[Etoys] simplifying basic category

[subbukk]

Hi,

The current slots/commands in basic category is part turtle geometry and part 
cartesian geometry. I recast the viewer to include only turtle geometry 
primitives in basic to make etoys easier for children who are yet to develop 
intuitive understanding of co-ordinates. Why present two systems when one is 
sufficient?

I would have liked to make "pen down false/true" to "pen down/up" but I am yet 
to figure out a simple way to get Boolean slots to support arbitrary 
strings/symbols instead of just true/false values.

throwing it open for discussions,
Subbu
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'From etoys2.2 of 3 October 2007 [latest update: #1715] on 28 October 2007 at 6:43:26 pm'!
"Change Set:		recastBasic
Date:			28 October 2007
Author:			kks

Simplified #basic category to use only turtle commands."!


!Morph class methodsFor: 'scripting' stamp: 'kks 10/28/2007 17:35'!
additionsToViewerCategoryBasic
	"Answer viewer additions for the 'basic' category"

	^#(
		basic 
		(
			(slot colorSees	'whether the given color sees the given color' Boolean readOnly	Player color:sees:	unused	unused)
			(slot penDown 'whether the pen is currently down' Boolean readWrite Player getPenDown Player setPenDown:)
			(command clearOwnersPenTrails 'clear all pen trails in my containing playfield')
			(command forward: 'Moves the object forward in the direction it is heading' Number)
			(command turn: 'Change the heading of the object by the specified amount' Number)
			(command beep: 'Make the specified sound' Sound)
		)
	)
! !