Turtle 0.2.1

Turtle 0.2.1:

• New Documentation:
  • Over 130 examples!
  • A Brief History of Turtles (#249)
• Website improvements
  • Copy Code Button! (#331)
  • Improved layout and new backgrounds (#333)
  • Improving build (#344)
  • Defaulting palette selection (#346)
• Major improvements
  • A turtle can now be any element!
  • Support for CSS keyframes, styles, and variables!
  • Vastly expanded SVG support, including bezier curves!
  • CircleArcs and Pie Graphs! Improvements to circles.
• Turtle command improvements:
  • Get-Turtle
    • Get-Turtle help (#273) ( turtle flower help turtle flower help examples)
    • Get-Turtle now tracks commands (#250)
    • Get-Turtle now supports brackets (#255) and prebalances them (#262)
    • Get-Turtle -AsJob (#268)
    • Get-Turtle improved set errors (#252)
  • Save-Turtle
    • Save-Turtle saves as SVG by default (#259)
    • Save-Turtle autosaves by name (#269)
  • Show-Turtle will show the turtle (#257)
• New methods:
  • Turtle.a/Arc (#231)
  • Turtle.b/BezierCurve (#228)
  • Turtle.CircleArc (#235)
  • Turtle.c/CubicBezierCurve (#230)
  • Turtle.FractalShrub (#332)
  • Turtle.Leg (#288)
  • Turtle.Pie/PieGraph (#239)
  • Turtle.q/QuadraticBezierCurve (#229)
  • Turtle.Repeat (#256)
  • Turtle.Spider (#289)
  • Turtle.Spiderweb (#290)
  • Turtle.Spokes (#291)
  • Turtle.Sun (#297)
  • Turtle.Show (#258)
• New properties:
  • Turtle.get_ArgumentList (#296)
  • Turtle.get/set_Attribute (#247)
  • Turtle.get/set_Class (#237)
  • Turtle.get_Commands (#250)
  • Turtle.get_DataBlock (#284)
  • Turtle.get/set_Element (#248)
  • Turtle.get/set_Defines (#243)
  • Turtle.get_ScriptBlock (#253)
  • Turtle.get/set_Defines (#243)
  • Turtle.get/set_Keyframe(s) (#251)
  • Turtle.get_History (#279)
  • Turtle.get/set_Link/Href (#241)
  • Turtle.get/set_Locale (#300)
  • Turtle.get_Marker (#227)
  • Turtle.get/set_MarkerEnd (#233)
  • Turtle.get/set_MarkerMiddle (#234)
  • Turtle.get/set_MarkerStart (#232)
  • Turtle.get/set_Opacity (#293)
  • Turtle.get/set_Precision (#225)
  • Turtle.ResizeViewBox (#238)
  • Turtle.get/set_Start (#245)
  • Turtle.get/set_Style (#254)
  • Turtle.get/set_Variable (#263)
  • Turtle.get/set_Title (#285)
• New pseudo type:
  • Turtle.History
    • Turtle.History.ToString() (#282)
    • Turtle.History.DefaultDisplay (#283)
  • Turtle.js (experimental)
    • Javascript version of turtle (#302)
    • Initial Core Operations:
      • Turtle.js.heading (#303)
      • Turtle.js.rotate (#304)
      • Turtle.js.forward (#305) (#337) (#338)
      • Turtle.js.isPenDown (#306)
      • Turtle.js.goTo (#307)
      • Turtle.js.step (#308)
      • Turtle.js.teleport (#309) (#334)
      • Turtle.js.steps (#310)
      • Turtle.js.min (#311)
      • Turtle.js.max (#312)
      • Turtle.js.resize (#313)
      • Turtle.js.x (#314)
      • Turtle.js.y (#315)
      • Turtle.js.width (#316)
      • Turtle.js.height (#317)
      • Turtle.js.pathData (#318) (#339)
      • Turtle.js.polygon (#319) (#336) (#338)
      • Turtle.js.penUp (#322)
      • Turtle.js.penDown (#323)
      • Turtle.js.parse (#327)
      • Turtle.js.go (#330)
      • Turtle.js.ToString.ps1() (#320)
      • Turtle.js.get_JavaScript.ps1 (#324)
    • Thanks @ninmonkey for early testing!
• Improved methods:
  • Turtle.ArcLeft/ArcRight allows StepCount (#272)
  • Turtle.Circle optimization (#287)
  • Turtle.FractalPlant improvement (#271)
  • Turtle.HorizontalLine is mapped to SVG h (#280)
  • Turtle.VerticalLine is mapped to SVG v (#281)
• Improvemented Properties:
  • Adding [OutputType([xml])] to properties that output XML (#266)
  • Turtle.get_Duration defaults (#270)
  • Turtle.get_Mask/PatternMask returns only the mask (#261)
  • Turtle.set_BackgroundColor applies to SVG directly (#260)
  • Turtle.get_Maximum is a vector (#275)
  • Turtle.get_Minimum is a vector (#276)
  • Turtle.get_Position is a vector (#274)
  • Turtle.set_Stroke supports gradients (#295)
  • Turtle.set_Fill supports gradients (#294)
  • Turtle.set_PathAnimation will not overwrite a morph (#244)
  • Turtle.get/set_PatternAnimation uses duration (#299) and improved docs (#298)
  • Turtle.get_TextElement defaults to centered text (#265)
  • Turtle.get_TextElement improved color support (#292)
  • Turtle.get_ViewBox negative bounds (#286)
• More aliases:
  • Added Internationalized Aliases (i.e. Turtle.BackgroundColour) (#236)
  • SVG syntax aliases (#240)
• Fixed extra output in Turtle.Pop (#264)

