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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kturtle/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kturtle/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4a23baed449 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kturtle/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,305 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kturtle "KTurtle"> + <!ENTITY kapp "&kturtle;" +><!-- replace kturtle here --> + <!ENTITY kappname "&kturtle;"> + <!ENTITY package "tdeedu"> + <!ENTITY logo "Logo"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" +><!-- change language only here --> + <!ENTITY using-kturtle SYSTEM "using-kturtle.docbook"> + <!ENTITY getting-started SYSTEM "getting-started.docbook"> + <!ENTITY programming-reference SYSTEM "programming-reference.docbook"> + <!ENTITY translator-guide SYSTEM "translator-guide.docbook"> + <!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "glossary.docbook"> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> + +<bookinfo> +<title +>The &kturtle; Handbook</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author +><firstname +>Cies</firstname +> <surname +>Breijs</surname +> <affiliation +> <address +><email +>cies # showroommama ! nl</email +></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<author +><firstname +>Anne-Marie</firstname +> <surname +>Mahfouf</surname +> <affiliation +> <address +><email +>annma@kde.org</email +></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +</authorgroup> + +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>Andrew</firstname +><surname +>Coles</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> + +<copyright> +<year +>2004</year> +<holder +>Cies Breijs</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice +>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date +>2004-10-5</date> +<releaseinfo +>0.2.1</releaseinfo> + +<abstract> +<para +>&kturtle; is an educational programming environment using the &logo; programming language. </para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword +>KDE</keyword> +<keyword +>tdeedu</keyword> +<keyword +>KTurtle</keyword> +<keyword +>education</keyword> +<keyword +>language</keyword> +<keyword +>native</keyword> +<keyword +>programming</keyword> +<keyword +>code</keyword> +<keyword +>Logo</keyword> +<keyword +>instructions</keyword> +<keyword +>turtle</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title +>Introduction</title> + +<para +>&kturtle; is an educational programming environment using the &logo; programming language. It tries to make programming as easy and accessible as possible. This makes &kturtle; suitable for teaching kids the basics of maths, geometry and... programming. The commands used to program are in the style of the &logo; programming language. The unique feature of &logo; is that the commands are often translated into the speaking language of the programmer.</para> + +<para +>&kturtle; is named after <quote +>the turtle</quote +> that plays a central role in the programming environment. The user programs the turtle, using the &logo; commands, to draw a picture on <link linkend="the-canvas" +>the canvas</link +>.</para> + +<sect1 id="what-is-logo"> +<title +>What is &logo;?</title> +<para +>The first version &logo; programming language was created by Seymour Papert of MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1967 as an offshoot of the LISP programming language. From then many versions of &logo; have been released. By 1980 &logo; was gaining momentum, with versions for MSX, Commodore, Atari, Apple II and IBM PC systems. These versions were mainly for educational purposes. LCSI released <application +>MacLogo</application +> in 1985 as a tool for professional programmers, but it never caught on. MIT is still maintaining a site on &logo; which can be found on <ulink url="http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/" +>http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/</ulink +>.</para> + +<para +>Today there are several versions of &logo; around which can easily be found on <ulink url="http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/" +>MIT's &logo; site</ulink +> and by a simple <ulink url="http://www.google.com/search?q=logo+programming+kids" +>Google search</ulink +>. This version of &logo; (&kturtle;) is only focused on the educational qualities of the programming language and will not try to suit professional programmers' needs.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="features-of-kturtle"> +<title +>Features of &kturtle;</title> +<para +>&kturtle; has some nice features that make starting to program a breeze. See here some of the highlights of &kturtle; feature set: <itemizedlist> +<listitem +><para +>An integrated &logo; interpreter, so no need to download any other program. </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>A powerful editor for the &logo; commands with intuitive syntax highlighting, line numbering and more. </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +><link linkend="the-canvas" +>The canvas</link +> can be saved as an image or printed. </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Context help for all &logo; commands: Just press <keysym +>F1</keysym +>. </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>The &logo; commands are fully translatable (currently only English, Dutch, French, German and Swedish are supported). </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Full-screen mode. </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Many integrated, internationalised example &logo; programs make it easy to get started. </para +></listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</para> +</sect1> +</chapter> + +&using-kturtle; + +&getting-started; + +&programming-reference; + +&glossary; + +&translator-guide; + +<chapter id="credits"> + +<title +>Credits and Licence</title> + +<para +>&kturtle; </para> +<para +>Program copyright 2003-2004 Cies Breijs <email +>cies # showroommama ! nl</email +></para> +<para +>Contributors: <itemizedlist> +<listitem +><para +>Coding help, editor part: Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email +>annma@kde.org</email +></para> +</listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Author of <application +>wsbasic</application +> (<ulink url="http://wsbasic.sourceforge.net" +>http://wsbasic.sourceforge.net</ulink +>) which is the base for the interpreter of &kturtle;: Walter Schreppers <email +>Walter.Schreppers@ua.ac.be</email +></para> +</listitem> +<listitem +><para +>German Data Files: Matthias Meßmer <email +>bmlmessmer@web.de</email +></para> +</listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Swedish Data Files: Stefan Asserhäll <email +>stefan.asserhal@telia.com</email +></para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</para> + +<para +>Documentation copyright 2004 <itemizedlist> +<listitem +><para +>Cies Briej <email +>cies # showroommama ! nl</email +> </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email +>annma@kde.org</email +> </para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Some proofreading changes by &Philip.Rodrigues; &Philip.Rodrigues.mail;</para> +</listitem> +<listitem +><para +>Updated translation how-to and some proofreading changes by Andrew Coles <email +>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email +></para> +</listitem> + +</itemizedlist> +</para> +<para +>Andrew Coles<email +>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email +></para +> +&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> + + + +<appendix id="installation"> +<title +>Installation</title> + +<sect1 id="getting-kturtle"> +<title +>How to obtain &kturtle;</title> +&install.intro.documentation; </sect1> + +<sect1 id="compilation"> +<title +>Compilation and Installation</title> +&install.compile.documentation; </sect1> + +</appendix> + +&documentation.index; +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:nil +End: +-->
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