MSWLogo

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MSWLogo is an interpreted language based on Logo, with a GUI front end. It was developed by George Mills at MIT. Its core is the same as UCBLogo by Brian Harvey. It is free software, with source available, in Borland C++.

MSWLogo supports multiple turtles, and 3D Graphics. MSWLogo allows input from COM ports and LPT ports. MSWLogo also supports a windows interface thus I/O is available through this GUI- and keyboard and mouse events can trigger interrupts. Simple GIF animations may also be produced on MSWLogo version 6.5 with the gifsave command. The program is also used for educational purposes. Jim Muller wrote The Great Logo Adventure, a complete Logo manual using MSWLogo as the demonstration language.

MSWLogo has evolved into FMSLogo: An Educational Programming Environment, a free, open source implementation of the Logo programming language for Microsoft Windows. It is released under the GPL and is mainly developed and maintained by David Costanzo.

Features

MSWLogo, as of v6.5b, has following support of various functionality:[1]

Commands

Command Abbreviations Syntax Output Example
FORWARD fd FORWARD(space)<no. of steps to move forward> Used to move the turtle front for no. of times specified "forward 100" or "fd 100"
BACK bk BACK(space) <no.of steps to move backwards> Used to move the turtle back for no. of times specified "back 100" or "bk 100"
RIGHT rt RIGHT(space) <degrees to rotate towards right Used to turn the turtle right for no. of degrees specified "right 228" or "rt 228"
LEFT lt LEFT(space) <degrees to rotate towards left > Used to turn the turtle right for no. of degrees specified "left 228" or "lt 228"
HOME N/A home It just comes to the center of the screen but does not cleans the screen "home"
CLEAN N/A clean It cleans the screen of trails but the turtle does not come to the center of the screen "clean"
CLEARSCREEN CS CLEARSCREEN It cleans the screen of trails and comes to the center of the screen "cs"
HIDETURTLE HT hide turtle It hides the turtle and helps to view a clear drawing on the screen. "ht"
SHOWTURTLE ST show turtle It shows the turtle after it is hidden from the screen. "st"
PENUP PU (set) pen up It sets the turtle to move without drawing. "pu"
PENDOWN PD (resets) pen Resets to a drawing pen when ordered to move. "pd"
CLEARTEXT CT clear text It clears all the text in the command screen. "ct"

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