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BYOB4 (Snap) history
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110511
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* Scrolling by dragging
* Scrolling by dragging velocity
110516
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* Autoscrolling
110518
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* Textures
110524
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* CommandSlotMorphs (%c)
110527
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* Templates
* Padding for ScrollFrames
110530
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* C-slots only attach to blocks' tops (no longer also to bottoms)
110531
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* ReporterBlockMorphs
110628
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* World menu in every Morph's developersMenu
* changed the standard to "sharp shadows" because of Firefox5 bug
110630
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* StringMorphs and TextMorph notify their parents of layout changes
* TypeInSlotMorphs (round - %n - and rectangular - %s -)
110705
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* block specs
110706
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* BooleanSlotMorphs (%b)
* Color mixing
* contrast setting for SyntaxElementMorphs
* exit confirmation
110707
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* BlockMorph color changing
* entry field tabbing (Firefox and Opera only)
* label multi-line wrapping for command blocks
110708
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* extrapolate blockSpec upon label part drop
110711
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* optional intra-block-label word wrap (flag) layout setting
110712
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* rectangular reporter layout
* label mutli-line wrapping for reporters
* user-definable label line breaks (%br)
* font size customizable for individual menus
* ArrowMorphs
110714
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* optional drop-down menu for type-in slots
* read-only menus for type-in slots (%inst, %var, %lst, %obj, %eff,
%dir, %cst, %snd, %key, %idx, %msg, %att, %fun, %typ)
* global pixel color sensing
* renamed TypeInSlotMorph to InputSlotMorph
110718
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* ColorSlotMorphs (%clr)
* collision detection groundwork
110719
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* high-level documentation and code comments
* optional blurred slot shades (off by default)
110720
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* HatBlocks
110721
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* scrollBarSize can now optionally be specified individually
* block highlighting
* specs for any-unevaluated and Boolean-unevaluated inputs
110722
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* stringField settable as numeric, supresses textual input
* editable numeric input slots supress textual type-in
* evaluation helper methods and properties
* collision detection
110726
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* MultiArgMorphs (%mult%x)
110727
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* Morphic: fullBounds() now ignores hidden submorphs
* MultiArgMorphs: Optional label and minimum inputs settings, '%inputs'
* Morphic: simplified BoxMorph rendering
* Same-colored (white), semi-transparent reporter drop feedbacks
110804
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* evaluator: ThreadManager, Process, StackFrame, VariableFrame
110810
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* nasciturus: objects, gui
110811
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* Morphic: broken rect fix for float-positioned Morphs
* Blocks: straight bottom edges for stop-blocks
* PenMorph: round line ends
110816
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* Morphic: SpeechBubbleMorphs and bubble help for menus/buttons
110817
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* Threads: evaluating reporters
* showValue bubbles
110818
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* optimizations for menu bubble help and Blocks layout
110823
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* Sprite-scoped variables
110824
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* numerical virtual keyboard (pop-up-sliders - taken out again)
* sliders now work with negative floor numbers
* mouse wheel scroll events (thanks, Nathan!)
110826
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* TemplateSlotMorphs (%t, %mult%t, %scriptVars)
* script variables
* lockable inputs
110911
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* Morphic: PenMorph.setHeading() fixed
110912
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* Threads: renamed StackFrame to Context
* Blocks: persistent input default values
110913
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* basic Lambda primitives
* basic Lambda visualization (showBubble)
110914
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* c-slots in primitives are now static by default
* basic THE BLOCK, CALL and REPORT
110919
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* formal parameters
* recursion
* closures
110922
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* implicit parameters
110923
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* error catching for block evaluation
110926
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* basic message broadcasting
* thread forking (LAUNCH block)
110927
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* WAIT block
110928
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* GLIDE block
111006
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* force yield after timeout
111007
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* swooshy hat block tops (instead of circle segments)
111009
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* call/cc
111010
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* hybrid scope
111012
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* autolambdafying CSlotMorphs (C-shaped) and CommandSlotMorphs (inline)
* Morphic: right mouse click emulation for Mac
111017
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* another take on continuations
111019
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* Morphic: scrolling speedup
111020
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* unevaluated FunctionSlotMorphs (%f)
* autolambdafying ReporterSlotMorphs (%r, %p)
111021
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* GUI: CellMorphs (for stage watchers)
111025
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* GUI: WatcherMorphs
* SHOW VARIABLE, HIDE VARIABLE blocks
111026
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* Blocks: empty choice for input drop down menus
* automatic positioning of new watchers
* watchers on temporary variables are deleted by HIDE VARIABLE block (not hidden)
* HIDE VARIABLE with empty input deletes all watchers on temporary vars
111027
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* more extensive Error catching
* slider for numerical text entries in "mobile mode"
* bigger blocks in "mobile mode"
111031
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* new: widgets.js
* PushButtons
111102
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* Morphic: StringMorph shadows
111103
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* widgets: ToggleMorphs (check boxes and radio buttons)
* non-variable watchers
* checkbox toggling for variable watchers
111108
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* Lists
111109
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* ListWatchers (basics)
111111
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* Morphic: visibleBounds() bug fix
111114
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* Morphic: fullImageClassic() for ListWatcherMorphs
* Threads: MultiArgMorph now use Lists instead of JS-Arrays
* List Blocks
* GUI: adding/removing variables doesn't make the palette jump to the top
* Blocks: list type slots
111115
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* Morphic: more tolerant grabbing
* Lists: synchronized Watcher updating (speed-up)
111116
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* Lists: conservative watcher updating (speed-up)
* GUI: logo pane and 'about' box
111118
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* Lists: watcher shows list range (speed-up, stability)
111121
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* Atomicity (WARP)
* REPEAT UNTIL
* WAIT UNTIL
111123
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* hybrid lists (arrayed and linked)
* CONS and CDR
111124
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* layout optimization for dropped and snapping blocks (thanks, John!)
* Equality testing for lists (thanks, Brian!)
111128
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* layout optimization merged into Morphic.js -> trackChanges
111129
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* Widgets: DialogBoxMorph basics
111130
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* Widgets: AlignmentMorphs
* keyboard events for DialogBoxMorphs
111202
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* Widgets: InputFieldMorphs
* Prompters based on DialogBoxes
* Renaming of input templates
* Morphic keyboard enhancements
111205
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* new primitives: MOUSE X, MOUSE Y, TIMER, RESET TIMER
111207
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* byob.js (CustomBlockDefinition, CustomCommandBlockMorph)
111209
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* BlockEditor basics for CustomCommandBlocks
111212
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* BlockDialogMorph (basics)
* CustomReporterBlockMorph
111213
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* call/cc for lambdas and custom blocks
111214
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* feature: deleting block instances and custom block definitions
120106
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* InputSlotEditor basics
* bigger tick for radio buttons
* PushButtons redone for WebKIT 2 compatibility
120109
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* Morphic: single quote input for WebKIT 2 compatibility
* BYOB: BlockInputFragmentMorphs
120115
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* BlockLabelPlaceHolderMorphs
* BlockInputDialogMorph (short form)
120119
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* MOD, TRUE and FALSE reporter blocks
* AND, OR, NOT reporter blocks
* BROADCAST AND WAIT command block
120120
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* Morphic: question mark input for WebKIT 2 compatibility (does it break on Windows?)
* Morphic: turtle tracks round endings for WebKIT 2 compatibility (cannot use closePath())
120123
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* Threads: tail call elimination
120125
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* STORE: serializing, saving and loading projects, first pass, all by Nathan
* HatBlock bezier curve fixed width
* settings for AlignmentMorph regarding handling of hidden Morphs
* GUI enhancements
* input slot long form dialog variant outline
* pointless filters in most FORINS in response to Nathan's derogatory comments :-)
120127
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* input slot long form dialog - basic (single) input types
120130
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* input slot long form dialog - multiple inputs
* input slot long form dialog - default input values
120131
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* upvar GUI in input slot long form dialog (w/o upvar functionality)
120201
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* upvars in %var slot drop-down menu
120202
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* more primitives in Motion, Looks and Pen categories
120203
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* Morphic: horizontal mouse wheel scrolling (thanks for this fix, Nathan!)
* more primitives in the Pen category
120206
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* Morphic: color specifiable in String() constructor
* Widgets: ToggleButtonMorphs
* Objects: block categories
* GUI: tabbed palette mock-up (not yet within a real GUI)
120207
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* BYOB: categories (colors) for new custom blocks
120208
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* categories and block type editing for existing custom blocks
120209
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* Morphic: formatting capabilities for Menus and ListMorphs
* Morphic: optional 'own properties' highlighting in the Inspector's "show" menu
120214
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* multiple sprites & lots of new stuff in all modules
* Morphic: dragging optimization
* Nathan's fixes to Morphic (shadow fix, mouse wheel fix)
120215
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* scriptable and programmable stage, selectable in the corral
* stage watchers with "active", auto-updating object name labels
* IF ON EDGE BOUNCE primitive, still buggy
* GUI fixes, all frame morphs in the corral now reject object drops
120216
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* saving & loading, xml serialization, thanks, Nathan!
120217
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* Morphic: introducing combined mouse-keyboard events
* GUI: Project label
120221
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* user and development modes (shift-click on Snap! logo)
* Open Project dialog (thanks, Nathan)
* blocks caching for primitives and custom blocks
* custom block prototype edits visible in the palette while editing
* sprite duplication
* custom block definition duplication and re-binding
* the only sprite in the IDE is now deletable
* primitive blocks for GHOST effect
120222
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* Morphic: Tabbing among input fields fix
* Threads: REPORT primitive fix
120224
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* STOP BLOCK primitive
* error catching turns off in development mode (on in user mode)
120226
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* primitive control structures adjusted to new REPORT rule
120229
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* global variables
* hybrid lists CDR fix (thanks, Brian!)
* debugging primitives (alert, console.log) in development mode
* all libraries edited to conform to JsLint's latest petty rules ('else' after 'return')
120301
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* store.js: color slot and global vars patch (thanks, Nathan!)
* blocks.js: bug fix for drop-down menus (wouldn't allow selecting empty)
120305
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* upvars
* globals vars serialization fix
* MultiArgs: shift-clicking on an arrow repeats action 3 times
120306
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* Morphic: prevent text edits from reversing
* added "WITH INPUT LIST" variants for RUN/LAUNCH/CALL primitives - commented out
* changed '%inputs' slot type to non-static (makes "w/input list" redundant)
* Threads: fixed tail-call optimization induced bug in pushContext()
* WHEN I AM CLICKED hat block (control)
* WHEN KEY PRESSED hat block (control)
* MOUSE DOWN? predicate (sensing)
* KEY PRESSED? predicate (sensing)
120307
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* object collision detection (TOUCHING? predicate block for Sprites)
* poly-key state detection
120308
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* Morphic: SpeechBubbleMorph orientation left/right
* Threads: empty block definitions no longer raise an exception
* SAY primitive command block for Sprites
120309
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* SAY _ FOR _ SECS primitive command block for Sprites
* Morphic: thought bubble display variant of SpeechBubbleMorph
* THINK and THINK FOR SECS primitive command blocks for Sprites
* STAMP primitive command block for Sprites
* ROUND, JOIN, LETTER OF, LENGTH OF, UNICODE OF and UNICODE AS LETTER primitive reporters
120313
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* Widgets: ToggleElementMorph, TabMorph
* BlockEditor: Pictographic type buttons
* IDE: Tabs for scripts/costumes/sounds
120314
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* JOIN becomes variadic (Jens isn't enthusiastic about it)
* About text changed according to Mitch's suggestion
* BYOB: JaggedBlockMorph
* pictographic type buttons in the short form input dialog
120315
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* Morphic: colored shadows
* Widgets: ToggleMorph with embedded toggle elements
* pictographic slot type buttons in the long form input dialog
* palette speedup
* Error message when RUN/CALL/LAUNCHing a block w/o passing the expected no. of inputs
* Illegal drops prevented in user mode (enabled in dev mode)
120316
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* long form input dialog speedup (pictograms are now plain pictures instead of Toggles)
* Morphic: Morphs behind another one no longer receive mouseEnter/mouseLeave events
* Blocks: ScriptPanes behind other Morphs no longer show drop target feedbacks
120319
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* THREADS: unevaluated inputs
* Morphic: detect and respect minimum font size renderable
* Morphic: text selection display fix for FF
120320
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* Morphic: droppedImage() event
120321
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* Costume, CostumeEditorMorph, CostumeIconMorph
120322
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* GUI: WardrobeMorph
* Slider and ScrollFrame colors
120323
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* Morphic: handle multiple image file drops
120327
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* Costumes, first iteration
120328
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* Costumes: rotation center functionality
120329
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* Sprites: the rotation center now is the pen tip
120331
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* Stage: extra pen trail layer
* Morphic: texture handling (eliminating canvas patterns b/c of Chrome problems)
* Objects: motion precision fixes
120401
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* settings menu: touchscreen settings
* thread safety option
* store.js: Costumes & pen trails support. Thanks, Nathan!
