On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Walter Bender <[email protected]> wrote: > We could make it just be a language option. In fact, maybe we need a > general option for Sugar where the language becomes iconic. As Gary > suggests, not an easy design job, but at least for TurtleArt, easy > enough to implement once we have the artwork (SVG, please).
Probably the easiest way to start is simply using the more pictorial Chinese characters. ^_^ Here is a draft suggestion using Unicode characters. In some cases, I use the shape of the tile to make distinctions that we can omit from the icon. I am sure that you can improve on some of these. Turtle art tile glyphs Turtle ok clean blank (tile shape is unique) forward ↑ back ↓ left ↶ right ↷ arc ↺ setyx ↗ seth ⨁ or compasse rose xcor ┕ ycor ┖ heading ⟴ or compass needle pen ✍ pu ✑ pd ✒ set pensize •●, knob? or just distinguish tiles for setting and using value by shape? set color rainbow, knob? set shade brightness! (saturation) lightbulb, knob? fill screen bucket pensize •● color rainbow shade lightbulb Numbers number decimal Mayan numerals (shell glyph for zero) . .. ... .... ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲.̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲.̲̲.̲ ̲ ̲.̲.̲.̲ ̲ ̲.̲.̲.̲.̲ + + - - × × ÷ ÷ mod | (as in APL) random ? (as in APL) > > < < = = and ∧ (as in APL) or ∨ (as in APL) not ~ (as in APL) print ⎙ Flow River 川, plumbing? wait Railroad crossing gate forever ⥁ repeat ⟳ if then split arrow pointing to then and continue slots if then else split arrow pointing to then and else slots stop stack red stop sign --> --> (NOP) ok | | (NOP) ok | | v v My Blocks mated blocks ok stackn define Identify with colored dots stackn execute Identify with colored dots store in boxn colored; put object into box ⎆ boxn colored box ◇ I also note that we have no parentheses, which are a necessity with infix notation. We should use prefix syntax in that case. Redo the arithmetic and logic tiles to take two inputs and yield one output, like the comparisons, but put one above the other so that they do not overlap when using expressions rather than single numbers in slots. There is no while loop. Why not? > Going in the other direction, I have just about finished a > view-as-UCB-Logo option for Turtle Art so that you can iopen your > project in "real" Logo. TA as a stepping stone into Logo. > > -walter Thank you. > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Gary C Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 19 Dec 2008, at 08:52, Edward Cherlin wrote: >> >>> I want to see if we can make a set of iconic Turtle Art tiles with no >>> text. I have two ideas here. One is not having to localize tiles, and >>> the other is teaching Turtle Art to preliterate pre-schoolers. I have >>> an idea for possible icons for each, but almost no free time. Would >>> anyone care to assist me? >> >> Fire away, no promises, but I am curious as to your possible icon >> ideas - some tough concepts in there to cover just visually. I'm >> assuming this would be an additional set of tiles (icon only) We currently ship with folders of localized tiles. On Ubuntu, I have en (English) and es (Spanish) in /usr/share/activities/TurtleArt.activity/images/icons. >> so you >> could switch to the correct math text as you get older (ie the sets >> Walter has been working on)? Use correct math symbols wherever available. So + for +, × for ×. >> --Gary >> >>> -- >>> Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/ >>> دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name >>> And Children are my nation. >>> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. >>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
