The Inbox: Nebraska-tpr.42.mcz

> tim Rowledge uploaded a new version of Nebraska to project The Inbox:
> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Nebraska-tpr.42.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: Nebraska-tpr.42
> Author: tpr
> Time: 23 November 2015, 11:28:38.815 am
> UUID: fa28a253-e88a-4641-a22d-3569a99e0262
> Ancestors: Nebraska-kfr.41
>
> An accompanying change to the Sound-tpr.45 changes; catch the Warning exception in ChatNotes to inform the user
>
> =============== Diff against Nebraska-kfr.41 ===============
>
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: ChatNotes>>record (in category 'button commands') -----
>   record
>
>         self isRecording: true.
>         notesIndex = 0 ifFalse: [self notesListIndex: 0].
>         sound := nil.
>         recorder clearRecordedSound.
> +       [recorder resumeRecording] on: Warning do:[:ex|
> +               self inform: ex tag]!
> -       recorder resumeRecording.!
>
>

> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:17 PM, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> >
> > > On 23-11-2015, at 1:16 PM, Chris Muller <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Is this so that Scratch users won't have to see the pre-debugger?
> >
> > Nah,  the Scratch code handles it in ScratchSoundRecroderDialog or
> > some-such. These couple of changes are simply suggestions for more politely
> > handling a possible problem in a way that is a touch less painful than a
> > primitiveFailed within a critical block. If people prefer the plain
> > notifier for an unhandled Warning, fine.
> >
> > ChatNotes etc are not used by Scratch - though enabling group chat could
> > be fun...
> >
> > >  If
> > > a Scratch kid gets a debugger and clicks "Debug" isntead of
> > > "Abanadon".  They might get confused or they might learn something..?
> >
> > I suspect a teacher of a class of 30-40 8 year olds trying to keep their
> > minds on the required lesson might not see it as at all amusing. Remember,
> > Scratch usage is now part of the national curriculum in the UK.
> >
>
> Oh, that's really big.
> Hope they enjoy it :-)
>

> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:30:44PM +0100, karl ramberg wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:17 PM, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > > On 23-11-2015, at 1:16 PM, Chris Muller <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Is this so that Scratch users won't have to see the pre-debugger?
>> >
>> > Nah,  the Scratch code handles it in ScratchSoundRecroderDialog or
>> > some-such. These couple of changes are simply suggestions for more politely
>> > handling a possible problem in a way that is a touch less painful than a
>> > primitiveFailed within a critical block. If people prefer the plain
>> > notifier for an unhandled Warning, fine.
>> >
>> > ChatNotes etc are not used by Scratch - though enabling group chat could
>> > be fun...
>> >
>> > >  If
>> > > a Scratch kid gets a debugger and clicks "Debug" isntead of
>> > > "Abanadon".  They might get confused or they might learn something..?
>> >
>> > I suspect a teacher of a class of 30-40 8 year olds trying to keep their
>> > minds on the required lesson might not see it as at all amusing. Remember,
>> > Scratch usage is now part of the national curriculum in the UK.
>> >
>>
>> Oh, that's really big.
>> Hope they enjoy it :-)
>>
>
> Indeed, it sounds like a pretty big deal, but not something that I would
> have remembered since I did not know about it in the first place. Tim,
> can you provide a link to "Scratch usage is now part of the national
> curriculum in the UK"?
>
> And when they say "Scratch" does it mean the real one, or the "improved"
> version that was reimplemented in a soon-to-be-dead language by wannabe
> IT managers?