* context menus for watchers (thx, Nathan!)
120402
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* pressing the stop sign makes all speech bubbles disappear
* null continuations now behave the same as STOP SCRIPT blocks
120403
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* minWidth property for SyntaxElements
120406
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* ASK/ANSWER for sprites
120403
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* ASK/ANSWER for the stage
120416
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* custom block prototype slot type and default value indicators
* Sounds, first pass (thanks, Ian!)
120417
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* Snap! Build Your Own Blocks. Alpha
120420
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* Rings (basics)
120424
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* Rings (first pass completed)
120425
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* unringify menu item for Blocks
* evaluator: variable setters can refer to variables by their reified getters
120430
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* zebra coloring (first pass)
120502
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* settings menu item for toggling zebra coloring
* new thumbnail() for StageMorph
* store.js: Fixes for local storage in local instance ("airplane saving")
120503
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* text- and object- type slots (and hints)
* zebra coloring fixes for input slots with pull-down menus
* costume flipping
* rotation styles
120504
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* rotation style support for sprite "turtle" costume
* rotation style buttons hidden for stage
* export background-less pictures of scripts
* sprite draggability control checkbox (in the IDE's sprite bar)
120507
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* reification: omit empty slots inside nested lambdas for implicit parameters
* display fixes for rings inside rings
* DISTANCE TO reporter block primitive in the sprite's sensing category
120509
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* exporting projects (holding the shift key URI-encodes the XML)
120514
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* Morphic: droppedText() event
* GUI: opening project files via drag & drop
* GUI: invoking the file dialog to open projects, import costumes and sounds
* Threads: nested upvar fix
* Threads: hybrid variable scope taken out (it's all lexical again for now)
* Blocks/BYOB: zebra-coloring related fixes
120515
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* GUI: disabled file dialog for now due to some issues
* Blocks/BYOB: Prototype block zebra coloring adjustment
* Store: minor fixes in the blocks dictionary
120516
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* monadic OF primitive block in the operators category
120518
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* Morphic: better keystroke detection
* new interpolating HTTP reporter in the sensor palette
120521
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* Pinch-Zoom for touchscreen devices
* Virtual keyboard for touchscreen devices
120522
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* Morphic/Blocks: SlideBackToFormerSituation
120523
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* Morphic: single-touch-and-hold pops up the context menu
* Morphic: pinch-zoom and virtual keyboard improvements
120525
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* late-binding custom blocks, changes in threads.js, byob.js and store.js (et al.)
120611
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* Morphic: auto-detect Chrome issue 90001 and set "useBlurredShadows" appropriately
* Blocks: solid block highlighting (as in Scratch 1.4) when "useBlurredShadows == false"
* GUI: Settings menu entry for blurred / solid shadows and highlights
* Threads: Type checking, <IS [] A [] ?> primitive in the operators category
120612
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* global custom blocks (first pass, no serialization yet)
120613
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* new module: xml.js, a simple XML DOM/encoder/parser for Morphic.js
120614
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* store.js: Global vars fix (xml.js deprecated)
120615
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* store.js: Stage vars (watchers) fix
* store.js: Empty (bodiless) custom blocks fix
* store.js: Global custom blocks support
120618
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* GUI: Screenshot feature
* GUI, store.js: Error catching turned off in dev mode (for debugging store.js)
* store.js: saving / loading of sprites' scale, draggability and rotation style
* Morphic/GUI: Virtual keyboard support can be toggled (to hide caret in Opera etc.)
* GUI, store.js: Saving / loading of "thread safety" setting
* blocks caching limited to primitives
* introducing palette caching
120619
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* store.js fixes for empty, non-editable input slots (e.g. list and boolean slots)
* objects.js/byob.js fixes for editing recursive custom blocks
120620
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* Morphic/Blocks: More precise control over where reporters are dropped and snap
* Morphic documentation update
120621
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* POINT TOWARDS and GO TO primitive command blocks in the motion category
120622
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* changed license to AGPL (all modules and documentation)
120625
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* objects fix: changing pen properties sometimes offsets the sprite
* blocks: variable slots no longer accept reporter drops (Jens regrets but doesn't agree to auto-ringify dropped variable blobs at this stage of development)
* blocks: better (yet) control over where reporters can be dropped
* blocks fix: sometimes reporters cannot be dropped into slots in the block editor
* threads: comparing strings (the = block) is now case-insensitive
* threads/blocks: multi-args can now be eval'ed with variadic inputs
* lists: equality testing fix for mixed linked/arrayed lists (thanks, Brian!)
* LIST primitive with new, static input spec
* store: stage watcher styles (small, large, slider) are now persistent thru save/re-load
* objects: stage watcher slider min/max is now settable thru context menu
* store: stage watcher slider min/max are now persistent through save/re-load
120626
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* blocks/threads fix: "any unevaluated" slots now reify their typed-in input values
* byob/threads fix: custom block definition reification now ignores empty-slot bindings
* GUI: copying scripts among sprites via drag & drop on corral icons (first rough version)
120627
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* blocks/store/objects/threads fix: STOP BLOCK gets converted to REPORT on save/reload
* byob/GUI: new entry in the settings menu to always show input dialog in long form
* blocks/GUI: new entry in the settings menu to prefer empty slots for reporter drops
* blocks: in scripting areas rings and variable reporters can be nested inside each other
* in general rings will not vanish on ring/var drop if already inside other rings
* context menu help feature for blocks
120628
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* GUI: re-ordering costumes via drag & drop
* GUI: copying costumes among sprites via drag & drop on corral icons
120629
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* Morphic: StringMorphs now have the option to visualize blanks (as colored dots)
* Blocks: all input slots (in blocks) are now visualizing blanks
* GUI: re-ordering sounds via drag & drop
* GUI copying sounds among sprites via drag & drops on corral icons
120702
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* store fix: Newly loaded projects did not get keyboard events (now they do)
* threads fix: Evaluating STOP ALL did not stop sounds (now it does)
120703
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* GUI: open a project from URL via #open:URL
* GUI: run a project from data via #run:XML or from URL via #run:URL
120704
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* major refactoring of serialization (new xml.js, store.js)
120705
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* store: stage watchers monitoring lists remember their dimensions
120709
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* xml decoding fix
* app mode, first rough pass (no stage scaling yet)
120710
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* app mode related adjustments to blocks.js, gui.js and threads.js
* fix: line breaks in project notes are now preserved thru export/import (xml)
120711
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* app mode: arbitrary stage scaling (auto-resizes to fill the browser's client area)
120712
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* small stage mode (for bigger scripting area, e.g. in lectures or on mobiles)
120713
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* objects fix: zero values now show up in watchers (are no longer blank)
* objects fix: dragged sprites now keep their correct relative stage coordinates
* threads fix: dragged sprites are identifiable by running scripts
120716
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* Morphic scroll frames: customizable "growth" property, used in scripting panes
* store: Sprites' visibility state gets persisted thru save/load
* store: Watchers' visibility attribute format now same as sprites' (hidden="true")
* BYOB fix: Custom block prototype rendering fix when opening a Block Editor instance
* blocks fix: Predicate slots no longer turn into reporter slots upon save/load
* blocks fix: made dropping reporters into empty slots easier when preferring empty slots
120717
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* costumes/sounds: omit filename suffixes when importing
* costumes/sounds: rename via context menu
* costumes: export via context menu
* thumbnails: are now centered within their widgets
120718
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* fix: catch nil inputs in motion and looks primitives
* fix: answer variable value Boolean false not as zero
* GUI: window-reflow adjustments
* store fix: Booleans retain their type thru save/load (not converted to Strings)
* threads fix: using REPORT/STOP BLOCK inside a WARP block now stops warping
120719
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* graphic effects (currently only "ghost") for the stage
* new feature: Pen trails collision detection
* fix: Keystroke detection
120720
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* fix: textify zero and false values in JOIN primitive (don't skip)
120723
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* Color collision detection (first rough pass)
120724
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* Color collision detection & thumbnail adjustments and fixes, incl. helpscreens
120725
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* fix: SET PEN COLOR no longer offsets the sprite
* settings menu: optional input sliders (for Android)
120726
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* REPORT primitive moved to STOP blocks in palette
* graphical representation of Boolean values in watchers and bubbles
* fix: empty numerical input slots evaluate to zero (thanks, Stephen!)
120728
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* speech bubble scaling
* Boolean value representations in operator color (green)
* eliminated "ring" type
120730
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* adjust REPORT / STOP BLOCK semantics (special case implicit C-shaped slot lambdas)
120731
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* lists fix: preserve zero/false values when assigned in list blocks
* threads refactored (eliminated now redundant context.isInsideCustomBlock attribute)
* blocks/byob: mutable formal parameters for custom block definitions and rings
* threads: CHANGE VAR typecasting bug fixed
120801
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* JOIN can now have any number of input slots, and be CALLed with an input list
120802
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* threads: Invoking a lambda with empty input slots without arguments binds them to ''
* blocks/gui/byob: MultiArg layout fix
* "Clicking sound" option in the settings menu
120803
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* blocks fix: enable reporter drops on empty rings in "prefer empty slot drops" mode
120806
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* blocks: SymbolMorph replaces Unicode characters for "green flag" and "stop" signs
* widgets: allow SymbolMorphs as button labels, new layout rule: minLabelExtent for buttons
* gui: button layouts moved to minLabelExtent rule
* fix: prevent drops on multi-arg arrows
* SymbolMorphs for all items in the GUI's tool bar
120807
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* SymbolMorphs for object type slot and identifier, and for "new sprite" button
* Verdana font preference for block labels (wider)
* store fix: Watcher label for "answer" now survives save/load (Thanks, Tom!)
120808
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* Morphic, GUI, blocks, BYOB: More "gentle" font control (can be overridden by browser)
* BYOB: new "Apply" button in the block editor (updates definition keeping editor open)
* BYOB: editing custom block prototpyes preserves existing inputs in custom block instances
120809
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* Pause button: Pauses/resumes all currently active stage processes (scripts)
* blocks: minor performance tweaks
120810
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* blocks: bug fix for input accessing in variable drop-downs
* dev-mode reporter for STACK SIZE for tail-call-elimination monitoring
120813
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* dev-mode reporter for FRAMES for thread performance monitoring
* minor refactoring of store.js to conform with the latest JSLint
120814
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* fix: disappearing and undraggable sprite bug (thanks, Kirk!)