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Turtle 0.2.0

Turtle 0.2:

Turtles All The Way Down

A turtle can now contain .Turtles
Which can contain .Turtles
Which can contain .Turtles
Which can contain .Turtles...

• Turtles all the way down (#206)
  • Turtle.get/set_Turtles (#207)
  • Turtle.get_SVG supports children (#209)
  • Turtle.get_Canvas rasterization improvement (#210)
  • Turtle.Towards() multiple targets (#211)
  • Turtle.Distance() multiple targets (#212)
• Turtle.Morph supports stepwise animation (#215)
• Small fixes
  • Turtle.Step() uses Add (#213)
  • Turtle.set_Steps initialization fix (#214)
  • Turtle.set_Duration anytime (#216)
  • Turtle.get_SVG empty viewbox support (#218)
  • Turtle.get/set_SVGAttribute (#219)
  • Turtle.get/set_SVGAnimation (#220)
  • Turtle.get/set_PathTransform (#217)
  • Turtle.Forward() removing rounding (#221)

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Turtle 0.1.10

Turtle 0.1.10:

• Updated Methods
  • Turtle.Star even point fix (#190)
  • Turtle.Polygon partial polygon support (#194)
• New Shapes
  • Turtle.Rectangle (#192)
  • Turtle.StarFlower (#191)
  • Turtle.GoldenFlower (#193)
  • Turtle.HatMonotile (#196)
  • Turtle.TurtleMonotile (#195)
  • Turtle.BarGraph (#173)
• Added Demos
  • Intro To Turtles (#197)

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Turtle 0.1.9

Turtle 0.1.9:

• Turtle Text Path Support
  • Turtle.get/set_Text controls the text (#167)
  • Turtle.get/set_TextAttribute sets text attributes (#168)
  • Turtle.get/set_TextAnimation animates text attributes (#171)
• Get-Turtle parameter improvements (#169, #170)
• Get-Turtle tracks invocation info (#157)

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Turtle 0.1.8

Turtle 0.1.8:

• Turtle Performance
  • Improving .Steps performance (#159)
  • Reducing Turtle Verbosity (#160)
• New Moves:
  • Step (#161)
  • Forward,Teleport, and GoTo now use Step (#161)
• New Reflection Examples (#162)

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Turtle 0.1.7

Turtle 0.1.7:

• Morphing Turtles
  • Turtle.Morph morphs shapes (#154)
  • Turtle.get/set_Duration control animation durations (#153)
  • Lots of new examples
• New Fractals:
  • LevyCurve (#155)
  • Triplexity (#156)

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Turtle 0.1.6

Turtle 0.1.6:

