jrtechs-sugarizer-lite/activities/TurtleBlocksJS.activity/NEWS

1.0
  * Enable passing argments to actions.
  * Sugar datastore/toolbar support (Michael)
  * Array indexing in heap
  * Fixed problem with palette entries that cannot be clicked.
  * New action blocks appear at top of palette.
  * New box blocks appear at top of palette.
  * Changed boxes palette label to boxes.
  * New-style clamp for fill and hollow line clamps.
  * Reordered NEWS so that recent changes are at the top.
  * GPL->AGPL as it was meant to be from the get-go.
  * Don't connect to collapsed blocks.
  * Fixed flow bug when nesting clamps.
  * Added ArgClamps to list of blocks that are expanded on load.
  * Fixed problem with selected blocks from bottom of palette.

0.9
  * Added How to Guide.
  * Added URL argument to run projects i.e., ?file=foo.tb&run=True
   (w/Amit Kumar Jha).
  * Improved design of conditional blocks to stack more compactly.
  * Found/fixed cornercase where named calcArg blocks didn't appear on
    the Actions palette.
  * Fixed regression in clearing images on erase
  * Fixed problem with stray vspace blocks
  * Fixed problem with disappearing palette entries

0.8
  * Fixed namespace collisions with plugin globals.
  * No longer overwriting existing plugin globals when adding new ones.
  * Fixed memory leak in while and until blocks.
  * Fixed multiple problems with Break (Stop) block.
  * Defined a break behaviour from within stacks.
  * Fixed problem with SVG arcs in saved output.
  * Fixed problem with negative radius on arcs.
  * Fixed problem with copying stacks with nameddo blocks.
  * Fixed problem with copying stacks with namedbox blocks.
  * Added no background block for SVG output (useful for icons, et al.).
  * Added hollow-line rendering.
  * Added disabled protoblock attritribute.
  * Added onload, onstart, onstop support to plugins.
  * Added hollow-line rendering for arcs.
  * Turn off block scrolling by default.
  * Added neg block (so as to insert negative numbers on Android).
  * Added missing strings to POT file.
  * Tweaked some strings to work better with JS localization package.
  * Added blocks.changeDisabledStatus() method for changing appearance of
    blocks whose status can change, e.g., Butia sensor blocks.
  * Added support for arg clamp blocks (doArg, calcArg, etc.)
  * Fixed sizing issue with arg clamps.
  * Renaming action blocks takes into account type of action block.
  * Added support for passing args to actions and returning values
    (w/Amit Kumar Jha).

0.7
  * Removed drag to rotate.
  * Fixed scaling when dragging turtle.
  * Disable drag while running.
  * Don't wait for adjustBlocks to position vspace blocks.
  * Raise stack to top when disconnectiong from parent stack.
  * Fixed problem with disappearing protoblock.
  * New documentation folder (w/Amitjha).
  * Added short press detection for Android text and number blocks.
  * Improvements? to color model.
  * Improvements to GMAP plugin.
  * Added city to long/city to lat block to gmap plugin (Yash).
  * Added heap empty? block to HEAP plugin.

0.6
  * i18n for planet (Ignacio)
  * setfont block (Abhinav Anurag)
  * Set default font to 'sans-serif' (w/Sam Parkinson).
  * Move entire drag group when bouncing blocks out of a connection.
  * Put vspace blocks in trash after removing them.
  * Expand two-arg blocks on load.
  * More eye-candy by Sam Parkinson
  * Bad/missing thumbnails no longer break the Planet (Abhinav Anurag).
  * Restored booleanOneArg protoblocks.
  * Now adding store in blocks when needed on loading new projects.
  * Fixed one more corner case in auto-block expansion when loading new
    projects.
  * Split ever expanding boxes palette into boxes and actions palettes.
  * Added Named do blocks (similar to named boxes).
  * Allow for clicking on Action Blocks.
  * Added graphical error messages.
  * Fixed logic error when searching for turtles to run.
  * Added Block-size scaling.
  * Resized font in DOM for number and text blocks when resizing blocks.
  * Box and action error messages include name.
  * Collapsable blocks are rendered properly after block resize.
  * Collapse button now works after block-size is scaled.
  * Fixed problem with expandable blocks rendered double after resize.
  * Fillscreen block implemented.
  * Fixed problem with break block continuing flow after loop.
  * Properly position text labels on all parameter blocks (after resize).
  * Use spanner to open preferences panel for adding plugins and setting
    block size.
  * Display rubrics.
  * Added more error message artwork.
  * Updated help to include spanner, copy, save stack.