* widgets: ToggleMophs can now have two different labels/symbols to reflect their state
* gui/blocks: switching symbols for all toggles, re-introducing the green flag symbol
120815
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* octagonal stop sign symbol
* cache manifest
* SWITCH TO COSTUME (-1) goes back one costume in the list & wraps around
* Variable blobs can be renamed
120816
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* SNAP! Connection Strategy
* OS-native File Dialog for importing projects, pictures, sounds (also for Safari 6)
120830
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* custom block definition export (disabled for now)
* zebra-coloring fix (for Hummingbird-video bug)
* any number of script vars possible
120910
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* exporting global custom blocks (beginning)
* byob.js: BlockExportDialogMorph (beginning)
120911
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* exorting & importing global custom blocks
120912
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* serialization adjustments (app attribute in top-level XML node)
* same-named custom block conflict detection and resolution
* overloading of custom blocks with samed-named imported ones
* cascaded block library support (block sets depending on each other)
120913
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* morphic.js: Refactoring to conform with JSHint's line breaking checks
* new morphic.txt documentation version
* new version of "Contributing to BYOB4" guideline with section on coding style
* exporting & importing sprites
120914
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* store.js: fix for loading variables containing reporters and unevaluated inputs
120918
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* comments (non-sticky)
* ScriptsMorph duplicating fix
* block editor cleanUp fix (prototype hat always stays on top)
* block editor persistence of free-floating objects (scripts, comments)
120919
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* store.js: minor fixes
* gui.js: URL #open: feature now works with all importable resources (e.g. blocks)
120920
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* js: blocks, byob, morphic, objects, threads, widgets edited for latest JSLint
120924
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* threads.js fix for REPORT inside C-Slots (pop another frame under certain conditions)
120925
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* xml.js: escape tilde character to avoid file corruption thru serializer.store()
121002
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* basic localization mechanism, use settings menu to switch languages
* German translation (for testing), #lang:de launches Snap! localized
121004
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* Morphic: triggering "reactToEdit" when text editing is terminated
121010
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* generalized localization hooks merged into Morphic.js and Widgets.js
* Morphic: TextMorphs (multi-line strings) now support text shadows (used in widgets)
121015
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* Morphic: New "reactToKeystroke()" events are escalated when editing strings/texts
* Blocks, Threads, Objects, Store: InputSlots now have localizable menu options
* GUI, Locale, lang-de: localization re-organized (now considered complete for LTR)
121016
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* fixed clicking sound entry in the settings menu
* input slots are now deselected on losing focus
* fix: Cannot delete the only label part in a custom block prototype anymore
* button acknowledgement label now spells 'OK' instead of 'Ok'
* fix: Cannot create unnamed ('') variables anymore
* fix: ScriptVariables' names' spaces are now normalized & can't be set to empty ('')
* changed wording of "Import" tooltip
* Thanks, Nathan, for spotting and reporting these bugs!
* added localization for block definition deletion and about dialogs
* edits in the sprite name field no longer need to be acknowledged by pressing <enter>
* new file: Translation Guide (translating Snap.txt)
121017
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* Italian translation! Woohooo, thanks, Stefano!
* added "unringify" to translator dictionary, thanks, Stefano!
* fixed a require() bug in XML, thanks, Nathan!
* fixed #run: URL switch. #run: is now officially supported!
121018
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* minimal translation dict updates ('rename costume' and 'rename sound')
121019
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* the costumes tab now also displays the default "Turtle" icon symbols
* fixed a small scoping bug in Morphic's touched event (thanks, Davide!)
* new version of lang-it.js (thanks, Stefano!)
121022
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* Japanese(Kanji and Hiragana) translations! Woohooo, thanks, Kazuhiro Abe!
* IF ON EDGE BOUNCE fix. Thanks, Stefano!
* additional localization strings and snap.html fix, thanks, Kazuhiro Abe!
* global / local watcher label fix. Thanks, Nathan!
* Morphic: Text scrolling when editing. Thanks, Nathan and Stefano!
* Morphic: Took out WorldMorph.trailsCanvas handling, thanks, Davide!
* Morphic text rendering ascender space fix (+ adjustments mostly everywhere)
121023
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* added "Edit label fragment" to translator dictionary
* minor fix in language changing mechanism
* minor fix re. block rendering (hole erasing) b/c of new ascenders
* minor fix re. dialog box rendering b/c of new ascenders
* minor fix re. dialog box shadow rendering. Thanks, Brian, for spotting this!
121024
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* sprite sequence in corral can be ordered via drag & drop (& persists)
121025
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* Korean translation! Woohooo, thanks, Yunjae Jang!
* Portuguese translation! Wohoo, thanks, Manuel Menezes de Sequeira!
* Morphic optimizations in FrameMorph and InspectorMorph, thanks, Davide!
* removed defunct "Open Projekt" entry in lang-de.js, thanks, Manuel!
121026
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* fix: Process inputOption() backward compatibility for localizable drop-down options
121029
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* Czech translation! Woohooo, thanks, Michael Moc!
* translations now dynamically load and unload. Thanks, Nathan, for the hint!
* Morphic now supports <cmd> + a on Macs, thanks, Davide!
121030
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* Morphic: allow edited text scrolling to be disabled
121105
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* GUI, Objects: Pressing <enter> triggers the green flag, <esc> the red stop sign
121106
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* Morphic: Menu re-vamp, now supporting multi-line items, icons, and icon-text pairs
121107
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* Morphic: new slider edit event, updated documentation (text editing)
* blocks, GUI: New "Execute on slider change" option for "live coding"
121109
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* Widgets: fixed minor rendering bugs for dialog boxes
* GUI, Blocks: changed control bar layout, added cloud button (under construction...)
* new module stub: cloud.js (likewise under construction)
121112
------
* Simplified Chinese translation! Wohoo, thanks, 邓江华 !
121114
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* first experimental Web Audio API version, sine-wave only. Thanks, Achal!
* new blocks: TEMPO, REST FOR n BEATS, PLAY NOTE, CHANGE TEMPO, SET TEMPO
* currently only fully supported by Safari
121115
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* WARP block moved up in Control palette (for better discoverability)
121116
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* Esperanto translation! Woohoooo, thanks Sebastian Cyprych!
* a few additional localizable strings
* store.js: "Obsolete!" Reporter fix, thanks, Nathan!
* Morphic.js: support for dropped binary files
* .ypr project loading, Whoa! Awesome, Nathan!!
* French translation stub! Thanks, Jean-Jacques Valliet!
121119
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* blocks context menu: duplicate "this block only" feature
* blocks context menu: relabel feature
* blocks context menu: ringify / unringify misplacement fix
* Morphic: MenuItem icon shadow dimension adjustments
* store: fixes STOP ALL block spec
* added some more translation strings
* updated Korean translation
121120
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* major refactoring of blocks dict and blocks generation code
* new "show all entry in the stage's context menu
121121
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* Morphic: fixed reactToEdit() event trigger -> fixes scrambled sprite names
* Threads: hide / show variable watcher fix for watchers on globals
* Threads: Process reentrancy fix for played notes in non-thread-safe mode
* Store: global watcher load fix
* Store: Sprite ordering fix for Safari
* Objects / GUI / Blocks: fix for "relabel"
121122
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* Blocks: right click delete reporter fix (restores slot), thanks, Ryan!
* Blocks: restore zero-value default fix
* Objects Fix: Variable blobs become undraggable on save / load. Thanks, Ryan!
* Morphic: enable all keys for text input (take out legacy browser support)
* new "Animations" option in the settings menu
* zooming the stage in & out now animates depending on the user's preference
121123
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* Blocks: C-Slot rendering fix (eliminate occasional transparent line)
* Store, GUI: Beginnings of the Cloud data format (in progress...)
121127
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* Morphic: SpeechBubbleMorph shadow artefact fix
* Morphic: Backtab support & entry field tabbing ("wrapping") fix
* Objects: List watchers inside speech bubbles are resizable again
* Store, GUI: Cloud data formats (separating media from program data)
* Store: Fix for saved "obsolete" blocks (projects can be re-loaded)
* new Operators primitive: IS IDENTICAL TO?
* new translation string for new primitive
* Simplified Chinese translation update
* BYOB, Objects: global custom block refresh fix
121128
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* Morphic: Interactive Tooltips ("isClickable" and resizing support for SpeechBubbleMorphs)
* Blocks: list watchers inside evaluation bubbles are now interactive
* Store: The user-edited name for the stage is now persistent
* Store: Cloud Data Format fix - mediaIDs are now independent of sprite sorting and layer
* French translation update
121129
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* Store: Cloud Data Format now references media by its name, obliterating the need to re-save media when reordering wardrobes or jukeboxes, but relying on unique names (within each sprite or the stage)
* Store: serializing / de-serializing of media in different receptacles
* Morphic: CTR-Z / CMD-Z for undo in text input fields
* Morphic: SHIFT-arrows selects text in input fields
* Morphic: new global method sizeOf(object) returns number of keys
* Morphic: redundant (quasi-inherited) code taken out of TextMorph
* GUI: "hasChangedMedia" property for IDE_Morph (Cloud Data Format support)
* GUI: When a sprite's current costume is deleted, it switches to the default one
121203
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* GUI, BYOB: tools module can be imported from the project menu
* Morphic: enhancement for editing non-left-aligned texts
* Morphic: minor text element fix for initial mouse down behavior
* Lists, Objects: text elements in list watcher cells are now editable
* Lists fix: comparing something with a non-existent list element no longer produces an infinite loop, thanks, Aleks, for reporting this!
* dynamically load ypr.js when first needed
* minor translation strings updates
121204
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* Morphic: text element mouse event propagation fix (list boxes)
* Lists: Empty list element follow-up fix
* Threads: Returning "undefined" to parent frame fix (caused type errors)
121205
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* Morphic: trigger "reactToEdit()" when tabbing among text fields
* GUI: display tool's name when importing the module
121207
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* Blocks: Drop target feedback for comments (in preparation for sticky ones)
* Objects: redraw turtle on pen color change, disable clicking on watchers
121208
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* Objects: SAY nothing bug fix. Thanks, Brian!
121210
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* Sticky comments (attachable to blocks in main scripting area)
121211
------
* better alignment for sticky comments
* cloud api work
121213
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* "elastic" anchor lines for sticky comments
* cloud api work
121217
------
* cloud api work
* Morphic: auto-text selection fix
* all modules: replaced tabs for spaces
* "Clean up" now arranges sticky comments correctly
121219
------
* Threads, Cloud: switched most XMLHttpRequests to asynchronous (except URL switches)
* Morphic: Allow StringMorphs to hide their characters for password input
* Widgets: Login-Prompter
* cloud api work
130107
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* Slovenian translation!! Yay, thanks, Sasa!!! (Snap now supports a dozen languages!)
* list-colored drop "halo" for variadic inputs
* most modules: space / tab white space reformatting
* help screens!! Thanks, Brian!!!
* help screen API for custom blocks (currently only for the tools library)
* importing libraries is now "silent", i.e. it doesn't show a dialog letting you select which blocks to import anymore.
130108
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* Blocks: ArgLabelMorph. Dynamic labels for "kicked out" variadic inputs ("input list")
* Dynamic input label support in BLOCKS, STORE, THREADS, BYOB, GUI and LOCALE
* Blocks, BYOB: Zebra coloring fix for rings in grey blocks
130110
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* "input list:" (with colon)
* Blocks: Drawn symbols for TURN RIGHT / LEFT
* continuations tweaks
* revert of "returning 'undefined' to parent frame fix" (121204), breaks call/cc
* ScriptPane cleanUp tweak for attached comments
130111
------
* Morphic: StringMorph leftClick event error catch
130115
------
* Threads, Blocks: Continuations tweaks (enabling reporter - CATCH / THROW)
130116
------
* Store, GUI: Cloud Data Format support
* Lists: CONS fix for zero CAR value
130117
------
* "Reference Manual" entry in the Snap! Menu
* BYOB: Editing custom-block-prototypes only changes the prototype in the block editor (no longer every instance of the block), pressing OK or APPLY propagates changes to all block instances, pressing CANCEL does nothing (no longer reverts previously edited slots in instances back to their default state)
130118
------
* new YPR version. Thanks, Nathan!
