doc/kturtle/index.docbook

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   3   <!ENTITY kturtle "KTurtle">
   4   <!ENTITY kapp "&kturtle;"><!-- replace kturtle here -->
   5   <!ENTITY kappname "&kturtle;">
   6   <!ENTITY package "kdeedu">
   7   <!ENTITY logo "Logo">
   8   <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
   9   <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here -->
  10   <!ENTITY using-kturtle SYSTEM "using-kturtle.docbook">
  11   <!ENTITY getting-started SYSTEM "getting-started.docbook">
  12   <!ENTITY programming-reference SYSTEM "programming-reference.docbook">
  13   <!ENTITY translator-guide SYSTEM "translator-guide.docbook">
  14   <!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "glossary.docbook">
  15 ]>
  16
  17 <book lang="&language;">
  18
  19 <bookinfo>
  20 <title>The &kturtle; Handbook</title>
  21
  22 <authorgroup>
  23 <author>
  24 <firstname>Cies</firstname>
  25 <surname>Breijs</surname>
  26 <affiliation>
  27 <address><email>cies AT kde DOT nl</email></address>
  28 </affiliation>
  29 </author>
  30 <author>
  31 <firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
  32 <surname>Mahfouf</surname>
  33 <affiliation>
  34 <address><email>annma AT kde DOT org</email></address>
  35 </affiliation>
  36 </author>
  37 </authorgroup>
  38
  39 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
  40
  41 <copyright>
  42 <year>2004</year>
  43 <holder>Cies Breijs</holder>
  44 </copyright>
  45
  46 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
  47
  48 <date>2004-11-8</date>
  49 <releaseinfo>0.6</releaseinfo>
  50
  51 <abstract>
  52 <para>
  53 &kturtle; is an educational programming environment using the &logo; programming language. The unique quality of LOGO is that the programming commands are translated to the language of the 'programmer' so he/she can program in his/her native language.
  54 </para>
  55 </abstract>
  56
  57 <keywordset>
  58 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
  59 <keyword>kdeedu</keyword>
  60 <keyword>KTurtle</keyword>
  61 <keyword>education</keyword>
  62 <keyword>language</keyword>
  63 <keyword>native</keyword>
  64 <keyword>programming</keyword>
  65 <keyword>code</keyword>
  66 <keyword>Logo</keyword>
  67 <keyword>instructions</keyword>
  68 <keyword>turtle</keyword>
  69 </keywordset>
  70
  71 </bookinfo>
  72
  73 <chapter id="introduction">
  74 <title>Introduction</title>
  75
  76 <para>&kturtle; is an educational programming environment using the
  77 <link linkend="what-is-logo">&logo;</link> programming language. The goal of &kturtle; is to make programming as easy and accessible as possible. This makes &kturtle; suitable for teaching kids the basics of math, geometry and... programming. The commands used to program are in the style of the &logo; programming language. The unique feature of the &logo; programming language is that the commands are often translated into the speaking language of the programmer.</para>
  78
  79 <para>&kturtle; is named after <quote>the turtle</quote> that plays a central role in the programming environment. The user programs the turtle, using the &logo; commands, to draw a picture on <link linkend="the-canvas">the canvas</link>.</para>
  80
  81 <sect1 id="what-is-logo">
  82 <title>What is &logo;?</title>
  83 <para>The first version &logo; programming language was created by Seymour Papert of MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1967 as an offshoot of the LISP programming language. From then many versions of &logo; have been released. By 1980 &logo; was gaining momentum, with versions for MSX, Commodore, Atari, Apple II and IBM PC systems. These versions were mainly for educational purposes. LCSI released <application>MacLogo</application> in 1985 as a tool for professional programmers, but it never caught on. MIT is still maintaining a site on &logo; which can be found on <ulink url="http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/">http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/</ulink>.</para>
  84
  85 <para>Today there are several versions of &logo; around which can easily be found on <ulink url="http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/">MIT's &logo; site</ulink> and by a simple <ulink url="http://www.google.com/search?q=logo+programming+kids">Google search</ulink>. This version of &logo; (&kturtle;) is only focused on the educational qualities of the programming language and will not try to suit professional programmers' needs.</para>
  86 </sect1>
  87
  88 <sect1 id="features-of-kturtle">
  89 <title>Features of &kturtle;</title>
  90 <para>&kturtle; has some nice features that make starting to program a breeze. See here some of the highlights of &kturtle; feature set:
  91 <itemizedlist>
  92 <listitem><para>
  93 An integrated &logo; interpreter (no extra dependencies) that uses XML files for the command translations, supports user defined functions and dynamic type switching.
  94 </para></listitem>
  95 <listitem><para>
  96 The execution can be slown down, paused or stopped at any time.
  97 </para></listitem>
  98 <listitem><para>
  99 A powerful editor for the &logo; commands with intuitive syntax highlighting, line numbering and more.
 100 </para></listitem>
 101 <listitem><para>
 102 <link linkend="the-canvas">The canvas</link> can be saved as an image or printed.
