LibreLogo – turtle vector graphics for everybody
LibreLogo adds a simple localized programming interface to the vector graphics of LibreOffice. The presentation shows multiple applications of LibreLogo in education and graphic design.
17.Oct.2012 from 17:00 to
18:00
60
minutes
Eichensaal
Details of the Talk
LibreLogo was originally indented as a portable, open source alternative of the closed source, platform-dependent Logo programming environments used in Hungarian elementary schools, but based on LibreOffice and Python, it combines the learning of basic computer science with practical office suite skills, vector image handling and word processing for education, also it can be a useful tool for graphic design. Features:
- Writer extension: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/librelogo/releases/0.1/librelogo-0.1.oxt
- Interactive turtle vector graphics in LibreOffice Writer
- Basic Logo syntax (back compatible with educational Logo systems)
- Easily translatable native commands (see English and Hungarian translations)
- Python data structures (list, tuple, set, dictionary) and other Python features
- Writer toolbar (turtle forward, back, turn left and right, program start and stop, home, clear screen, fast command line)
- Introduction: http://numbertext.org/logo/librelogo_en.pdf, in Hungarian: http://numbertext.org/logo/librelogo_hu.pdf
- Presentation: http://numbertext.org/logo/lok_en.pdf, (http://numbertext.org/logo/lok_hu.pdf)
- Examples: http://www.numbertext.org/logo/lok2012_en (http://www.numbertext.org/logo/lok2012_hu)
- Posters: http://www.numbertext.org/logo/posters (http://www.numbertext.org/logo/hu/poszterek/)
- Illustrated manual in Hungarian (English manual will be available for the conference): http://numbertext.org/logo/librelogo_kezikonyv.pdf