* Blocks: fixed "sometimes list watchers can be dragged out of value feedback bubbles"
* BYOB/Blocks: fixed restoring existing inputs and upvar names when editing custom blocks
130121
------
* Threads: No more type coercion when setting a variable's value, instead only when incrementing it
130122
------
* Symbols for local storage and for examples
* Cannot evaluate to null or undefined within an argument -> use empty string instead
130123
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* Import / Export text files from variable watchers (context menu)
* Max. size of displayed text in CellMorphs and value bubbles set to 500 characters
130125
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* Morphic: Better padding support for ScrollFrames
* Morphic: Better resizing & re-rendering support for Menus and ListMorphs
* Morphic: Inspection improvements for Menus and ListMorphs
* Morphic: Text scrolling improvements (scrollCursorIntoView())
* Widgets: Rendering improvements for InputFields
* BYOB: changed all 'Ok' occurrences to 'OK'
* Threads, Lists: JOIN zero / false bug fix
* GUI: new ProjectDialogMorph
130129
------
* Cloud: persistent log-in and auto-log-in
* GUI, Widgets: Cloud work...
* Morphic: "pic..." generic exporting feature
130201
------
* Blocks: Context-menu-delete fix for CommandBlocks inside C-Slots: userDestroy()
* Morphic: Pen-redraw() optimization for warp() fix
* Cloud: Dual-component project optimization
* GUI: <enter> key now works with ProjectDialog
130202
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* Morphic, Objects, GUI, Store: "turtle costume pen" options (tip, middle)
130204
------
* fast tracking, a.k.a. "Turbo Mode"
130205
------
* Cloning, basic Scratch style, still *very* experimental
130205
------
* Cloning collision detection refinements, still *very* experimental
130211
------
* Fixed / Variable Frame Rate option in the settings menu (default is fixed, as in Scratch)
130213
------
* GUI, Widgets: Cloud frontend complete
* OF reporter block in the sensor palette (Scratch functionality, not yet BYOB)
* CLONE block now takes sprite name or 'myself' as input, drop-down menu
* FAST TRACKING renamed to TURBO MODE
* unscheduled execution again made the default.
* "Prefer smooth animations" setting, runs strictly scheduled at around 30 fps max.
* scheduling mode saved in project data
* Settings menu clean-up
* Input slots in Hat blocks are now static (cannot receive reporters drops)
130214
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* clone drop-down menu fix (removed "close" entry)
* auto switching to small stage mode if the window gets narrow. Commented out b/c I don't like it
* changed costume name 'Turtle' to 'default'
* link to s.b.e/tos.html in signup dialog
* "Save project to disk" experimental feature (works currently only in Chrome)
* RUN variable OF sprite fix
130215
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* Store: Sprites are now first class stored objects (can be "values"), needed for OF block
* Blocks, GUI, Threads: "Turtle" and "Empty" costume names, gosh, Brian!
* Threads: Error messages fix
130218
------
* SVG_Costumes (partial)
* Cloud work
* scaling during WARP glitch fix
130221
------
* Cloud work: Connect / Reconnect mechanism and password hashing "salt"
* Exporting SVG_Costumes
130222
------
* Objects: Fix for playNote distortion issue in Chrome
130225
------
* Extended Signup dialog (COPPA-conforming, I hope)
* Morphic: mouse click event bubbling for input fields
* Widgets: Optional drop-downs for input fields
130227
------
* Morphic: onNextStep and nextSteps() mechanism
* GUI, Cloud: Ersatz-progress-bar-messages, using nextSteps()
130228
------
* "Updating..." message while updating the cloud project list
* Morphic: Clipboard "paste" text support (works currently only in Chrome)
130311
------
* Czech translation update, thanks, Michael!
* Morphic: "pic..." fix for scroll panes, thanks, Davide!
* Morphic fix: Clicking on editable text once again moves the caret to the mouse cursor
130312
------
* Threads: OR, AND are now special form primitives ("lazy")
* Threads: fix for minor pen optimization glitch (catching the stage)
* Lists, Objects: Resizing list watchers no longer makes them "tremble"
130313
------
* Store: context receiver persistence fix (for reified scripts)
* Threads: Execute reified blocks in the callee's context (not in the caller's)
130314
------
* GUI: When logged into the Cloud, "cloud" becomes default in the project dialog
* Store: local custom blocks can now store their definition receiver directly as value (avoiding turning them into "Obsolete!" blocks when re-opening the project), this is important for reified blocks assigned to variables elsewhere, and such for the part of OOP we can already do now.
130318
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* GUI, Blocks, BYOB, Widgets: Scaling Blocks and Scripts (shift-click on settings menu)
* Widets: numerical prompts
* GUI: #signup URL switch
* Blocks: adjusting highlights when modifying active scripts
130319
------
* Blocks: SyntaxElementMorph fixLayout() optimization for active highlights
* Russian translation!! Yay, thanks, Svetlana Ptashnaya!!
* Store, GUI, Blocks: Scaling support for Comments and serialization/deserialization
* GUI: motd support: On startup Snap! looks for http://snap.berkeley.edu/motd.txt, if it exists it is shown in a dialog box
* GUI: fix for #run: URL switch
* GUI: cloudmsg support: cloud related notifications can be put into http://snap.berkeley.edu/cloudmsg.txt
130320
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* GUI: deactivated motd and cloudmsg mechanism for now (has some issues)
* Updated Portuguese translation, thanks, Manuel!
* Updated all translations for %keyHat and %msgHat specs
* YPR: fixed turnLeft / turnRight swap bug
130321
------
* Cloud: allow every XMLHttpRequest to transport cookies (withCredentials = true)
130322
------
* Widgets: optional sliders and "lively" graphics for numerical prompters
* Blocks, GUI: "Zoom blocks…" feature in the settings menu (no longer hidden)
* Objects: numeric prompters for watcher's sliderMin/Max
* translation updates
* Objects: 'pic…' screenshot feature for the stage
* GUI, Cloud: Fallback message support before showing an error
130325
------
* Spanish translation! Yay, thanks, Victor Muratalla!!
* Objects: Boolean value block representations are now translated, thanks, Victor, for the report
* Simplified Chinese translation update, thanks 邓江华 !!
130402
------
* Japanese translations update, thanks, Kazuhiro Abe!
* Content-type support for Cloud backend
* sharing / unsharing projects support and GUI
* the Block Editor now allows anchored comments
* duplicating a block / script / sprite now also duplicates anchored comments
* deleting a block / script now also deletes anchored comments
130403
------
* YPR converter fix: No more text area in upper left corner of the Snap! IDE
* Blocks, BYOB, Store: PrototypeHatBlocks in the BlockEditor accept anchored comments
130404
------
* loading shared projects in presentation mode, exporting URL for shared projects
* Selecting "Help" for a custom block now pops up the comment attached to its definition's prototype hat, if any
* BYOB fix for detaching comments from prototype hat blocks
130405
------
* renaming variable blobs now features a drop-down with reachable variable names and a picture of the block to be renamed
130408
------
* Cloud, GUI: Sharing / Unsharing projects finalization
* Lists: Adjust initial list watcher size to blocks' zoom scale
* Portuguese and Italian translations update, thanks, Manuel and Stefano!
* GUI fix: switch to edit mode and tab to scripts when loading a project,
* Objects: new feature (hidden in shift-clicked stage context menu): turn pen trails into new costume
130409
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* various formatting and encoding normalizations
* Morphic: Formatting options for Triggers and MenuItems (and ListItems): bold, italic
* Morphic: ListMorph (items) manipulation capabilites
* GUI: display shared project names bold typed in the project dialog
* GUI: Feedback msg when sharing / unsharing projects
* GUI: Shield (hide) IDE while opening a shared project for presentation
* GUI: Support for debugging shared projects
130410
------
* Fixes for type casting and dragging dialogs by buttons, thanks, Nathan!
* Fix for loading shared projects in different formats (cloud data and plain project data)
130411
------
* Morphic: virtual keyboard enhancements (see Morphic.js)
* GUI: disabled localStorage (as in I9 running locally) no longer prevents Snap! from loading
130412
------
* Lists: fix for typecasting bug in CONTAINS
* BYOB: Tooltips for custom block templates (sitting in the palette): mousing over a custom block in the palette pops up its definition hat comment in a comment-colored speech bubble
* GUI: Sharing/Unsharing/Deleting now available in all version of the project dialog
130415
------
* Blocks: place sticky comments on World layer on dragging their anchor block
130416
------
* Cloud, GUI: additional dev settings
130417
------
* Blocks: "scripts pic" option in the ScriptsMorph's userMenu lets you export a picture of all scripts (including comments)
130418
------
* plenty of bug fixes from Nathan. Yay, you go!!
130419
------
* German translation update for "scripts pic" feature
130421
------
* using the percent character in variable names is now safe (fixes Github issue #65)
* Morphic: added Doubleclick support, example: inspectors
* GUI: Double clicking a project in the project dialog performs the dialog's action on it (open / save)
130422
------
* GUI: Double clicking support for cloud side of project dialog
130423
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* Lists, Objects: Circularity no longer breaks watchers
* Widgets: Multiple Dialogs of the same kind are prevented except for a few (e.g. BlockEditor). Thanks for this fix, Nathan! (and for the many little UI things you've fixed as well)
* German translation update
130424
------
* Widgets, BYOB, GUI: prevent multiple block editors on the same block definition, allow multiple dialogs on different objects, handle dialog instances in DialogBoxMorph.prototype
130425
------
* Objects, Blocks, GUI, Store: Hide primitives feature
* Morphic: Introducing World.stamp as reference in multi-World setups
* Widgets: restore multi-dialog restrictions for multi-world setups
* Translation update for "hide primitives" feature
130426
------
* Morphic: ensure unique World stamps
* Blocks: symbols for paint editor
130427
------
* Blocks: paint bucket symbol
* highlight adjustments when merging scripts (#70)
130429
------
* Blocks: symbols for solid rectangles and circles
130430
------
* Objects: Costume shrink-wrapping
* Morphic: Allow triggers to be dragged if so specified (#83)
* GUI: select dragged costume
* Blocks: eraser symbol for paint editor
* Morphic: ScrollFrame scrollY() fix (fixes #24)
130506
------
* Reset Password feature (frontend only)
130510
------
* Reset Password via e-mailed link (frontend only)
130514
------
* paint.js: Paint editor, first version, contributed by Kartik Chandra, Yay!!
* Threads, Objects, Blocks: Broadcast & message enhancements: When I receive <any msg>, and getLastMessage reporter + watcher
130515
------
* Objects: Costume shrinkWrap adjustments
* Morphic: Flat design preference introduced (default is off)
* Widgets: preparing for "flat GUI skins"
130516
------
* "flat" GUI design preference (in the settings menu)
130517
------
* GUI: user preferences (settings) are now made persistent in localStorage
130604
------
* Morphic: Prevent undesired native dragstart events (introduced in Chrome 27)
130605
------
* Objects: fix for hiding 'getLastAnswer' and 'getTimer' primitives
130606
------
* BYOB: Newly created custom reporters now have an initial default REPORT block as definition body
* Morphic: focus World canvas on mouse down (otherwise prevent default)
130618
------
* Code mapping (generating textual code from blocks), first iteration
130619
------
* Store: persisting code mappings in project and block library files
130620
------
* GUI: add code mapping preference to persistent settings
* Blocks, BYOB, Lists, Objects: "flat" design enhancements for blocks and watchers
* Blocks: Multi-line input slots (TextSlotMorphs - %mlt)
* Objects: doMapCode() primitive now uses a multi-line input slot
130621
------
* Morphic, Blocks: "flat" design fix: Handle manually "unshadowed" StringMorphs
* Objects, Blocks: %code input slot - multi-line, monospaced, type-in slot for code mappings
130624
------
* Objects, Blocks: pretty printing for mapped code, now supporting Python mappings
130625
------
* Widgets, Blocks: code mapping dialog input is now multi-line monospaced
130626
------
* GUI: fixed #100 saving costumes to the cloud
130627
------
* Objects: fixed speech bubble scaling when sprite is not onstage (reported in the forums)
130628
------
* Morphic, GUI: improved importing costumes by dragging in pictures from other web pages
130702
------
* Objects: took out "security margin" in Costume's shrinkWrap() method b/c Chrome no longer needs it -> fixed empty costume bug when drawing over the paint editor's bounds
* GUI: Import libraries feature (in the project menu)
130704
------
* Codification (text code mapping and block header support)
130705
------
* Blocks: fixed CommentMorph hiding/showing bug when switching to / from presentation mode
130708
------
* Store: fixed serialization placement-bug for sprites
130709
------
* Objects, Blocks, Threads: Collapsed codification primitives (code, header) into a single block
* Blocks: Added isEmptySlot() to BooleanArgMorph (thanks, Brian, for the bug report!)
