Re: [Rur-ple-devel] Re: Pylogo in French (or any other language)

[Nicolas P. <nic...@ae...>]

2006/4/4, Andre Roberge <and...@gm...>:
> Thanks Ian for redirecting this question to the rur-ple list.
>
> On 4/4/06, Ian Bicking <ia...@co...> wrote:
> > (Since Rur-ple came to mind as I was responding to this PyLogo query, I
> > thought I'd CC that list)

Thanks also Andr=E9 for the very fast answer.

> And, while the GUI is translated, unfortunately the lessons aren't
> (yet.)  However, please read below on a quick how-to use French
> instructions with rur-ple.

I propose to set up an environnement in http://launchpad.net to help
with the translation of the lessons. I would be ready to help with the
translation to French, a piece at a time.

> I'm not familiar with PyLogo, but here's a quick comparison of some
> PyLogo code (from the website) and a similar example with rur-ple.
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D PyLogo
> ??? to square :size
> to?   repeat 4 [
> to?     fd :size
> to?     rt 90
> to?   ]
> to? end

this is indeed standard logo

> Function: square
> ??? square 100
> =3D=3D=3D end of

> I guess that the above is an instruction to draw a simple square, with
> "size" being used as a variable.  Here are a few (untested) ways to
> define a square in rur-ple, using Python syntax.

indeed

> # French translations and abbreviations to be used below
> avance =3D av =3D move
> gauche =3D g =3D turn_left
> repete =3D repeat
>
> # first example, no function defined
> avance()
> gauche()
> av()
> g()
> av()
> g()
> av()
> g()
>
> # second example
> def avance_et_tourne():
>     av()
>     g()
> def carre():   # French for square
>     repete(avance_et_tourne, 4)
> # Now use the definition:
> carre()
>
> #Third example using explicit for loops
> def carre():
>     for i in range(4):
>         av()
>         g()

could a keyword like "pour" replace "for" and "intervalle" replace
"range" as this would help a lot my little students (9 to 11 year old
only)

> #Fourth example, using a "size" parameter as per PyLogo example
> def carre(size):
>     for i in range(4):
>         for j in range(size)
>             av()
>         g()

> > I don't know if Rur-ple has turtle graphics?  I think I saw that
> > somewhere, but maybe only as a to-do.

I'll look asap at how rur-ple works.

> It is, unfortunately, still on my to-do list.

I hope you can add this soon :-)

> Further questions can be sent to the rur-ple list or directly to me at
> and...@gm....  Je peux r=E9pondre en fran=E7ais aux
> questions qui me sont adress=E9es personnellement.

thanks,

Nicolas

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