Turtle 0.2.1

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Turtle 0.2.1:

• New Documentation:
  • Over 130 examples!
  • A Brief History of Turtles (A Brief History of Turtles #249)
• Website improvements
  • Copy Code Button! (_includes/Help copy code button #331)
  • Improved layout and new backgrounds (psturtle.com improvement #333)
  • Improving build (psturtle.com build improvement #344)
  • Defaulting palette selection (_includes/SelectPalette should select the site default palette #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 (Get-Turtle help #273) ( turtle flower help turtle flower help examples)
    • Get-Turtle now tracks commands (Turtle.Commands should contain the list of commands #250)
    • Get-Turtle now supports brackets (Get-Turtle should support brackets #255) and prebalances them (Get-Turtle bracket prebalancing #262)
    • Get-Turtle -AsJob (Get-Turtle -AsJob #268)
    • Get-Turtle improved set errors (Get-Turtle improve set errors #252)
  • Save-Turtle
    • Save-Turtle saves as SVG by default (Save-Turtle should save the SVG #259)
    • Save-Turtle autosaves by name (Save-Turtle should autosave properties by file name #269)
  • Show-Turtle will show the turtle (Show-Turtle #257)
• New methods:
  • Turtle.a/Arc (Turtle.Arc should draw an arc path #231)
  • Turtle.b/BezierCurve (Turtle.BezierCurve() #228)
  • Turtle.CircleArc (Turtle.CircleArc() #235)
  • Turtle.c/CubicBezierCurve (Turtle.CubicBezierCurve() #230)
  • Turtle.FractalShrub (Turtle.FractalShrub #332)
  • Turtle.Leg (Turtle.Arm/Leg #288)
  • Turtle.Pie/PieGraph (Turtle.PieGraph #239)
  • Turtle.q/QuadraticBezierCurve (Turtle.QuadraticBezierCurve() #229)
  • Turtle.Repeat (Turtle.Repeat() #256)
  • Turtle.Spider (Turtle.Spider #289)
  • Turtle.Spiderweb (Turtle.SpiderWeb #290)
  • Turtle.Spokes (Turtle.Spokes #291)
  • Turtle.Sun (Turtle.Sun #297)
  • Turtle.Show (Turtle.Show() #258)
• New properties:
  • Turtle.get_ArgumentList (Turtle.get_ArgumentList #296)
  • Turtle.get/set_Attribute (Turtle.get/set_Attribute #247)
  • Turtle.get/set_Class (Turtles with .Class #237)
  • Turtle.get_Commands (Turtle.Commands should contain the list of commands #250)
  • Turtle.get_DataBlock (Turtle.get_DataBlock #284)
  • Turtle.get/set_Element (Turtle.get/set_Element #248)
  • Turtle.get/set_Defines (Turtle.get/set_Defines #243)
  • Turtle.get_ScriptBlock (Turtle.get_Scriptblock #253)
  • Turtle.get/set_Defines (Turtle.get/set_Defines #243)
  • Turtle.get/set_Keyframe(s) (Turtle.get/set_Keyframe #251)
  • Turtle.get_History (Turtle.get_History should get movement history #279)
  • Turtle.get/set_Link/Href (Turtle.Href #241)
  • Turtle.get/set_Locale (Turtle.get/set_Locale should change the systemLanguage #300)
  • Turtle.get_Marker (Turtle.get_Marker should get the Turtle as an SVG Marker #227)
  • Turtle.get/set_MarkerEnd (Turtle.get/set_EndMarker should set the end marker #233)
  • Turtle.get/set_MarkerMiddle (Turtle.get/set_MidMarker should set the mid marker #234)
  • Turtle.get/set_MarkerStart (Turtle.StartMarker should set the start marker #232)
  • Turtle.get/set_Opacity (Turtle.get/set_Opacity #293)
  • Turtle.get/set_Precision (Turtle.Precision should control rounding #225)
  • Turtle.ResizeViewBox (Turtle.ResizeViewBox() #238)
  • Turtle.get/set_Start (Turtle.get/set_Start #245)
  • Turtle.get/set_Style (Turtle.get/set_Style #254)
  • Turtle.get/set_Variable (Turtle.get/set_Variable #263)
  • Turtle.get/set_Title (Turtle.get/set_Title #285)
• New pseudo type:
  • Turtle.History
    • Turtle.History.ToString() (Turtle.History should stringify to the instruction #282)
    • Turtle.History.DefaultDisplay (Turtle.History DefaultDisplay #283)