130710
------
* GUI: Reset hidden primitives and code mappings upon loading a new project
130711
------
* Blocks: fixed occasional flickering in scripting areas (caused by deleted feedback morphs, a bug that surfaced in Chrome 28 on OSX and may be due to a possible Chrome GC issue)
* Blocks: preserve nested blocks in the scripting area when replacing a variadic input list with another input ("kick out" the nested blocks instead of "swallowing" them)
* Blocks, Threads: new floor() function in monadic math reporter's drop-down
130712
------
* Blocks: Pipette symbol
* Paint: Pipette tool
130713
------
* Paint: fixed pipette tool for floodfill
130715
------
* Objects: increased palette's vertical growth by scrollBarSize
* Objects, Blocks, Threads: experimental text-function primitive (hidden, shown only in dev mode)
130724
------
* Dutch translation, yay!! Thanks, Frank Sierens
130730
------
* Blocks: Made it harder to drop reporters on the variadic input per se (as opposed to into one of its slots) in (default) "prefer empty slot drops" setting
* Blocks, Threads, Objects: PAUSE primitive command block
* GUI: fixed #104 (storing a cloud project under another name causes media loss)
130731
------
* Blocks, Threads, Objects: experimental text SPLIT primitive in the operators category
130801
------
* Blocks, Threads: "whitespace" & other options in SPLIT reporter's dropdown
* Blocks: Italicize editable input options (e.g. for the SPLT block)
* Blocks: Undrop Reporters feature (in script areas' context menus)
130802
------
* Blocks: Undrop Reporters feature tweaks
* Blocks: Undrop Comments feature
* Blocks: Undrop Commands feature
* German translation update (for Undrop feature)
130805
------
* Polish translation, yay!! Thanks, Witek Kranas!
* Morphic: mouseEnterDragging fix
130807
------
* Objects, GUI: Sprite Nesting preliminaries
* Objects: Fixed stage costume scaling & misplacing bug. Thanks, Josh, for the report!
* Objects, GUI: Sprite Nesting GUI
* Objects: Nested Sprite Motion
130808
------
* Objects: Nested Sprite Scaling
* Objects: Nested Sprite Rotation
* Objects: Nested Sprite synchronous / independent rotation
* Dutch translation update, thanks, Sjoerd Dirk Meijer!
130809
------
* GUI: Nested Sprite Rotation style buttons on corral icons
* Store, Objects: Nested Sprite saving / loading
130810
------
* Objects, GUI: Nestable Sprites fixes
* German translation update
130812
------
* Objects, Threads: Nestable Sprites Collision Detection & fixes
* Dutch translation update
130814
------
* Traditional Chinese translation, yay!! thanks, Chu-Ching-Huang!
130817
------
* Norwegian translation, yay!! thanks, Olav Marschall!
* "Dynamic" library list, thanks, Brian
130916
------
* new Danish translation, yay!! thanks, Morten and Hanne!
* new Greek translation, yay!! thanks, Ino!
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!
* French translation update,
* Norwegian translation update
* threads: minor custom block evaluation scope fix
* paint: flood fill freeze fix, thanks for the contribution, Kartik!
* objects: new SPLIT primitive reporter
* German translation update for new SPLIT primitive and delimiter options
* GUI: getPublicProject adjustments (lowercase username)
* GUI: prompt() - invocation fixes (null-choices)
* GUI: synchronous URL fetching simplifications for libraries and example projects
* GUI: fixed #115 - prevent loading several instances of the same block definition
130917
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* Cloud: encodeDict() fix and new parseDict() method - used for accessing shared projects
* GUI: fixed #119, #149 (accessing a shared projects requires lowercasing the username)
* Portuguese translation update for SPLIT block, thanks, Manuel!
* Store, Objects: prevent costumes from being drawn while they are loading, fixes parts of #154
130918
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* Objects, GUI: prevent costumes with CORS-tainted canvases, expected to fix #155, #154, #151, #148, #147, #127 for future projects
* BYOB: Prevent local custom blocks in global custom block definitions, fixes #167 for future projects
130919
* Objects: fixed #169 (sprites are sometimes off-placed when the project is loaded)
* Objects, GUI: fixed #146 (filter out empty costumes)
130920
------
* Morphic: fixed #172, Rectangle.amountToTranslateWithin() for IF ON EDGE, BOUNCE
130930
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* Blocks: fixed #186 (can't duplicate blocks with anchored comments)
131001
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* Objects: smooth numerical values displayed in watchers
131004
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* Threads: Type-check the SPLIT block's input before eval'ing it
* Objects: Prevent watcher cells from growing wider as their contents becomes taller
* Objects: Keep watchers onstage when hiding/showing them, fixes #195
* BYOB, GUI, locale: New preference setting for plain block prototype labels
131008
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* Lists: fixed type-issue for linked list indices (thanks, Nate, for reporting it!)
* Threads, Objects: experimental MAP primitive reporter in lists category, visible in dev mode
* Blocks: fixed #199 (can't delete reporter with attached comment via context menu)
131009
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* Theads: added a variant for linked lists to the experimental MAP primitive reporter
131010
------
* Cloud: added "sanity check" to cloud-saving mechanism that errors if the serialized project data is corrupt and cannot be parsed as XML, addresses #203, #200, #171
131014
------
* Morphic: Condense damage list by merging overlapping dirty rectangles, thanks, Craxic!
* Objects: Increase maximum clone count from 128 to 300
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!!
131015
------
* Morphic: further condense damage list by merging nearby rectangles, thanks, Craxic!
131017
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* Threads: fixed #213 - Empty else block breaks return to caller
131025
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* Blocks: enable Costumes as Symbols and Symbols as custom block label parts
* BYOB: Symbol selection menu for BlockLabelFragmentMorphs
* Portuguese translation update
* Widgets: enable Symbols in InputField drop down menus
* BYOB: enable Symbols in InputSlotDialog Morphs drop down menu
131104
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* GUI: filter quotation marks from project names (for backend index)
* BYOB: only show symbol menu for label fragments
* BYOB: customizable drop-down menus for input slots (experimental, commented out)
131107
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* GUI, Cloud: transmission integrity check
131112
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* Blocks, BYOB, Store: customizable drop-down menus for input slots
* Objects: fixed wrong NaN display for variable watchers
* Blocks: left-align multi-line text in value-bubbles
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!
131115
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* Blocks, BYOB, Store: „read-only“ option for editable custom block input slots
* BYOB, Blocks: custom block input slots reverting to default now show their default value
* Blocks: fixed read-only input slot coloring glitch, thanks Bernat, for reporting it!
* Objects: fixed #231 (watcher-display of Booleans)
131122
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* Morphic: Dont trigger events for eclipsed morphs (whose parent-chain contains a hidden morph)
* Blocks: Prevent „hide“ menu option for non-palette template blocks
* new Catalan translation! Yay, thanks, Bernat Romagosa Carrasquer!!
131126
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* Cloud: fixed #125 (encode email address when signing up), thanks, Nathan!
* Threads: fixed #207 (stricter comparison of strings vs. numbers). Some edge cases remain, such as empty string equals zero and disregarding trailing / leading blanks. These are intentional. Please dont nitpick and spare me the fundamentalism :-)
* Threads: fixed #245 (consistently auto-convert empty strings to zeroes)
* Localization and Portuguese translation updates, thanks, Manuel!
* Catalan translation update, thanks, Bernat!!
* Threads: Text comparisons are now case-sensitive („fixes“ #175)
* Threads: fixed #179 - dont identify primitive (static) C-Slots as implicit formal parameters
* Threads: fixed #249 - preserve variable value types with edge cases (empty string, Boolean false)
* Threads: fixed #133 - preserve edge-cased argument types (empty string, Boolean false)
* Fixed issue #244 (relabelling now preserves empty input slots), thanks, Nathan!
131204
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* Threads: handle text comparisons case-insensitive (again)
* Lists: harmonize equality testing and List CONTAINS testing
* French translation update, thanks, Martin!
* Threads: fixed #261 (less tolerant null-value-to-number-coercion)
131205
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* Threads: fixed literal-to-non-literal zero-value comparison bug
* Objects: fixed #264 (mapped <ctrl-enter> to green-flag instead of <enter>)
131211
------
* Threads: accept lists as inputs to the green (text) LENGTH OF reporter
131212
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* Objects, Morphic: fixed #277, #279 (blitting null-canvasses fails)
131219
------
* Objects: stage watchers for „mouse x“ and „mouse y“ sensing reporters. Thanks, Michael!
* Store: fixed saving/loading/localisation of new mouse coordinate stage watchers
140108
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* Threads, Blocks, Objects: The FOR reporters first input now also accepts blocks and scripts („rings“), and reports a copy that is bound to the sprite indicated by the second input. This lets you „zombify“ (or remote-control) sprites (and create custom TELL and ASK blocks)
* Blocks: initial support for „sensing“ sprite-only custom block definitions, commented out for now
* Paint: Add mouseLeaveDragging() event behavior, thanks, Kartik, for this fix!
* Objects: Only shrink-wrap sprite costumes, thanks, Kartik, for this fix!
* Threads: Added xhr-headers to HTTP block, thanks, Tim!
* Threads, Blocks, Objects: Added StopOthers primitive, thanks, Kartik!
* Added „all but this option“ to StopOthers primitive, fixed the implementation
* Updated German translation with new strings
140109
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* Objects: Mechanism for migrating blocks in existing projects to newer versions
* Blocks, Objects, Threads: Collapse old STOP primitives into a single one with a dropdown of options
* German translation update for new (migrated) STOP block
* Morphic: Fixed updateReferences() (how could nobody notice so long?!)
* XML: resolved unexpected assignment expressions (conform to the latest JSLint quibbles)
* validated all source files against the latest JSLint version
140110
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* Threads: Revert pull request #295 (xhr-headers), breaks existing installations
* BYOB: Fixed #292 (pulldowns loose lines when exported as library)
* BYOB: Fixed #291 (readonly custom menus become non-readonly when block is edited)
140203
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* Threads: Fixed #313. “Block of sprite” now works for interpolated (“timed”) blocks and for reporters (i.e. SAY FOR, THINK FOR, GLIDE, ASK etc.)
* Morphic: replace deprecated DOM “body” references with “documentElement”
140204
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* GUI: Import costumes and backgrounds from the project menu, thanks, Brian, for the changeset!
* GUI: Import sounds from the project menu, thanks, Brian, for the changeset!
* Objects, Store, GUI: Flat line end option in the settings menu, saved with the project
* German translation update
* Objects: Enable playing sounds and notes on Firefox, thanks, Dean Brettle, for this fix!!
* Update Portuguese translation, thanks, Manuel!
* Update French translation, thanks, grego!
140205
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* Objects, Paint: One-stop-shopping for stage dimensions (changing the stage dimensions in line 3720 of objects.js takes care of everything)
140211
------
* GUI: Set stage dimensions arbitrarily (new entries in the settings menu when holding shift)
* Store: Saving & Loading for arbitrary stage dimensions in the project data
* new Date block, thanks, Michael!!!