0.5
  * Eliminated joyride since it doesn't work on Android.
  * Fixed problem with help container scaling.
  * Added broadcast and on event blocks.
  * Fixed problem with events not triggering if turtle has stopped.
  * Added three-arg flow blocks.
  * Added named boxes.
  * Fixed problem selecting blocks from the blocks palettes.
  * Made separate heaps for each turtle.
  * Reopen palettes after palette updates.
  * Fixed problem running with no start block.
  * Fixed some regressions in macro block palette.
  * Eliminated deprecated code in palettes.
  * Added buttons to palettes for scrolling.
  * Turtles dispatch a click event so that they can be used as buttons.
  * Fixed problem with tour background (on first load and on small displays).
  * Resize Turtle hit area when updating turtle shell.
  * Added Music block plugin (Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Added text from Show Block to exported SVG (Abhinav Anurag)
  * Do block is now labeled 'do' on palette
  * Update label of named boxes when box name changes.
  * Update label of named boxes on palette when name changes.
  * Added Named Do Blocks.
  * Fixed regression in restoring plugins from local storage.
  * Properly position and scale text exported to SVG.
  * Restored delete all button to secondary menu (yes, you can do the
    same thing from the planet, but that is often inconvenient).
  * Fixed problem with bad URL in planet (Ignacio Rodriguez).
  * Restored image click in planet.
  * Fixed alignment problem with Turtle skin hit area.

0.4
  * Write SVG generator
  * Auto-guestimate block width (need to set label name before creating artwork)
  * Added splash-screen animation (Sam Parkinson)
  * Fixed collapse bug which manifests itself when loading custom stacks
  * Use ellipsis on action and do labels (including do blocks in palette)
  * Fixed layout problem in boxes palette
  * Fixed regression in loading macros (NaN)
  * Set proper z-order for palettes, blocks, turtles, and canvas (Sam Parkinson)
  * Fixed problem with expanding booleans not docking to parents
  * Fixed race condition with collapsibles
  * Fixed problem with start block turtle decoration positioning
  * Removed event handler after load so that when you change the image
    associted a media block, other media blocks don't also change
  * Scale imported bitmaps to maximum of 1200x900

0.3
  * Major refactoring of block handling to better compartmentalize the code
  * Blocks in a stack being dragged should be on top of everything else
  * Refactoring of input for Android (Sam Parkinson)

