<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kturtle "KTurtle"> <!ENTITY kapp "&kturtle;" ><!-- replace kturtle here --> <!ENTITY kappname "&kturtle;"> <!ENTITY package "kdeedu"> <!ENTITY logo "Logo"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" ><!-- change language only here --> <!ENTITY using-kturtle SYSTEM "using-kturtle.docbook"> <!ENTITY getting-started SYSTEM "getting-started.docbook"> <!ENTITY programming-reference SYSTEM "programming-reference.docbook"> <!ENTITY translator-guide SYSTEM "translator-guide.docbook"> <!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "glossary.docbook"> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title >The &kturtle; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author ><firstname >Cies</firstname > <surname >Breijs</surname > <affiliation > <address ><email >cies # showroommama ! nl</email ></address> </affiliation> </author> <author ><firstname >Anne-Marie</firstname > <surname >Mahfouf</surname > <affiliation > <address ><email >annma@kde.org</email ></address> </affiliation> </author> </authorgroup> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Andrew</firstname ><surname >Coles</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > <copyright> <year >2004</year> <holder >Cies Breijs</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice >&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date >2004-10-5</date> <releaseinfo >0.2.1</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para >&kturtle; is an educational programming environment using the &logo; programming language. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >kdeedu</keyword> <keyword >KTurtle</keyword> <keyword >education</keyword> <keyword >language</keyword> <keyword >native</keyword> <keyword >programming</keyword> <keyword >code</keyword> <keyword >Logo</keyword> <keyword >instructions</keyword> <keyword >turtle</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title >Introduction</title> <para >&kturtle; is an educational programming environment using the &logo; programming language. It tries to make programming as easy and accessible as possible. This makes &kturtle; suitable for teaching kids the basics of maths, geometry and... programming. The commands used to program are in the style of the &logo; programming language. The unique feature of &logo; is that the commands are often translated into the speaking language of the programmer.</para> <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> <sect1 id="what-is-logo"> <title >What is &logo;?</title> <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> <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> </sect1> <sect1 id="features-of-kturtle"> <title >Features of &kturtle;</title> <para >&kturtle; has some nice features that make starting to program a breeze. See here some of the highlights of &kturtle; feature set: <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para >An integrated &logo; interpreter, so no need to download any other program. </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >A powerful editor for the &logo; commands with intuitive syntax highlighting, line numbering and more. </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><link linkend="the-canvas" >The canvas</link > can be saved as an image or printed. </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Context help for all &logo; commands: Just press <keysym >F1</keysym >. </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >The &logo; commands are fully translatable (currently only English, Dutch, French, German and Swedish are supported). </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Full-screen mode. </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Many integrated, internationalised example &logo; programs make it easy to get started. </para ></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </sect1> </chapter> &using-kturtle; &getting-started; &programming-reference; &glossary; &translator-guide; <chapter id="credits"> <title >Credits and Licence</title> <para >&kturtle; </para> <para >Program copyright 2003-2004 Cies Breijs <email >cies # showroommama ! nl</email ></para> <para >Contributors: <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para >Coding help, editor part: Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email >annma@kde.org</email ></para> </listitem> <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.Schreppers@ua.ac.be</email ></para> </listitem> <listitem ><para >German Data Files: Matthias Meßmer <email >bmlmessmer@web.de</email ></para> </listitem> <listitem ><para >Swedish Data Files: Stefan Asserhäll <email >stefan.asserhal@telia.com</email ></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <para >Documentation copyright 2004 <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para >Cies Briej <email >cies # showroommama ! nl</email > </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email >annma@kde.org</email > </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Some proofreading changes by &Philip.Rodrigues; &Philip.Rodrigues.mail;</para> </listitem> <listitem ><para >Updated translation how-to and some proofreading changes by Andrew Coles <email >andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email ></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <para >Andrew Coles<email >andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email ></para > &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> <appendix id="installation"> <title >Installation</title> <sect1 id="getting-kturtle"> <title >How to obtain &kturtle;</title> &install.intro.documentation; </sect1> <sect1 id="compilation"> <title >Compilation and Installation</title> &install.compile.documentation; </sect1> </appendix> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: -->