 103 </para></listitem>
 104 <listitem><para>
 105 <link linkend="the-canvas">The canvas</link> has a wrapping mode (which is on by default) so the turtle cannot get lost too easily.
 106 </para></listitem>
 107 <listitem><para>
 108 Context help for all &logo; commands: Just press <keysym>F2</keysym>.
 109 </para></listitem>
 110 <listitem><para>
 111 The &logo; commands are fully translatable (at the moment of writing Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Slovenian, Serbian (Cyrillic and Latin), Spanish and Swedish are in &kde;).
 112 </para></listitem>
 113 <listitem><para>
 114 An error dialog that links the error messages to the mistakes in the program.
 115 </para></listitem>
 116 <listitem><para>
 117 Simplified programming terminology.
 118 </para></listitem>
 119 <listitem><para>
 120 Full-screen mode.
 121 </para></listitem>
 122 <listitem><para>
 123 Many integrated, internationalized example &logo; programs make it easy to get started.
 124 </para></listitem>
 125 </itemizedlist>
 126 </para>
 127 </sect1>
 128 </chapter>
 129
 130 &using-kturtle;
 131
 132 &getting-started;
 133
 134 &programming-reference;
 135
 136 &glossary;
 137
 138 &translator-guide;
 139
 140 <chapter id="credits">
 141
 142 <title>Credits and License</title>
 143
 144 <para>
 145 &kturtle;
 146 </para>
 147 <para>Program copyright 2003-2005 Cies Breijs <email>cies AT kde DOT nl</email></para>
 148 <para>
 149 Contributors:
 150 <itemizedlist>
 151 <listitem><para>Coding help, editor part: Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email>annma AT kde DOT org</email></para>
 152 </listitem>
 153 <listitem><para>Author of <application>WSBASIC</application> (<ulink url="http://wsbasic.sourceforge.net">http://wsbasic.sourceforge.net</ulink>) which is the base for the interpreter of &kturtle;: Walter Schreppers <email>Walter DOT Schreppers AT ua DOT ac DOT be</email></para>
 154 </listitem>
 155 <listitem><para>German Data Files: Matthias Me&szlig;mer <email>bmlmessmer AT web DOT de</email></para>
 156 </listitem>
 157 <listitem><para>German Data Files: Burkhard L&uuml;ck <email>lueck AT hube-lueck DOT de</email></para>
 158 </listitem>
 159 <listitem><para>Swedish Data Files: Stefan Asserh&#228;ll <email>stefan DOT asserhal AT telia DOT com</email></para>
 160 </listitem>
 161 <listitem><para>Slovenian Data Files: Jure Repinc <email>jlp@holodeck1.com</email></para>
 162 </listitem>
 163 <listitem><para>Serbian (Cyrillic and Latin) Data Files: Chusslove Illich <email>caslav.ilic@gmx.net</email></para>
 164 </listitem>
 165 <listitem><para>Italian Data Files: Pino Toscano <email>toscano.pino@tiscali.it</email></para>
 166 </listitem>
 167 <listitem><para>English GB Data Files: Andy Potter <email>A.J.Potter@rhul.ac.uk</email></para>
 168 </listitem>
 169 <listitem><para>Spanish Data Files: Rafael Beccar <email>rafael.beccar@kdemail.net</email></para>
 170 </listitem>
 171 <listitem><para>Brazilian Portuguese Data Files: Riverson Rios <email>riverson@ccv.ufc.br</email></para>
 172 </listitem>
 173 <listitem><para>Parser Cyrillic support: Albert Astals Cid <email>astals11@terra.es</email></para>
 174 </listitem>
 175 </itemizedlist>
 176 </para>
 177
 178 <para>
 179 Documentation copyright 2004
 180 <itemizedlist>
 181 <listitem><para>
 182 Cies Breijs <email>cies AT kde DOT nl</email>
 183 </para></listitem>
 184 <listitem><para>
 185 Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email>annma AT kde DOT org</email>
 186 </para></listitem>
 187 <listitem><para>Some proofreading changes by &Philip.Rodrigues; &Philip.Rodrigues.mail;</para>
 188 </listitem>
 189 <listitem><para>Updated translation how-to and some proofreading changes by Andrew Coles <email>andrew_coles AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk</email></para>
 190 </listitem>
 191
 192 </itemizedlist>
 193 </para>
 194 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
 195
 196 &underFDL;
 197
 198 &underGPL;                 <!-- GPL License -->
 199
 200 </chapter>
 201
 202
 203
 204 <appendix id="installation">
 205 <title>Installation</title>
 206
 207 <sect1 id="getting-kturtle">
 208 <title>How to obtain &kturtle;</title>
 209
 210 &install.intro.documentation;
 211
 212 </sect1>
 213
 214 <sect1 id="compilation">
 215 <title>Compilation and Installation</title>
 216
 217 &install.compile.documentation;
 218
 219 </sect1>
 220
 221 </appendix>
 222
 223 &documentation.index;
 224 </book>
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