0.2
  * Major overhaul of SVG generation: async
    (Works with Firefox, Safari, Chrome)
  * Added paging to samples downloads
  * Added Easeljs caching throughout
  * Added URL block
  * Repositioned palettes when toolbar is unavailable so as not to overlap
    with on-canvas buttons
  * Using png for thumbnails
  * Added project name input when not using Sugar toolbars
  * Added print block
  * Consolidated various show blocks into one block
  * Added 'any' docking parameter
  * Fixed bug with new start block after clear all
  * Show parameter values on blocks when running in debig mode
  * Show and hide blocks
  * Added keyboard short cuts
  * Added keyboard sensor
  * Fixed issue with break block scope
  * Label box values during debug mode
  * Fixed some race conditions
  * Fill broken in save to SVG
  * Fixed race condition in palettes load
  * Hover to invoke copy stack
  * While block (GCI - drakosvlad)
  * Not block (GCI - Daksh Shah)
  * And block (GCI - Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * If-then-else block (GCI - Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Camera block for Firefox (GCI - Rafael Cordano)
  * Video block for Firefox (GCI - Rafael Cordano)
  * Speak block for Firefox (GCI - Rafael Cordano)
  * Media blocks in Chrome
  * Implement if-then-else, while, until
  * Implement and or not
  * Fixed problem with block resizing
  * Drag palette items
  * Query turtle blocks
  * Confirm on clear
  * Save dialog
  * Palettes open by default
  * Default start block position needs to move
  * Copy stack copies instances instead of making new blocks?
  * Enable number names for actions
  * Enable number names for turtles
  * Enable docking to any for boxes, equal
  * Enable number names for boxes
  * Fixed the problem with prototypes on the blocks palette
  * Fixed highlighting of boolean blocks
  * Global collapse stack button
  * Smoother hand-off between palette and canvas when dragging blocks
  * Work-around for number/string conversion error
  * Adjust docks for vspace added outside of stacks
  * Added mashape palette
  * Translation blocks (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Color forces max chroma; hue just sets hue.
  * Preserve collapse state between save/load (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Swipe to page samples viewer (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Internationalization support (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Mashape blocks (w/Ignacio Rodriguez and Sam Parkinson)
  * Save/restore turtle state (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Plugin mechanism
  * Save colors; allow overwriting plugins
  * Mechansim for removing plugins (w/Sam Parkinson)
  * Rotate turtles with gesture (w/Sam Parkinson)
  * Use busy cursor where approporate (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Can open same file twice in a row (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Fixed palettes on Firefox (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Added plugins to parameter update table
  * Number block values are being set to string (Sam Parkinson)
  * Fixed problems with layering (Sam Parkinson)
  * More sensors (accelerometer w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Read pixels (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Find an approach to cameras and microphone that work on Android
    (w/Sam Parkinson)
  * Remove unused do blocks (when associated action is removed)
    (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Clean up palette buttons layout after removing a plugin
    (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Use snap to pixels
  * Added images to blocks (w/Ignacio Rodriguez)
  * Reorganize palettes and plugins
  * Fixed positioning problem with palettes due to multiple copies of the
    protoblocks being added to the protoList
  * Expand boolean blocks
  * Save stacks to personal palette
  * Use nop blocks when encountering unknown blocks during load
  * Scroll palette buttons with a gesture when there are too many
    (Sam Parkinson)
  * Only show save on action blocks
  * Only show copy/save menu from top block
  * Plugin for RoDi (w/Martin Abente)
  * Fixed problem with reloading camera or media block getting double image
  * Fixed coordinate grids offset due to scaling
  * Step-by-step playback mode
  * Sometimes scrolling menus does not work (Sam Parkinson)
  * Update plugins to new logo "class"
  * Allow for changes to playback mode while running
  * Fixed problem with saveName
  * Fixed multiple problems with collapsed stacks
  * Change color of stroke when highlighting blocks
  * Added image, and palette-stroke-highlight args to rtps files.
  * Combine various run modes (switch between fast, slow, and step on the fly)
  * Fixed size of palette highlight (Sam Parkinson)
  * Fixed value box label in DOM (Sam Parkinson)
  * Factory-branch fixes
    - proper updating of labels
    - proper resizing
    - proper calculation of hit area
  * Fixed mouse button code & don't move stage when running code (Ignacio)
  * Don't allow text in number blocks
  * Expand blocks horizontally (for long labels)
  * Added value display to math blocks
  * Added value to boolean blocks
  * Added default args to math blocks (Ignacio)
  * Fine tune value display positioning 
  * Fixed problem with action block collapsed bounds

