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#1 2011-11-14 12:15:44
- RedRocker227
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Just curious...
Why do some control blocks (such as forever, forever if, repeat until) have little white arrows in the bottom right of them, but not all? Nothing seems to happen when I click it... 
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#2 2011-11-14 12:18:04
- TheCatAndTheBanana
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Re: Just curious...
They do, you know. Anyway, you put some scripting in and it repeats forever, forever if, until ___, etc.
It's to show that it loops.
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#3 2011-11-14 12:25:32
- RedRocker227
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Re: Just curious...
TheCatAndTheBanana wrote:
They do, you know. Anyway, you put some scripting in and it repeats forever, forever if, until ___, etc.
It's to show that it loops.
I was searching for some sort of similarity between them, I'm sort of embarassed that I missed the fact they all loop! Thanks! 
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#5 2011-11-14 17:39:13
Re: Just curious...
You're a new scratcher, and I've been here since 2007 and I didn't know. Don't feel stupid, you're not. If anything, I'm stupid. I thought it was to collapse the script, but it never got finished.
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#6 2011-11-14 18:07:02
- MoreGamesNow
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Re: Just curious...
owetre18 wrote:
I thought it was to collapse the script, but it never got finished.
Now that is an interesting idea.
"Cogito ergo sum" -- I think, therefore I am
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#7 2011-11-14 18:09:19
Re: Just curious...
MoreGamesNow wrote:
owetre18 wrote:
I thought it was to collapse the script, but it never got finished.
Now that is an interesting idea.
I know, right?
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#8 2011-11-15 11:19:21
Re: Just curious...
owetre18 wrote:
MoreGamesNow wrote:
owetre18 wrote:
I thought it was to collapse the script, but it never got finished.
Now that is an interesting idea.
I know, right?
That just gave me a cool idea... 
Nah, too lazy.
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#9 2011-11-15 11:22:16
- WindowsExplorer
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Re: Just curious...
RedRocker227 wrote:
Why do some control blocks (such as forever, forever if, repeat until) have little white arrows in the bottom right of them, but not all? Nothing seems to happen when I click it...
It's just a simple symbol that indicates it's a loop block 
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#10 2011-11-15 13:24:19
Re: Just curious...
LS97 wrote:
owetre18 wrote:
MoreGamesNow wrote:
Now that is an interesting idea.I know, right?
That just gave me a cool idea...
I agree, this SHOULD be an update for the scratch loop blocks, pressing the arrow minimises the script, I mean, I HATE giant forever loops and wish to close them. I mean, half a window of scratch blocks without a minimise script kind of button.
I'm back.
Maybe.
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#11 2011-11-15 13:41:17
- RedRocker227
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Re: Just curious...
It's a bit weird though, how they chose an arrow to represent that it loops. I'd have put something like a circle with an arrow going round it.
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#12 2011-11-15 14:39:33
Re: Just curious...
RedRocker227 wrote:
It's a bit weird though, how they chose an arrow to represent that it loops. I'd have put something like a circle with an arrow going round it.
The arrow points upwards, symbolizing the return to the top of the block. Then, natural reading order pushes you down, and the arrow pushes you back up.
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#13 2011-11-15 14:42:39
- RedRocker227
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Re: Just curious...
LS97 wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
It's a bit weird though, how they chose an arrow to represent that it loops. I'd have put something like a circle with an arrow going round it.
The arrow points upwards, symbolizing the return to the top of the block. Then, natural reading order pushes you down, and the arrow pushes you back up.
Ah, I see Thanks
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