[starlogo-users] More complete explanation for the various parts of canvas

[Herb Schilling]

Hi,

  We are going to be using StarLogo TNG for some after-hour  
educational outreach activities. I really like it but I wish there  
were more complete documentation.

  I have played around with StarLogo TNG for a couple of days so I  
have some idea of what the various parts of the canvas are for but is  
there some documentation which explains what the Turtles ( or other  
agents ), Setup, Runtime, Globals, Patches, Collisions sections are  
for? How are these sections created ? I see some sample projects have  
a Collisions section but no Patches section and vice versa. It's not  
always obvious where you should put things. For example, where should  
the graph blocks go? I can see it being in the runtime or one of the  
agent sections.

  Does it only make sense to put a Setup block in the Setup section?  
What about the Runtime section? It seems like things you put in those  
two also show up as a button in the pane below SpaceLand. I see I can  
put Setup blocks in the Runtime section and things seem to work just  
like as if I put it in the Setup section. Are these sections just  
there for logical grouping of things?

  Thanks!


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Herb Schilling
hschilling at nasa.gov



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