tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kturtle/index.docbook

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  <!ENTITY kapp "&kturtle;"><!-- replace kturtle here -->
  <!ENTITY kappname "&kturtle;">
  <!ENTITY package "tdeedu">
  <!ENTITY logo "Logo">
  <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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  <!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">
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<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>tdeedu</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 Me&szlig;mer <email>bmlmessmer@web.de</email></para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Swedish Data Files: Stefan Asserh&#228;ll <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>
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