  • Turtle.js (experimental)
    • Javascript version of turtle (Turtle.js #302)
    • Initial Core Operations:
      • Turtle.js.heading (Turtle.js.heading #303)
      • Turtle.js.rotate (Turtle.js.rotate #304)
      • Turtle.js.forward (Turtle.js.forward #305) ([Bug]: Turtle.js.forward returns NaN steps #337) ([Bug]: Turtle.js.polygon and Turtle.js.forward returns NaN #338)
      • Turtle.js.isPenDown (Turtle.js.isPenDown #306)
      • Turtle.js.goTo (Turtle.js.goto #307)
      • Turtle.js.step (Turtle.js.step #308)
      • Turtle.js.teleport (Turtle.js.teleport #309) ([Bug]: Turtle.js.teleport missing function #334)
      • Turtle.js.steps (Turtle.js.steps #310)
      • Turtle.js.min (Turtle.js.min #311)
      • Turtle.js.max (Turtle.js.max #312)
      • Turtle.js.resize (Turtle.js.resize #313)
      • Turtle.js.x (Turtle.js.x #314)
      • Turtle.js.y (Turtle.js.y #315)
      • Turtle.js.width (Turtle.js.width #316)
      • Turtle.js.height (Turtle.js.height #317)
      • Turtle.js.pathData (Turtle.js.pathData #318) ([Bug]: Turtle.js.pathData is not a function #339)
      • Turtle.js.polygon (Turtle.js.polygon #319) ([Bug]: Turtle.js.polygon returns NaN steps #336) ([Bug]: Turtle.js.polygon and Turtle.js.forward returns NaN #338)
      • Turtle.js.penUp (Turtle.js.penUp #322)
      • Turtle.js.penDown (Turtle.js.penDown #323)
      • Turtle.js.parse (Turtle.js.parse #327)
      • Turtle.js.go (Turtle.js.go #330)
      • Turtle.js.ToString.ps1() (Turtle.js.ToString() #320)
      • Turtle.js.get_JavaScript.ps1 (Turtle.js.get_JavaScript #324)
    • Thanks @ninmonkey for early testing!
• Improved methods:
  • Turtle.ArcLeft/ArcRight allows StepCount (Turtle.ArcRight should allow a stepcount #272)
  • Turtle.Circle optimization (Turtle.Circle optimization #287)
  • Turtle.FractalPlant improvement (Turtle Plant Fractal Improvement #271)
  • Turtle.HorizontalLine is mapped to SVG h (Turtle.HorizontalLine should become h #280)
  • Turtle.VerticalLine is mapped to SVG v (Turtle.VerticalLine should become v #281)
• Improvemented Properties:
  • Adding [OutputType([xml])] to properties that output XML ([OutputType([xml])] should be added to XML code paths #266)
  • Turtle.get_Duration defaults (Turtle.get_Duration should default to 4.2 #270)
  • Turtle.get_Mask/PatternMask returns only the mask (Turtle.get_Mask/PatternMask improvement #261)
  • Turtle.set_BackgroundColor applies to SVG directly (Turtle.BackgroundColor should be displayed in the SVG #260)
  • Turtle.get_Maximum is a vector (Turtle Max is a Vector #275)
  • Turtle.get_Minimum is a vector (Turtle Min is a Vector #276)
  • Turtle.get_Position is a vector (Turtle Position is a Vector #274)
  • Turtle.set_Stroke supports gradients (Turtle.set_Stroke gradients #295)
  • Turtle.set_Fill supports gradients (Turtle.set_Fill gradients #294)
  • Turtle.set_PathAnimation will not overwrite a morph (Turtle.PathAnimation should not overwrite a morph #244)
  • Turtle.get/set_PatternAnimation uses duration (Turtle.PatternAnimation default duration #299) and improved docs (Turtle.PatternAnimation docs and examples #298)
  • Turtle.get_TextElement defaults to centered text (Turtle.get_TextElement should work without a path #265)
  • Turtle.get_TextElement improved color support (Turtle.get_TextElement should be colorful #292)
  • Turtle.get_ViewBox negative bounds (Turtle.get_ViewBox should allow negative bounds #286)
• More aliases:
  • Added Internationalized Aliases (i.e. Turtle.BackgroundColour) (Internationalized Aliases #236)
  • SVG syntax aliases (Turtle SVG Aliases #240)
• Fixed extra output in Turtle.Pop (Turtle.Pop() outputs twice #264)

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