in the "extras" menu - and a simple text box comes up so you can code by hand. The blocks, while innovative and easy to use, sometimes get a wee bit annoying. It could also be used as a teaching tool, for young programmers to learn the true horrors of programming (mess up one letter and you mess up the program). In my personal opinion, I would like it more than any block.

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#2 2009-04-25 13:54:25

jasb
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Re: Code Mode

Nice idea. I would love to use it .  smile

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#3 2009-04-25 16:59:03

archmage
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Re: Code Mode

This should have come with the very first version of scratch.


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#4 2009-04-28 07:39:07

frogger3140
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Re: Code Mode

coolstuff wrote:

We all have those troubles - we drag a block somewhere and it ends up going somewhere else. When we try moving it, we mess up the whole program.

Which is why I'm proposing a "Code Mode", in which you can type rather than that drag-n'-drop. It would not be default - perhaps it could be in the "extras" menu - and a simple text box comes up so you can code by hand. The blocks, while innovative and easy to use, sometimes get a wee bit annoying. It could also be used as a teaching tool, for young programmers to learn the true horrors of programming (mess up one letter and you mess up the program). In my personal opinion, I would like it more than any block.

There's code mode in PicoBlocks, so there should be Code Mode in Scratch and Turtle (don't ask what that is)


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#5 2009-04-28 07:59:12

Jens
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Re: Code Mode

Would something like an "undo" option perhaps solve the problem of accidentally dropping a block or a stack of blocks onto another one?


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#6 2009-04-28 09:44:26

Paddle2See
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Registered: 2007-10-27
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Re: Code Mode

Jens wrote:

Would something like an "undo" option perhaps solve the problem of accidentally dropping a block or a stack of blocks onto another one?

I could have used *that* feature a few times!


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#7 2009-04-28 10:15:18

SmartIrishKid
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Registered: 2008-07-19
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Re: Code Mode

There is something like that, but it doesn't work for placing blocks.  I've never used it, so I don't know what it does.


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#8 2009-04-28 11:39:16

Magnie
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Registered: 2007-12-12
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Re: Code Mode

I want this.

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#9 2009-04-28 12:02:54

Jens
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Re: Code Mode

Paddle2See wrote:

Jens wrote:

Would something like an "undo" option perhaps solve the problem of accidentally dropping a block or a stack of blocks onto another one?

I could have used *that* feature a few times!

I've actually recently finished a prototype for the undo feature, because this has been happening to myself *so* often. Maybe I'll include it in the next Chirp version....


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#10 2009-04-28 12:31:09

MyRedNeptune
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Registered: 2007-05-07
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Re: Code Mode

Jens wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

Jens wrote:

Would something like an "undo" option perhaps solve the problem of accidentally dropping a block or a stack of blocks onto another one?

I could have used *that* feature a few times!

I've actually recently finished a prototype for the undo feature, because this has been happening to myself *so* often. Maybe I'll include it in the next Chirp version....

Oh yes, please do!  smile  We all need that.


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#11 2009-04-29 02:08:52

JosephLetzelter
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Registered: 2009-04-29
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Re: Code Mode

Oh! Nice idea.  do it.

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#12 2011-08-21 17:07:23

Hitechcomputergeek
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Registered: 2010-11-21
Posts: 47

Re: Code Mode

I was writing a script for my program, Rocket, to make the rocket an AI mode, but I accidentally dropped a block in the wrong place when it was almost done and couldn't figure out how to fix it. In the end, I gave up.


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