FMSLogo Files

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FMSLogo Version 7.1.0 for Microsoft Windows
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   I. Kit Description/Location
  II. New features/bugs fixed
 III. Standard features
  IV. Recommended usage
   V. Reporting bugs
  VI. Sources
 VII. Minimum System Requirements
VIII. Acknowledgements

I. Kit Description/Location (http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmslogo)

  fmslogo-7.1.0.exe   - Installer for the Logo environment
  fmslogo-7.1.0.zip   - ZIP of the Logo environment

II. New features/bugs fixed:

  Changed in 7.1.0
  o Add Simplified Chinese translation (contributed by pachleng)
  o Fix Bug #490; the status dialog no longer shows negative numbers when the
    number of calls > 2,147,483,648.
  o Fix Bug #488; basic movement commands (FD, RT, etc) no longer leak memory
    when given numbers that were originally parsed as text.
  o Fix Bug #489; running a Logolib procedure onces again works when the current
    working directory is on a different drive than the FMSLogo executable.
  o Fix Bug #467; the editors no longer have strange "half-character" behavior
    when manipulating Chinese characters in the Chinese translation of FMSLogo.
  o Implement feature #119; DLLCALL now supports calling win32 functions that
    have out parameters.
  o Minor improvements to the manual.

  For a complete history of changes across all versions of FMSLogo, see
  https://sourceforge.net/p/fmslogo/source/HEAD/tree/trunk/logo/src/CHANGELOG.TXT

III. Standard features

  * Supports TCP/IP WinSock Networking.
  * Supports Text in all available fonts and sizes.
  * Supports 1024 independent Turtles.
  * Supports Bitmapped Turtles.
  * Supports Cut, Paste and stretching bitmaps.
  * Supports Clipboard Text and Bitmaps.
  * Supports MIDI devices.
  * Supports Direct I/O for Controlling External hardware.
  * Supports Serial and Parallel Port communications.
  * Supports Zooming.
  * Supports Tail recursion (optimizes most recursive functions).
  * Supports User error handling.
  * Supports "Standard" Logo parsing.
  * Supports Floodfill.
  * Supports Save and restore images in .BMP format files.
  * Supports standard Windows Hypertext Help.
  * Supports standard Windows Printing.
  * Supports separate library and work area.
  * Supports construction of Windows Dialog Boxes.
  * Supports Event Driven programming (Mouse, Keyboard, Timer).
  * Supports MultiMedia Devices (.WAV sound files, CD-ROM control etc.)
  * Supports Event Timers allowing multiprocessing.
  * Supports 3D Perspective drawing (Wireframe and Solids).
  * Supports Animated GIF generation.

IV. Recommended usage

  * Ages 6 and up
     o Beginner     - Forward 100, Right 90
     o Intermediate - Explore mathematics, art, music, robotics, language, and more
     o Expert       - Create games

V. Reporting bugs

  Report bugs at http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmslogo/

VI. Sources

  Source code is available.  It's your legal right!  (See LICENSE.TXT).

  The FMSLogo sources were written/compiled with:

    MinGW w64 (for .EXE and screen saver)
    wxWidgets (GUI toolkit for .EXE and screen saver)
    DocBook, xsltproc, and Microsoft Help Workshop (for online help)
    Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) (for the installer)

VII. Minimum System Requirements

   Windows XP with 512 MB of RAM.

VIII. Acknowledgements

  I wish to extend my sincerest thanks to everyone who has used, supported,
  criticized, praised, filed a bug on, or otherwise contributed to either
  FMSLogo or MSWLogo.

  Thanks to:
    Alexandre Soares
    Andreas Micheler
    Andrzej Pruszynski
    Andy Owen
    Anthony Barnett
    Ayurzanaeva Aryuna
    Bertrand Carette
    Bob Gorman
    Bruce Mardle
    Carl Bogardus
    Clem Rutter
    Daniel Ajoy
    Domagoj Kuna
    Hensley Bass
    Igor Baglaev
    Jan Grabe
    Jason Gervich
    Jim Foster
    Juan J. Paredes G.
    Kari Hoijarvi
    Lion Nik Kucev
    Lionel Laske
    Michael Malin
    Mike Sandy
    Narayanan Chitoor
    Pachleng
    Pavel Boytchev
    Peter De Wachter
    Ralf Kurth
    Relja Medic
    Serio Adamo
    Stefano Federici
    Stephan Vogel
    Tankhasaev Ayur
    Theodoros Chatzigiannakis

  Special thanks to:
    George Mills
    Brian Harvey
    Jim Muller
    Erich Neuwirth
    Yehuda Katz