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ScratchBlock Generator

PAPaddle2See•Created February 1, 2012
ScratchBlock Generator
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This is out of date - so don't bother using it. There are better tools in the forums and the wiki. But I'll leave it up in case anybody wants to see a sample of a compact, rather complex menu selection system :) The color selector is pretty cool too.

Description

This utility helps you build scripts in JSO's [scratchblock] format for use in the forums. If you want to use it for real, you will need to download so that you can export the list contents. Hover the mouse over the colored circles on the left to bring up the sheet of blocks you want and then click on the block. If the blocks have a hole for other blocks, or other input, there will be a & character used as a placeholder token. When there is a placeholder, you have two choices: You can use the Fill-In button to provide a value immediately using your keyboard, or you can keep selecting blocks. When you Fill-in a value, you have three choices. The top choice "Var" will put "()" characters around what you input so that the parser will treat it as a variable name. The middle choice "Text" will put "[]" characters around your input so that the parser will treat it as raw text. The bottom choice "Color" will bring up a color pallet and insert the hex color code for the color you click on. Note that placeholder tokens are processed from left to right. The current line you are working on is shown in the variable at the top of the screen. When you are all done, click on the Finish button to put the [/scratchblock] end tag on it, export the contents of the scratchblock list (on the right) to a text file, then copy and paste into the forum post. This is still pretty crude and there are likely to be bugs - please let me know and I'll try to fix them :)

Project Details

Project ID2307441
CreatedFebruary 1, 2012
Last ModifiedAugust 9, 2023
SharedFebruary 5, 2014
Visibilityvisible
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