0.1
  * New project: a Javascript version of Turtle Blocks
  * Basic block manipluation
  * Basic block execution
  * Expandable blocks working
  * Cascading of expandable blocks
  * Added arithmetic functions (arg parsing)
  * Rotate turtle using easeljs rotation
  * Implemented actions (stacks)
  * Implemented boxes
  * Added booleans
  * Added slowmo playback
  * Only one stack
  * Added protoblocks for new boxes
  * Added protoblock for new stacks
  * Added time block
  * Added mouse x, mouse y blocks
  * Added controls for rabbit vs turtle
  * Added controls for show/hide
  * Added eraser button
  * Added coordinate grids
  * Fixed palette updates from block palette
  * Added penup/down
  * Added fill
  * Implemented Load blocks
  * Added click on block to run
  * Added arc
  * Added setxy
  * Added set heading
  * Added x, y, heading
  * Added lots-o-sample projects
  * Expanding arithmetic blocks
  * Expanding 2-arg blocks
  * Implemented color model (Munsell)
  * Fixed Munsell 2.5 tables
  * Added set background color
  * Added trash
  * Moved labels to container
  * Set expandable blocks on load
  * Fixed repeat docking bug
  * Fixed filler hide bug
  * Added real block highlighting
  * Fixed problem with cascading arithmetic operators
  * Trigger events on containers, not bitmaps
  * Added multiple turtles (one for each start block)
  * Added show text
  * Added show image
  * Different colors for each turtle
  * Added turtle shell (aka sprites)
  * Erase media (remove children)
  * Reset turtle skin on clear
  * Added scale text, images, turtle shell
  * Center images on turtle
  * Fixed turtle layering bug
  * Fixed action name bug
  * Open file from window location
  * Major refactoring of code
  * Prevent CR in numeric text area
  * Added restore from trash
  * Added wait block
  * Added save/restore session
  * Added stop turtle
  * First pass on a palette strategy
  * Added save file to turtle.sugarlabs.org (when running from server) w/tch
  * Added svg output to window
  * Added menu to trash for restore and clear all
  * Fixed block/turtle/canvas layering
  * Fixed mouse down logic
  * Figured out how to do inline svg with easeljs...
    beginning to convert to svg factory methods.
  * Using container caching on blocks
  * Fixed labels on random block
  * Fixed label on less block (use <)
  * Fixed infinite loop problem when searching for expandables
  * Fixed more issues with caching
  * Reload media thumbnails on load
  * Added collapsible stacks
  * Added copy/paste of stacks
  * Rename action blocks when loading projects
  * Added palette entries when encountering new storein blocks
  * Allow dragging from collapse button
  * Added forever block
  * Added 'stop action' (AKA break)
  * Fixed several format issues with saved SVG
  * Saving SVG thumbnail to server along with project file
  * Seeding SVG with bg color on run
  * Failed experimenting with zoom and scroll settings
  * Fixed rounding bug in repeat code
  * Fixed menu tearing issues
  * Fixed placement of new items in Blocks menu
  * Improved highlight logic
  * Fixed labels on collapsed stacks
  * Better compartmentalization of block code
   (using a dictionary for the code associated with each "advanced" block)
  * Fixed scaling issues with SVG output
  * Implemented selectable menu of samples (for server version)
  * Check to see if running from a server or a local copy
  * Implemented selectable menu of samples (for local filesystem version)
  * Added paging to samples viewer
  * Fixed crash due to uncaching something that hasn't been cached
    (2arg adjustable blocks)
  * Hide stop button when running from server

TODO:
  * Better model and view distinction in code
  * Browser for plugins
  * Save errors
  * Save to javascript
  * RTL support
  * Make expand an array, one element for each arg or slot
  * User-defined block types
  * Artwork beautification?
  * Try to detect difference between unknown flow and arg blocks
  * What palette/block features from the Python version do we need to port?
  * Do we need to add support for plugins init, quit, etc.?
  * Better interoperability with Python version
  * Unit tests
  * Make error messages extendable with plugins.
  * Improve design of boolean blocks a la conditional blocks.

FEATURE IDEAS:
  * Local variables? (e.g., boxes only defined inside an action?) Note that
    we can use turtlename to create instance variables.
  * Color mixer that outputs a stack: set hue; set value; set chroma.

ISSUES:
  * Find a scalable approach to drawing on the canvas

KNOWN BUGS:
  * Text rotation not saved properly in SVG output.
  * Text inserted mid-path breaks SVG output.
  * Block colors in documentation don't match current design.
  * Deleting palette entries when renaming actions is not working properly.
  * Sometimes change in size of arg blocks not auto-cascaded.
  * Not all blocks highlight when using step-by-step mode.
  * Sometimes returning to backgrounded project results in empty project.
  * Loading macros there is a funny collapsed state sometimes.
  * Somehow we end up in a browser resize loop??? (2842 console messages are
    not shown js/activity.js:770)
  * Python show block not compatible with JS show block.
  * Not serious, but there is still a race condition when creating
    if-then-else blocks (so there is a work-around in place).
  * Sometimes clamp block highlight scale is too large.
  * Sometimes docking position is not scaled properly when dragging block
    after block resize.
  * Polar coordinate grid not centered under some circumstances.
  * Sometimes long press puts menu in wrong place.
  * Multiple copy/paste cycles sometime concatenate clipboard stack.
  * P5-related blocks no longer working -- P5 does not init properly.
  * Turtle and Music Blocks should use separate local storage
  * Turtle and Music Blocks should use separate name space on server

ANDROID-SPECIFIC BUGS:
  * Camera doesn't work on Android
  * Tone block doesn't work on Android
  * Cannot open plugins loader on Android
  * Cannot import images on Android (fileChooser doesn't appear)
  * On some Android systems, when all blocks are dragged, a copy is
    left on the canvas.
  * Lots of freezing on some Android systems.

SUGAR-SPECIFIC BUGS:
  * No access to camera or microphone on XO.

WINDOWS-SPECIFIC BUGS:
  * Loudness block doesn't work on Windows (tested in Chrome)
  * Tone block doesn't work on Windows (tested in Chrome)