• Vastly expanded Get-Turtle examples (#149)
• Check out https://psturtle.com/Commands/Get-Turtle
• New L-Systems:
  • BoardFractal (#142)
  • CrystalFractal (#143)
  • RingFractal (#144)
  • TileFractal (#145)
  • Pentaplexity (#146)
• Fixing KochCurve parameter order (#147)
• Added New-Turtle docs (#148)

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Turtle 0.1.5

Turtle 0.1.5:

• New Shapes:
  • Scissor draws a pair of lines at an angle (#128)
  • ScissorPoly draws a polygon out of scissors (#129)
• Fixes:
  • OffsetPath is now quoted (#130)
  • ArcLeft/Right distance fix (#131)

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Turtle 0.1.4

Turtle 0.1.4

• Turtle Upgrades
  • turtle will return an empty turtle (#112)
  • turtle now splats to script methods, enabling more complex input binding (#121)
  • LSystem is faster and more flexible (#116)
• New Properties:
  • get/set_Opacity (#115)
  • get/set_PathAnimation (#117)
  • get/set_Width/Height (#125)
• New Methods:
  • HorizontalLine/VerticalLine (#126)
  • Petal (#119)
  • FlowerPetal (#124)
  • Spirolateral (#120)
  • StepSpiral (#122)
• Fixes:
  • Turtle.Towards() returns a relative angle (#123)

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Turtle 0.1.3

Turtle 0.1.3

• Fixing Get-Turtle inline sets (#108, #107)
• Fixing .PNG/JPEG/WEBP to no longer try to use msedge (#110)
• Adding Turtle.get/set_FillRule to get or set the fill rule for the turtle. (#109)

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Turtle 0.1.2

• Get-Turtle/Turtle can now get or set properties or methods
• New Methods:
  • Turtle.Distance() determines the distance to a point
  • Turtle.Towards() determines the angle to a point
  • Turtle.Home() sends the turtle to 0,0
  • Turtle.lt/rt aliases help original Logo compatibility
  • Turtle.Save() calls Save-Turtle
• Explicitly exporting commands from module

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Turtle 0.1.1

• Updates:
  • Turtle.get/set_ID allows for turtle identifiers
  • Turtle.ToString() stringifies the SVG
• Fixes:
  • Fixing GoTo/Teleport (#90)
  • Fixing Position default (#85) (thanks @ninmonkey !)
  • Fixing Turtle Action ID (#89)
• New:
  • Turtle.Push() pushes position/heading to a stack (#91)
  • Turtle.Pop() pops position/heading from a stack (#92)
  • Turtle.get_Stack gets the position stack (#93)
• New Fractals:
  • BinaryTree() (#94)
  • FractalPlant() (#95)

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Turtle 0.1

• Initial Release
• Builds a Turtle Graphics engine in PowerShell
• Core commands
  • Get-Turtle (alias turtle) runs multiple moves
  • New-Turtle create a turtle
  • Move-Turtle performas a single move
  • Set-Turtle changes a turtle
  • Save-Turtle saves a turtle

turtle Forward 10 Rotate 120 Forward 10 Roate 120 Forward 10 Rotate 120 |
    Set-Turtle Stroke '#4488ff' |
    Save-Turtle ./Triangle.svg

• Core Object
  • .Heading controls the turtle heading
  • .Steps stores a list of moves as an SVG path
  • .IsPenDown controls the pen
  • .Forward() moves forward at heading
  • .Rotate() rotates the heading
  • .Square() draws a square
  • .Polygon() draws a polygon
  • .Circle() draws a circle (or partial circle)
• LSystems
  • Turtle can draw a L system. Several are included:
    • BoxFractal
    • GosperCurve
    • HilbertCurve
    • KochCurve
    • KochIsland
    • KochSnowflake
    • MooreCurve
    • PeanoCurve
    • SierpinskiTriangle
    • SierpinskiCurve
    • SierpinskiSquareCurve
    • SierpinskiArrowheadCurve
    • TerdragonCurve
    • TwinDragonCurve

turtle SierpinskiTriangle 10 4 |
    Set-Turtle Stroke '#4488ff' |
    Save-Turtle ./SierpinskiTriangle.svg