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README.md

Make pictures of Scratch blocks from text.

Screenshot

Try it out!

scratchblocks is used to write Scratch scripts:

It's MIT licensed, so you can use it in your projects. (But do send me a link on Twitter!)

For the full guide to the syntax, see the wiki.

Usage

MediaWiki

Use the MediaWiki plugin. This is what the Scratch Wiki uses.

It doesn't support other languages yet. Sorry about that. (But the German Scratch wiki people seem to be working on this.)

WordPress

I found a WordPress plugin. It might work for you; I haven't tried it.

Pandoc

Code Club use their own lesson_format tool to generate the PDF versions of their project guides. It uses the pandoc_scratchblocks plugin they wrote to make pictures of Scratch scripts.

This would probably be a good way to write a Scratch book.

Markdown

By using codeclub_lesson_builder you can include scratch code directly in markdown codeblocks like this:

```blocks
when flag clicked
go to x:(-50) y:(0)
```

The markdown builds to HTML and PDF.

HTML

Include the scratchblocks JS file on your webpage:

<script src="//scratchblocks.github.io/js/scratchblocks-3.x-min.js"></script>

Then just call scratchblocks.renderMatching after the page has loaded, which will render matching page elements to shiny scratch blocks. Its sole argument is the CSS-style selector for the elements that contain the scratchblocks code. It uses pre.blocks by default.

scratchblocks.renderMatching("pre.blocks");

Use make, or your preferred build tool, to minify the assets. You'll need to install some dependencies first:

  • Try npm install
  • Try brew install zopfli, or the equivalent command for your preferred package manager.

Inline blocks

To use blocks inside a paragraph...

I'm rather fond of the <code class="b">stamp</code> block in Scratch.

...make a separate call to renderMatching using the inline argument.

scratchblocks.renderMatching("code.b", {inline: true});

Languages

translations.js contains all the languages needed on the Scratch Forums.

translations-all.js contains all the languages Scratch supports.

scratchblocks also requires some additional words which aren't in Scratch itself (mainly the words used for the flag and arrow images). I'd be happy to accept pull requests for those!

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Credits

Many, many thanks to the contributors!