new experimental entry for "green flag pressed" in the BROADCAST block's dropdown

when the shift key is pressed

HISTORY.md

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 ## in development:
 * **New Features:**
     * new primitive in "looks": NEW COSTUME from a list of pixels and dimensions, allowing CURRENT
-    * new primitige in "sound": NEW SOUND from a list of samples
+    * new primitive in "sound": NEW SOUND from a list of samples
     * added selectors for sprites' and the stage's bounding box (LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM) to MY dropdown
+    * new experimental entry for "green flag pressed" in the BROADCAST block's dropdown when the shift key is pressed
 * **Notable Changes:**
     * running STOP ALL now also toggles (pauses and resumes) all generic WHEN hat blocks (just like pressing the stop button)
     * changed default name for new costumes created with STRETCH etc. to localized 'costume'
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@
 * **Translation Updates:**
     * German
 
+### 2019-10-21
+* blocks, threads: new experimental entry for "green flag pressed" in the BROADCAST block's dropdown when the shift key is pressed
+
 ### 2019-10-20
 * objects, threads: added "new sound" from list of samples primitive reporter to "sound" category
 * objects, threads: added sampling rate input to "new sound" primitive

snap.html

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
         <link rel="shortcut icon" href="src/favicon.ico">
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/morphic.js?version=2019-10-16"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/widgets.js?version=2019-10-16"></script>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="src/blocks.js?version=2019-10-18"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="src/blocks.js?version=2019-10-21"></script>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="src/threads.js?version=2019-10-20"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="src/threads.js?version=2019-10-21"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/objects.js?version=2019-10-20"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/gui.js?version=2019-10-19"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/paint.js?version=2019-06-27"></script>

src/blocks.js

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ CustomCommandBlockMorph, SymbolMorph, ToggleButtonMorph, DialMorph*/
 
 // Global stuff ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-modules.blocks = '2019-October-18';
+modules.blocks = '2019-October-21';
 
 var SyntaxElementMorph;
 var BlockMorph;
@@ -8691,7 +8691,7 @@ InputSlotMorph.prototype.menuFromDict = function (
     noEmptyOption,
     enableKeyboard)
 {
-    var key, dial,
+    var key, dial, flag,
     	myself = this,
         menu = new MenuMorph(
             this.userSetContents,
@@ -8733,6 +8733,12 @@ InputSlotMorph.prototype.menuFromDict = function (
        			menu.addLine();
 			    menu.items.push(dial);
             	menu.addLine();
+            } else if (key === '__shout__go__') {
+                // show the green flag symbol
+                flag = new SymbolMorph('flag');
+                flag.size = this.fontSize * 1.5;
+                flag.setColor(new Color(0, 200, 0));
+                menu.addItem(flag, ['__shout__go__']);
             } else if (choices[key] instanceof Object &&
                     !(choices[key] instanceof Array) &&
                     (typeof choices[key] !== 'function')) {
@@ -8760,6 +8766,9 @@ InputSlotMorph.prototype.messagesMenu = function () {
     allNames.forEach(function (name) {
         dict[name] = name;
     });
+    if (this.world().currentKey === 16) { // shift
+        dict.__shout__go__ = ['__shout__go__'];
+    }
     if (allNames.length > 0) {
         dict['~'] = null;
     }
@@ -8791,7 +8800,9 @@ InputSlotMorph.prototype.messagesReceivedMenu = function () {
         }
     });
     allNames.forEach(function (name) {
-        dict[name] = name;
+        if (name !== '__shout__go__') {
+            dict[name] = name;
+        }
     });
     dict['~'] = null;
     dict['new...'] = function () {

src/threads.js

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ StageMorph, SpriteMorph, StagePrompterMorph, Note, modules, isString, copy,
 isNil, WatcherMorph, List, ListWatcherMorph, alert, console, TableMorph, Color,
 TableFrameMorph, ColorSlotMorph, isSnapObject, Map, newCanvas, Symbol*/
 
-modules.threads = '2019-October-20';
+modules.threads = '2019-October-21';
 
 var ThreadManager;
 var Process;
@@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ Process.prototype.doBroadcast = function (message) {
 
     var stage = this.homeContext.receiver.parentThatIsA(StageMorph),
         thisObj,
-        msg = message,
+        msg = this.inputOption(message),
         trg,
         rcvrs,
         myself = this,