140213
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* GUI, Store: constrain minimum stage size to 480 x 180
* GUI: Fixed #322, #324
* Widgets: new “promptVector” dialog box feature
* GUI: Use new vector prompter for stage dimensions
* German translation update
140331
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* Objects: experimental “wardrobe” and “jukebox” reporters in dev mode
* Blocks, Objects: display costume thumbnails in speech/thought/value bubbles and watcher cells
* Objects: let “switch to costume” block accept actual costume objects (in addition to names and numbers)
140430
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* new Finnish translation, yay! Thanks, Jouni!
* new Brazilian Portuguese translation, yay! Thanks, Aldo!
* Russian translation update
* Portuguese translation update
* additional localisations, thanks, Manuel!
* text-encoding fix for exporting variable contents, thanks, Blob!
* set turbo mode block fix, thanks, Michael and Nathan!
* enable storage and retrieval of first-class costumes in both file formats
140502
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* error message when trying to import a non-text file into a variable, thanks, Nate!
* fixed #407 (custom-block coloring w/ zebra off)
140520
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* Morphic: Prevent default action for ctrl-/cmd-key event
* Snap.html: Focus the world canvas on startup, so Snap reacts to keyboard events right away
* Threads: new Variable data structure, for refactoring upvar references, not yet used anywhere
* Objects, GUI: Search Blocks, feature. Thanks, Kyle, for architecting and designing this!!!
* Objects, GUI: Keyboard-shortcuts for opening (cmd-o), saving (cmd-s) projects and for finding blocks (cmd-f)
140526
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* Objects: Fixed #445 (minor search + zoom issues)
* Localization additions and Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!
* GUI, cloud: Show last-changed-timestamp when opening cloud projects
140604
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* Blocks: refactor “script pics” feature
* BYOB: new scriptsPicture() method for custom block definitions
* GUI: new (hidden) feature: “Export all scripts as pic” (including custom block refs)
* Graphic effects!!! Yay, thanks, Yuan!
* Bug fixes from Nathan, yay, thanks, Nathan!!
* German translation update
* Paint Editor transforms, yay, thanks, Kartik!!
140605
------
* Objects: stop replacing the empty string with the number zero in watchers
* Threads: initialize new variables with zero (instead of null)
* Objects: fixed #465
* Objects: fixed #457
140605
------
* Objects: gracefully hide & show the stage, fixed #281
* Objects: add hide and show blocks to the stages “looks” category
* Objects: added more relabelling options to SAY and THINK variants
* Blocks, objects: enable relabelling blocks with C-Slots
* Blocks: enable relabelling blocks across categories
* Objects: more relabelling options for SAY, THINK, ASK
* BYOB, Blocks: relabelling custom blocks (experimental)
140623
------
* Morphic: Inspector enhancements (dynamic property update, keyboard shortcuts)
* GUI: update visibility of share/unshare buttons, Thanks, Kunal!
140706
------
* Blocks: add “ringify” to every context menu that already has “unringify”
140708
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* Threads: show error messages for custom blocks (propagating to the scripts top block)
* Threads: adjust to Doug Crockfords latest infuriating nitpickings in JSLint
* GUI: show username in logout entry of cloud menu
* GUI, Objects: fixed scrolling glitch in the palette, thanks, Kunal!
* GUI, Objects: add keyboard shortcut for “new project”: ctr-n
* revert changes made for JSLints sake after the issue was fixed in JSLint
* Blocks: change “delete” behavior in context menus to only delete this particular blocks (and reconnect the next block to the previous one)
* fixed #490
140711
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* Morphic: keyboard shortcut ctrl/cmd-shift-a for @
* Morphic: allow directly editing properties in inspector widgets
* Blocks: change the color of the %pause symbol to be more yellowish
* Threads: fixed #506, thanks @haritop, for both the report and for providing the fix!!
* GUI: fixed #412 (incomplete sprite-removal)
* GUI: fixed #507 (limit persistent block zoom to 12x), thanks Michael!
* Morphic, GUI, Objects: fixed #508 (dont popup empty menus), thanks Michael!
140717
------
* new translation into Bangla (Bengali)!!! Yay, thanks, Mokter!!
* Lists: make internal list ops iterative (instead of recursive), thanks, Brian!
* Objects, Blocks: new feature (hidden in dev mode): Save screenshot, thanks, Viraj!
* GUI: Use new mechanism for unique costume names on imported costumes as well
140718
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* Lists: incorporate Brians adhoc fixes, thanks, Brian!
* GUI: Use new mechanism for unique costume names on the paint editor, renamed costumes and costumes dragged and dropped onto sprite icons
* add “letter” option to the split blocks list of delimiters, Thanks, Michael!
* update German translation
140721
------
* fixed #518
140722
------
* Objects, Threads: fixed #521 (deleting variable watchers by dropping them on the palette results in wrong ones to be created when showing them again)
140723
------
* Objects: Scale down oversized images to current stage dimensions. Thanks, Dan, for reporting this!
140724
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* Objects: fixed “lost sprites bug” - ensure duplicated sprites keep wearing their current costume through save and re-load
* GUI, Objects: improve unique sprite- and costume names
* Threads: Display “empty” Contexts (e.g. continuations) as empty rings
140725
------
* Objects, Threads: new “JavaScript function” primitive. Go figure…
* GUI: updated Credits
140728
------
* Lists: fixed "Load Failed Type Error Cannot read property 'isLinked' of null"
* Threads: enable “JS function” block to create custom control structures and HOFs
140729
------
* fixed #526, thanks, Bernat, for reporting it!
* Objects, GUI: duplicate and clone nested sprites
* GUI, Store: export and import nested sprites
* Objects: double clicking on a sprite in the stage selects it in the IDE
* Objects: added move option to the sprite context menu, lets the user move (nested) sprites in edit mode without changing their layering, and also sprites marked “undraggable”
* updated Portuguese translation, thanks, Manuel!
* updated German translation
* Morphic: fixed #497 (prevent bubble shadows from getting cut-off)
* Blocks: keep result-bubbles within the enclosing scripting pane
140730
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* Objects: propagate HIDE and SHOW to nested sprite parts
* GUI: propagate DELETE to nested sprite parts
* Blocks, Threads: export script pic with result bubble (shift-context-menu of reporter scripts)
* updated Portuguese translation, thanks, Manuel!
140813
------
* Threads, Blocks: enable Zombiefication of JS-Functions
* Morphic: Fix #563 (Paste into Chrome), thanks, @Muon, for the hint!
140917
------
* Threads, Objects, Store: Refactor variables handling, introducing Variable objects, all functionality stays the same
140918
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* Threads: fixed #174, replace UpvarReferences with references to Variable objects, fixes upvar scope issues
140922
------
* Blocks: Make upvars mutable
* GUI: fixed #585 (sprite name conflict with stage). Thanks, Michael, for the report!
140929
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* Threads: fixed #591 fully copy local variables for sprite duplicates and (Scratch-like) clones
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!
* fixed #590 (Russian translation syntax glitches) Thanks @alexf2000 !
* Paint: flood fill issue fixed, thanks, Kartik!
140930
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* Objects: fixed #593 match broadcast numbers with event hat blocks containing strings that can be parsed as numbers
* BYOB: allow percent symbols in custom block texts (fix #361), thanks, @Gubolin!!
* Morphic: allow negative min/max values for sliders (fix #285), thanks, @Gubolin!!
* Objects: fixed #378 (disable context menus for boolean representations)
* Blocks: fixed #584
141001
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* Threads: workaround for some REPORT issues
* Objects: fixed #599 (disable IDE keyboard shortcuts in presentation mode)
* Blocks: correctly display symbol for %obj type input slots in the prototype template
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!
141002
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* GUI: New feature - minimal stage mode (shift-click on small-stage button)
141006
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* GUI, Objects: fixed #604. Thanks, @Gubolin!
141008
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* Objects: fixed #608, #610
141106
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* Morphic: Enable mouseMove events with right button pressed
141114
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* Threads, Store: Fix reporting out of nested custom C-shaped blocks
141117
------
* Threads, Blocks: Treat REPORT blocks inside custom command definitions as STOP THIS BLOCK / IGNORE INPUTS
141120
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* Lists: Fixed #642 avoid “freezing” when calling CONS on non-list/null
* Threads: Fixed #364 avoid “freezing” when calling LAUNCH on empty ring
* Threads: Added optional “onComplete” callback to Process, thanks, @bromagosa!
* GUI: Set Default Save location to Cloud on load, thanks, @cycomachead!
* GUI: Updated the “About” Dialog with a mention of support from CDG (SAP Labs)
* BYOB: Percent sign fix for block labels, thanks, @natashasandy!
* Threads: fix line option in split block for Windows files, thanks, @brianharvey!
* Morphic: fix slider range 1, thanks, @tonychenr !
* translation update, thanks, Manuel!
141121
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* Threads, Blocks: Fix STOP THIS BLOCKs lexical awareness
1411213
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* Threads: Fix “stop this block” primitive for tail-call-elimination
1411224
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* Threads: Fixed #318
* Objects: Fixed #416
* Objects: Fixed #372
* Threads: Fixed #644
* Store: Fixed #34
* Threads: Fixed #131
* snap.html, favicon.ico: new Favicon, thanks, Michael!
* Threads: improved whitespace detection for “split” primitive, thanks, Michael!
* Threads: tail-call-elimination for reporters experiment (commented out, under construction)
1411225
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* Threads: Evaluator optimizations (reducing the stack size for reporters)
* Threads: Full TCO (tail-call-elimination), now Snap! *is* Scheme :-)
1411225
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* Threads: Fixed #656
141201
------
* Objects: Hide hidden elements in the project thumbnail
* GUI: Point project dialog to cloud if already signed in, thanks, Michael!
* favicon: Transparent background, thanks, Michael!
141202
------
* New Kannada translation. Yay!! Thanks, Vinayakumar R!!
141203
------
* Morphic: Cache actual bounding box of the Pen arrow shape
* Threads, Objects: Improve edge-collision detection of default sprite “arrow” shape
141204
------
* Threads, Objects: Experimental “ForEach” primitive (hidden in dev mode)
* GUI: Another attempt at pointing the project dialog to the cloud if signed in
141205
------
* Morphic: Avoid auto-scaling artefacts in Safari on retina displays (resulting in “traces” when dragging items)
141206
------
* Store: Fixed #668
141211
------
* Threads: yield after each cycle in the experimental “forEach” primitive
141215
------
* New Swedish translation! Yay!! Thanks, Erik A Olsson!
141217
------
* Objects, Store: Experimental “processes” count watcher (hidden in dev mode)
* Threads: Remove terminated processes from expired clones
* Threads: Let “zombifying” scripts access receivers local vars
150112
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* Cloud, GUI: Backend load balancing support, eliminate now obsolete authentication roundtrip, Cloud error message tweaks
* Store: notify users of potential incompatibilities when opening projects created in other forks (e.g. BeetleBlocks)
* Threads: Dont highlight scripts running inside clones (boosts performance), Thanks, @aranlunzer, for the hint!
* Objects: Disable clones from being edited via their context menus or double-click
* Italian translation update, thanks, Alberto Firpo!
* GUI: add additional yields to nextSteps() (work around a bug in Chrome)
150113
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* BYOB: fixed #702
* GUI: fixed #680
150121
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* Objects: Keep layering of nested sprites thru drag & drop
* GUI, Store, BYOB: Generate ScriptsPaneTexture programmatically
* GUI: Fix Zoom Dialogs sample background in “flat” design
* Updated Korean and Catalan translations, thanks, Yunjae Jang and Bernat Romagosa!
* Objects: Fix speech bubbles of dragged nested sprites
150128
------
* Objects: Fixed #710
150206
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* GUI: Added url switch #cloud: to open a shared project in edit mode
150220
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* Malayam, Tamil and Telagu translations, thanks, Vinay Kumar!!
