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by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 21:38
Forum: Fixed Bugs
Topic: [v.41] Crash when i try and dupe variables [FIXED]
Replies: 3
Views: 6441

Re: [v.41] Crash when i try and dupe variables

I can't seem to create a crash when duplicating variables in v42 (the new version), so this problem may have gotten fixed. If it it still happens for you with v42, could someone post screenshot of block that causes a crash when duplicated? A repeatable case that causes a crash on one platform (e.g. ...
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 21:29
Forum: Fixed Bugs
Topic: Bug v.41 Mac [FIXED]
Replies: 1
Views: 4971

Re: Bug v.41 Mac

Hi, Oliver. Thanks for the bug report. Update: I was able to reproduce this bug, and it's different from the bug that was fixed in v42. I also found another bug -- you can't type column names into any slot of the "new table" block except the first one. There was, indeed, a bug in v41 that could resu...
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 21:25
Forum: Bugs
Topic: Stage clipping bug
Replies: 3
Views: 6467

Re: Stage clipping bug

Thanks for the screen shots -- very clear! Were you able to create this situation in normal (user) mode? In developer mode, dropping objects outside of the stage is allowed by design. In the default mode, it's not supposed to happen, but there may be a bug that's allowing it. I couldn't immediately ...
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 21:16
Forum: Fixed Bugs
Topic: Variable naming is funky [FIXED]
Replies: 3
Views: 11909

Re: Variable naming is funky

There's definitely room for improvement here. Local variables are extremely useful. They allow the programmer to give meaningful names to intermediate calculations. Used well, this can make code easier to understand and debug as one is writing it and more readable to others. I'd like people to think...
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 20:55
Forum: Fixed Bugs
Topic: [v41] Shared Variable Glitches [FIXED]
Replies: 1
Views: 4968

Re: [v41] Shared Variable Glitches

Definite bug. Thanks! Will fix soon.
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 20:47
Forum: Requests
Topic: Naming instances globally?
Replies: 2
Views: 6094

Re: Naming instances globally?

This an excellent design question. In Scratch, every sprite has a unique name and there are blocks that refer to other sprites by their names such as "touching sprite " or "x-position of sprite ". Because every sprite has a name (and because there are typically not too many sprites), you can specify...
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 20:18
Forum: Requests
Topic: See the tabbed regions all at the same time.
Replies: 1
Views: 4977

Re: See the tabbed regions all at the same time.

Thanks for the request! I'm not sure how useful it would be to have all four tabs open at once, but I see how it can be useful to see the notes and the scripts at the same time. As you pointed out, one work-around is to open a GP window and put the two windows side-by-side, as one sometimes does wit...
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 20:11
Forum: Getting started
Topic: GP in GNU/Linux 64b
Replies: 3
Views: 11087

Re: GP in GNU/Linux 64b

Thanks for posting the solution to this problem. We are currently distributing only 32-bit versions of GP for all platforms since that is the most "universal" (i.e. the 32-bit version works on both 32-bit and 64-bit machines). Many 64-bit machines come with 32-bit libraries installed by default, but...
by JohnM
Oct 27th, '15, 20:01
Forum: Download GP!
Topic: Version 42
Replies: 0
Views: 9721

Version 42

The latest version of GP, v042, is at http://tinlizzie.org/gp. New features and blocks: New 'Looks' blocks: say, say nothing, go to back New blocks for saving pictures into the images tab: snapshot stage, snapshot costume Flood fill block now takes an optional threshold Draw bitmap block now takes a...
by JohnM
Oct 7th, '15, 19:54
Forum: Requests
Topic: Text on the stage?
Replies: 3
Views: 6540

Re: Text on the stage?

This is a great suggestion! It would be great to be able to add one or more editable text boxes (perhaps without borders) to the stage. We have the foundations for that, but it needs work. We would probably start with a very simple text widget: all one font/size/color. In other words, plain text rat...