Re: [Sugar-devel] [Physics] Rollerball

2009-08-08 Thread Gary C Martin
On 9 Aug 2009, at 00:44, Asaf Paris Mandoki wrote: > Hi, > > I just committed a new version of the Physics activity that has the > roll tool. Of course we need a better name for the tool. > > It wouldn't bother me to remove the motor tool now. The behavior of a > pinned rolling body is similar eno

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Physics] Rollerball

2009-08-08 Thread Asaf Paris Mandoki
Hi, I just committed a new version of the Physics activity that has the roll tool. Of course we need a better name for the tool. It wouldn't bother me to remove the motor tool now. The behavior of a pinned rolling body is similar enough. The tool stores two parameters in a clicked body: the targ

[Sugar-devel] [Physics] Rollerball

2009-07-30 Thread Asaf Paris Mandoki
Hi, When we had our IRC meeting we talked about adding a rotational actuator that wasn't pinned. I suggested replacing the current motor with this free actuator. What was the concern raised by replacing the motor tool with the rotation actuator? I really think we should replace it completely, at