* Un-hide “Save to disk” feature (currently supported by both Chrome and Firefox, but not by Safari)
* Update German translation
* GUI: Make “project data in URLs” a hidden dev option (prevent long urls per default)
150223
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* Blocks, Objects: Add user-interaction choices to the “When I am ...” hat block
* Update German translation
* Store: Avoid incompatibility warning for very old (pre-earmarked) projects
150224
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* Store: fixed #725
150228
------
* Blocks, Store, GUI: Cache inputs, accelerates evaluating recursive reporters and warped / turbo recursive commands by up to 40%
* Objects: slightly optimize warped / turbo execution
* Threads: fixed #715
* BYOB: fixed #716
150302
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* BYOB: fixed #730
150306
------
* Blocks: fixed #736
150309
------
* Blocks: fixed #738
* GUI, Blocks: Only enable input caching for blocks
150315
------
* Store: fixed #743
* GUI, html: switch from beta to release candidate
150325
------
* Threads: fixed #752
150415
------
* Threads: flush Stage>>keysPressed when prompting the user
* Objects: fixed #770
150426
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* Store: fixed #784
150501
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* Morphic, Blocks: select all text when first clicking an input slot
* BYOB: indicate numeric inputs in the block prototype with the # sign
* Threads: return empty string when querying first letter of a list
* GUI: hide “save to disk” option behind shift-click again (has issues in Chrome)
* GUI: parameters for embedding projects in iFrames, thanks, Bernat!
=== Release v4.0 ===
150518
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* Objects, GUI: Fix encoding for exported sprites (esp. comments)
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!!
150521
------
* BYOB: Fix encoding for exported libraries of global blocks
150523
------
* BYOB: Fix encoding glitch
150608
------
* Blocks: Fixed #820
150625
------
* Morphic, Objects, Blocks, XML: Optimizations and dramatic speed-up. Thanks, Nathan!!
* Objects: push maximum clone count up to 1000, tweak Note::play
=== v4.0.1 (unreleased) ===
150626
------
* Morphic: Fix Inspector duplication, update documentation
150727
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* Polish translation update, thanks, Bartosz Leper!
* Turkish translation. Yay!! Thanks, Hakan Ataş!
* Hungarian translation. Yay!! Thanks, Makány György!
* GUI: relative-url fixes, Thanks, Michael!
* Morphic: enable exporting a screenshot of the World
* Morphic: enable more fine-grained control over dragging position correction
* Morphic: enable all Morphs to “scrollIntoView()”
* Morpic: keyboard accessibility for menus
* Objects: fixes and enhancements for nested sprites
* Blocks, Objects, BYOB, GUI: keyboard editing support
* Objects, Blocks, Threads, GUI, Store, Widgets: Prototypal inheritance for sprite-local variables
* Objects, Blocks: enable monitoring closurized non-locals and thread-temporaries (script vars of running processes)
* GUI: stage resizing handle
150728
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* GUI: fixed relative urls, thanks, Michael!
* Morphic: escalate origin with “accept” and “cancel” events from text cursors
* BYOB: keep BlockEditors open when <enter> or <esc> keys are pressed
* GUI: stop keyboard editing of blocks when selecting another sprite
150730
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* Blocks: improve keyboard editing for embedded rings
150806
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* Polish & German translation updates
=== Release v4.0.2 ===
150809
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* Interlingua support, yay!! thanks, Ken Dickey!
150814
------
* Blocks: fixed #907
150915
------
* new Croatian translation. Yay!! Thanks, Zeljko Hrvoj!
* fixed #925
150923
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* Morphic, Objects: Improve display precision (stop rounding display coordinates)
* Added “ceiling” function, thanks, Michael
* Updated various translations
151002
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* GUI, Blocks, BYOB: New “Export Project Summary” Feature, also: exporting script pics now includes attached comments
* Blocks, Objects, Threads: Key hat block and key sensor support for “any” key
* German translation update
151007
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* BYOB, Objects, GUI: New “Remove Unused Global Blocks” Feature
* GUI, Lists: “Export Project Summary” improvements:
- show variable values as watcher pics
- expand list watcher pics to show their complete contents (1. level)
- url for shared projects
- table of contents
- basic support for sprite nesting and inheritance
- make the summary “browsable” instead of editable
- outline around sprite / stage snapshots
- experimental hidden (shift-click) “drop-shadows” option
* GUI: Rearrange project menu, only show global blocks-related ops if there are any
* GUI: Remove URL location.hash information when loading a new project
* Store: Fix deserialization support for projects using inheritance
* German translation update
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
new stuff - bulk of 151116
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
151030
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* Blocks: Tweak precision of rendering of transparent “holes”
* updated Czech translation
* Morphic: Streamlined nop-stepping
* Blocks: Let SyntaxElements step (again), for better input slot editing experience
151101
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* BYOB: Script pic: Always export comments attached to custom block definitions
* Blocks: fixed #982 (made %interaction slot static)
* Morphic: removed an obsolete line (“dragOrigin”)
* BYOB: make block editor big enough to show the whole definition, if possible
* BYOB: remember user-set position and size of block editor when pressing “OK”, per session (not serialized in project)
* Blocks: speed up stacking of commands (also when done programmatically) by suppressing redraws
* Morphic, Blocks, BYOB: Suppress redundant redraws
151104
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* Morphic: new grabTheshold preference to suppress accidental grabbing through micro-movements of the hand
* GUI: hidden (shift-click) option to adjust the grabThreshold for the current session
* Lists, Blocks: Expand list watchers inside result bubbles to show everything
* Objects: Expand list watchers inside speech/thought bubbles to show everything
* Morphic: fixed a bug that occasionally expanded the Hands bounds when dragging morphs
151107
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* Threads: invoke a block synchronously
151009
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* Morphic: cache fullImage and fullBounds when dragging
* Blocks: make reporters semi-transparent while dragging
* GUI: make SpriteIcons semi-transparent while dragging
* Blocks: make it harder to drop reporters onto filled custom C-slots and variadic slot arrows
* Blocks: make ScriptsMorphs notice transparent clicks (addresses #997)
* Blocks: fixed “undrop” for replacing C-slots with reporters
* BYOB: fixed ctrl-f for the BlockEditor in all situations
151111
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* Objects: fixed a between slideBackTo() and possible running scripts in sprites, thanks, Paul, for reporting it!
151112
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* Blocks, Objects, Threads: new internal slot type: %cl for auto-reifying C-slots that reject reporter drops. Changed (hidden) “for each” to reject reporters in C-slot
151113
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* Frames, snap.html: initial version of a new general purpose prototypal single inheritance object system
* snap_slo.html: alternative animation-frame based outer scheduler, experimental
* Threads: added optional timeout to the new synchronous invoke(block) function
* Blocks: fixed too brutally optimized redraw for “ringify” and “unringify”
151114
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* Frames, snap.html, snap_slo.html: remove initial version for now, needs more low-levelish rewrite (Map-based “shortcut” design doesnt cut it).
151116
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* Blocks, GUI: Slightly less transparency for dragged reporters and sprite icons
=== v4.0.3 (unreleased) ===
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
end - bulk of 151116
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
151116 community contributions
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* new Bulgarian and Romanian translations contributed!
* fix for IE backspace and tab errors contributed!
* better resource loading mechanism contributed!
151117
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* Blocks: fixed a zebra-coloring glitch for BooleanSlotMorph
151120
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* Lists: fixed linked lists identity loss when showing watchers
151204
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* Cloud: doubled the number of supported backend slices
* Cloud, GUI: support new “raw” cloud project services
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
new stuff - bulk of 151215
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
151121
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* Threads: Show result bubble when the user clicks on a command script that uses REPORT (You can now click on REPORT and it actually does something)
151124
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* Blocks: fix a re-rendering glitch when changing block specs in dev mode
* Threads: add optional receiver (environment) to invoke() function
151125
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* Threads, Objects, GUI, Store: Generic “When” hat block
* BYOB: fixed a rendering bug when using plain prototype labels
151126
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* Threads, Blocks: Performance optimizations (replace “contains” with chained tests)
* German translation update (for custom hat blocks)
151127
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* Blocks, BYOB, Store: new experimental block variables feature
* BYOB: more prototype label rendering fixes
151128
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* BYOB, Store: Fix some bugs related to block vars (zebra coloring etc.)
151201
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* BYOB, Blocks: Fix BlockMorph.fullCopy() for block vars
151202
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* Threads: Only support block vars for blocks that actually define any, to avoid race conditions among parallel global blocks with the same definition that also access sprite-local variables
151207
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* Threads, GUI: Stop button stops / restarts custom hat blocks, green flag starts custom hat blocks
151208
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* Objects, Blocks, Threads, GUI, Store, Locale: Automatically enable/disable custom hat blocks when theyre used in a project
* BYOB: initialize custom block vars on every definition-refresh
151209
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* Threads: allow invoke() to operate on both blocks and rings with arguments
* Blocks: cache reporter slot specs for evaluation performance (30% speedup)
151210
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* Store: persist block (instance) vars
* Threads: only show result bubble on user-clicked scripts if “Report” is in the lexical script (not inside a reporter block definition)
* Morphic: obey grab threshold when dragging inside scroll frames
151211
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* Threads: extend red LENGTH reporter to also work on Text
* GUI, Objects, Blocks: extend the red stop button to reflect whether custom hat blocks are paused (indicated by a red square instead of the stop sign)
* Blocks: Tweak C-Slots to better fit inside reporters
151212
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* Locale: change English any (in “item of”) to random because teachers
151214
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* Objects: added “fill” primitive to the Pen category
* Updated German translation
* GUI: Directly download projects from cloud by holding shift while opening - commented out
* GUI, Cloud: show size of uploaded / downloaded projects
* GUI, Cloud: upload size limit of 5 MB - commented out
151215
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* snap.html: switch to animation frame scheduling because Chrome sucks sooooo much!!!!
* GUI: pushed version to 4.0.4
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
v4.0.4 draft features:
* Show result bubble when the user clicks on a command script that uses REPORT (You can now click on REPORT and it actually does something)
* New generic “When” hat block, enhances red stop button behavior
* New block (instance) variables feature (experimental)
* evaluator performance optimizations
* Morphic grab-threshold fix for scroll frames
* fixed several block rendering glitches
* List category LENGTH reporter now also works on text
* Changed “any” to “random” (in English only)
* new FILL primitive in the Pen category
* switched to animation frame scheduling, please use TURBO for music
* Updated German translation
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
end - bulk of 151215
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
151215 - more changes
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* Cloud: 10 MB cloud upload limit for media per project
151215 - contributions
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* Objects, Paint: Automatic Sprite Center Detection, Thanks, Craxic!!
* Morphic: Handling of diacritics, [Alt] + key in input fields (Windows), Thanks, DaDoro!!
* NL translation update
* Use Blob API to Save Files (to Disk), Thanks, Michael!!
151217
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* Threads: fixed #1071 “length of list” type error possibility by no longer guaranteeing that the red “length of” reporter also works on text input
151218
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* new Arabic translation, yay!! Thanks Tarek Galal!!!
151219
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* Objects: Optimization: Dont redraw unrotateable sprites on TURN
151221
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* Morphic: Native Copy & Paste support, thanks, @cyderize, for this contribution!!
* GUI: Code tweaks
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!
151222
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* Blocks, Objects, Threads, Locale: revert to any key in the key-pressed menu
* GUI: Improve sorting and tab switching in the Project Dialog, Thanks, Michael!
151223
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* Morphic: fixed #1083
160108
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* BYOB: fixed #1098
* Threads: remove a redundant yield from the fork primitive
* GUI: fixed #1099, thanks, Michael!
* Portuguese translation update, thanks, Manuel!
160111
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* BYOB: fixed #1107
160116
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* Blocks: fixed a multi-line input slot layout glitch
160117
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* BYOB: preserve custom block instances block var values when editing their definition
160118
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* Paint: avoid pixel collision detection in PaintCanvas (optimization)
* BYOB: fixed a zebra coloring glitch in the block editor
160119
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* Threads, Store: Throw an error for “obsolete” blocks instead of (forever) doing nothing (and thus often freezing and crashing). Thanks, Paul, for helping identify this!
