Automated Drawing

[Jim Hurley]

> 
> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 20:13:37 +0200
> From: Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Automated Drawing
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> On 21/03/15 17:35, Jim Hurley wrote:
>>>> Automated Drawing
>>>> 
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>>> On 21/03/15 17:09, Richmond wrote:
>>>> On 21/03/15 13:57, Jim Hurley wrote:
>>>>>> Message: 21
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:02:23 +0200
>>>>>> From: Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode>
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>>>>>> I set up a little stack with THIS in a button:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> on mouseUp
>>>>>>    choose pencil tool
>>>>>>    drag from 100,100 to 200,200
>>>>>> end mouseUp
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> and it drew me a jolly diagonal line . . . super!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> HOWEVER
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I wonder if it is possible to do something like THIS:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> drag for 100 pixels at 60 degrees
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> probably not, BUT ??????
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Richmond.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> Of course:
>>>>> 
>>>>> on mouseUp
>>>>>     startTurtle
>>>>>     setHeading 60
>>>>>     forward 100
>>>>> end mouseUp
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> You have in a matter of seconds made me feel totally stupid as my
>>>> whole question is geared
>>>> towards an interface I am designing to control a USB-tethered turtle.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for the great help.
>>>> 
>>>> Richmond.
>>> Possibly NOT as stupid as all that:
>>> 
>>> "button "Button": execution error at line 2 (Handler: can't find
>>> handler) near "startTurtle", char 1"
>>> 
>>> Richmond.
>> You need the Turtle Graphics library: http://jamesphurley.com/Revolution.html
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Aaaaah, Thank you very much.
> 
> AND, should I decided to roll your library into a standalone what do I 
> have to do re attribution,
> licensing, and so on?
> 
> Richmond.
> 


No need. Enjoy.

Jim