160122
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* Blocks: Fixed a slight rendering glitch when deleting reporters via the context menu
160224
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* == v4.0.5 ==== - table views
160306
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* Objects: Reenable custom hat blocks when dropping a sprite
160316
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* Store, Objects, GUI: fixed #99 (saving linked lists)
* Objects: fixed #1163
* added web api / https reporter library
* Blocks, Store: New “transient variable” feature
* German translation update
== v4.0.6 ==== - saving linked lists
160502
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* first class sprites, new MY reporter block and extended functionality of TOUCHING
* fixed switching from list watcher to table view inside sprite speech bubbles
* fixed paint editor automatic rotation center issue
* enhanced functionality to SET a sprites attributes
* execute clone initialization scripts first step in the same frame as the clone command
* auto-repair (sorta) certain broken project files
* Threads: More aggressive emergency yielding
* “corpsify” deleted sprites, which might still be referred to by variables and lists
* Blocks: simplify block copying
* experimental hidden “live-coding support” preference
* updated penTrails library to shrinkWrap generated costumes
demos from the documentation:
http://snap.berkeley.edu/run#cloud:Username=jens&ProjectName=population
http://snap.berkeley.edu/run#present:Username=jens&ProjectName=Woodworm
http://snap.berkeley.edu/run#present:Username=jens&ProjectName=Ferris%20Wheel%202016
http://snap.berkeley.edu/run#cloud:Username=jens&ProjectName=PathFollower
http://snap.berkeley.edu/run#present:Username=jens&ProjectName=cartwheel
http://snap.berkeley.edu/run#cloud:Username=jens&ProjectName=rotation
* new Indonesian translation. Yay!! Thank you, Alexander Liu!!
* Translation updates: Slovenian, Portuguese, Chinese
* minor bug fixes
== v4.0.7 ==== - first class sprites
160504
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* Morphic, Objects, Blocks, Threads, GUI: Partially shallow-copy clones for speed
* new Estonian translation! Yay!! Thanks, Hasso Tepper!
== v4.0.7.1 ==== - cloning speed-up
160509
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* Threads: fixed #1212 - Null continuation doesn't escape from calling context.
* Updated Simplified Chinese translation, thanks to @ubertao!
* Media import dialog with thumbnail, thanks to @ubertao!
== v4.0.7.2 ====
160714
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* New Features
- Retina Display Support, thanks, Bartosz Leper!!
- Additional Graphic Effects, thanks, Dylan Servilla!!
- Interactive Toggle Switches for Boolean Slots and Literals
- Resizable Palette (double-click on resizers to slide back to normal)
* New Default Settings (now enabled by default)
- Keyboard Editing
- Tables Support
* Bugfixes (most notable only):
- reject dropping hat-blocks into block editor scripting areas
- accept multi-line inputs (e.g. in JS-functions or code-mapping blocks) with shift-enter
- prevent “make a block” dialog from being closed by pressing “OK” if no label text has been specified
- show error message balloons happening in other sprites next to their icon in the sprite-corral
- (again) enable recursive cloning
- prevent expandable blocks from expanding / collapsing inside the palette
* Translation updates
- Italian
- Swedish
- Chinese
- Russian
- Catalan
- German
== v4.0.8 ==== - retina screen support -
160715
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* Blocks: activate generic hat blocks inserted via keyboard editing
== v4.0.8.1 ====
160717
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* Morphic: fixed collision detection for non-integer devicePixelRatios
== v4.0.8.2 ====
160719
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* Morphic: avoid blitting artifacts for non-integer devicePixelRatios in Firefox
* Widgets: fixed 3D corners for buttons in Firefox for Windows
* Objects: fixed color collision detection for retina mode
* Threads: enable broadcasts to be sent to specific sprites (experimental)
== v4.0.8.3 ====
160720
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* GUI: fixed #1333 - paint a new costume not working in retina mode in FF and Edge
== v4.0.8.4 ====
160731
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* GUI: fixed #1348 - opening projects from url not working in non-English
== v4.0.8.5 ====
160803
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* Store: restore implicit formal parameters for serialized lambdas
== v4.0.8.6 ====
160812
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* Threads: for hidden sprites display ASK questions in the input box
* Morphic: replace deprecated KeyboardEvent.keyIdentifier with .key
== v4.0.8.7 ====
*** in development ***
160915
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* new single stepping feature (like Scratch 1.4) with flashing blocks
* slider for single-stepping speed
* pausing now flashes the currently active blocks
160916
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* enable single stepping for clone-scripts w. multiple blocks flashing per script
* enable single stepping for custom block definitions
* Objects: fixed #1410 (duplicating a sprite does not duplicate its sounds)
160918
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* Treat single-stepping as thread safe (reverted on 160923)
* Allow user to trigger one step at a time, both in normal and single-stepping mode
160919
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* new “stepForward” symbol
* dragging the single-step speed slider all the way to the left turns the “resume” side of the “pause” button into “stepForward”
160920
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* atomic synching of single-stepping
160921
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* remove shift-click-to-forward-one-frame option for the “resume” button
160922
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* renamed “single stepping” to “visible stepping”, thanks, Brian!
* updated German translation
160923
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* custom block execution: only yield if directly recursive and unwrapped (“speed up”)
* new feature: “wait 0” or “wait <empty>” now yields once, unless warped
* revert treating visual stepping as thread safe, because of music scheduling
160924
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* dont update the recursion cache when updating a custom block definition
160929
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* Objects: fixed #1437
161007
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* Blocks: [Keyboard-Entry] if an inserted block has inputs, go to the first one
161010
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* Morphic: configure autoscrolling
* GUI: suppress autoscrolling for the palette and the project dialog
161011
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* Blocks: make sure to fix multi-args when deleting a custom reporter definition
161011
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* Objects: fixed #1456 (collect message names from all scripts, including custom block definitions)
161020
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* Blocks: Tweak Keyboard-Entry
161021
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* Threads: Fixed #1422
161024
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* Text Editing Tweaks, thanks, Bernat!!
* Store: fixed #1472
* Threads: Tweak continuations
161027
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== v4.0.9 ====
== v4.0.9.1 ====
161110
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* new Galician translation, yay!! Thanks, tecnoloxia.org!
* Italian translation update
* German translation update
== v4.0.9.2 ====
*** in development ***
161107
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* New C-Slot auto-wrapping / snapping feature (similar to Scratch)
161109
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* Blocks, GUI: preference setting to enable auto-wrapping inside nested block stacks
* Blocks: Treat JS-function reporters the same as variable getters wrt rings
* German translation update
161114
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* Blocks, Objects: Unlimited “Undrop / Redrop” of block drops per script pane and session (under construction)
* GUI: new url switch #dl: for downloading raw shared projects
161121
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* Blocks: Delete variable getter blocks if the user drops them on template slots (e.g. script vars)
161122
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* Blocks, GUI: “Undrop / Redrop” for deleting blocks via the context menu or in keyboard edit mode
* Morphic: support “onBeforeDrop” callback parameter in slideBackTo()
161123
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* Blocks, Morphic: “Undrop / Redrop” support for sticky comments
161124
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* Morphic, Store: work around a dreaded FF NS_ERROR_FAILURE for supporting retina
* Blocks: drag-origin support for blocks and comments duplicated inside a block editor
161125
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* Morphic: First-class animations
* Blocks, Objects, GUI: Switch to new animation mechanism, add a few
161128
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* Objects, Blocks: map keyboard shortcut ctr-y to “undrop” (in addition to shift-ctrl-z)
* Blocks: added symbols for “turnBack” and “turnForward”
* Morphic: added support for floating tool bars in scroll frames
* Blocks: added dynamic “undo” / “redo” buttons to each scripting pane
* GUI, Blocks: Enable nested auto-wrapping by default
161129
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* Blocks: added undo / redo icons to scripts pane context menu
* Blocks: added hidden “clear undrop queue” option to scripts pane context menu
161201
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* GUI: fixed #1540
* Morphic, Blocks, GUI: Filter Project Names in the “open” dialog, thanks, Bernat!!
* GUI: update scrollbars of the project dialog as the project list is filtered
* Blocks: fixed #1522
161205
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* Objects: fixed #1543
161206
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* GUI: Switch to asynchronous loading of resources (costumes, sounds, libraries etc.)
* Morphic: Added support for dropping links to SVGs from other web pages onto the World
* GUI: Support importing unrasterized SVG_Costumes from the “Costumes” and “Backgrounds” dialog
161207
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* Morphic, GUI: URI-encode SVG data for Firefox-compatibility
161208
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* GUI: use media dialog for browsing and importing sounds
161209
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* Translation updates (Russian, Polish, Danish, Portuguese)
161212
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* fixed #1560
* Morphic: added a few in-/out- only easing functions for animations
* Morphic: added easeOutElastic function thanks to @joshmarinaccis excellent blog post
161213
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* Catalan translation update, thanks, @jguille2 !
161219
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* GUI: new url-switch: &noExitWarning
* Blocks, Objects: highly experimental infix-expression-to-reporter parser
161220
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* Objects: tweaked “reporterize”
161221
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* Objects: added Boolean operators to “reporterize”
161222
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* Objects: simplified reporterize>>blockFromAST
* Threads: prevented color slots from flashing. Good catch, thanks, Joan!
161223
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* Objects: tweaked reporterize infixParser
161225
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* GUI: update undrop controls when switching sprites and display modes
161227
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* GUI, Threads, Objects, Store: Disable JS-Functions, to protect users from malicious scripts, commented out for now
161229
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* BYOB: Disabled hover-help for custom blocks (some people find it annoying)
* GUI: Hide setting for “prefer smooth animations” (now - mostly - redundant)
161231
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* Morphic: support for menu shortcuts (ongoing)
* GUI, Blocks: menu shortcuts (experimental)
170102
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* Morphic: use animations to schedule tool tips
170103
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* Hierarchical menus, thanks, Brian!
* Tweaks to hierarchical menus
170104
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* Variable refactoring, yay! Thanks, Bernat!!
* Threads: fixed #1602
170105
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* Blocks: refactored variable refactoring code
* fixed #1604
* Blocks, GUI: changed shortcut symbol for “Ctrl” key to ^
* Blocks: fixed #696 - Keep left-over blocks from “relabel” around
170108
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* Blocks: fixed #1608
170109
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* GUI: “#run:” flags, thanks, Brian!
* GUI: Libraries Browser, thanks, Michael!
* Blocks: Fixed out of bounds issue with “go back _ layers”, thanks, Brian Broll!
170110
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* German translation update
170111
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* Error handling improvements for custom drop-down submenus and generic WHEN hats
170113
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* GUI: added "savingPreferences" flag for bh's "Eisenbergification" library, sigh.
== v4.10 ===
Features:
* auto-wrapping of C-slots
* undo / redo for blocks, unlimited, but has some issues
* search field for projects, thanks, Bernat!!
* basic typography support for custom block labels, thanks, Bernat!!
* treat JS-function reporters the same as variable getters wrt rings
* new url switch #dl: for downloading raw shared projects
* new url option switch: &noExitWarning
* svg support for images from the web (svg files have been supported for a long time)
* use media dialog for browsing and importing sounds
* highly experimental infix-expression-to-reporter parser. Thanks, Bernat, for the brilliant idea to add it to the search-blocks field!
* hierarchical menus, also for custom blocks, thanks, Brian!
* variable refactoring, thanks, Bernat!
* “#run:” flags (same as “#present:”): editMode, noRun, hideControls, thanks, Brian!
* Libraries Browser, thanks, Michael!
Fixes:
* Music (play note) to work again in new and recent browser versions (Chrome 55)
* IDE layout: fixed resizing issues when the window becomes too small
* Keep left-over blocks from “relabel” around
* Evaluate the generic WHEN-hat blocks predicate and first step of the attached script in the same atom
* “go back _ layers” to work with out-of bounds numbers, thanks, Brian Broll!
* Translation updates (Russian, Polish, Danish, Portuguese, Catalan, German)