Hi,
And now a real fun package...If you don't know Laby, maybe you want to
have a look at it. It's a programming game that my daughters happen to
like very much. They started programming with this without knowing they
did; they were simply playing a game.
My oldest (8 at the time) chose the C language after trying Python and
finding how hard it was to get the indentation right (without proper
editor support).
When I saw how difficult it was for my youngest (5 at the time) to get
all the semicolons and parentheses right, I wrote the Scheme mod (based
on Guile) and contributed it. So, her first programming was done in
Guile Scheme; apparently the easiest syntax of all, if you learn young.
Greetings, Jan
>From fcd853a5c9b13019409d69db48f6bac0023b7b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 12:57:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add laby.
* gnu/packages/games.scm (laby): New variable.
* gnu/packages/patches/laby-make-install.patch: New file.
---
gnu/packages/games.scm | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
gnu/packages/patches/laby-make-install.patch | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/laby-make-install.patch
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index 7eb0e7a..aee4f69 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Paul van der Walt <p...@denknerd.org>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer <taylanbayi...@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages mp3)
#:use-module (gnu packages image)
#:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages ocaml)
#:use-module (gnu packages python)
#:use-module (gnu packages readline)
#:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
@@ -1891,3 +1893,31 @@ and a game metadata scraper.")
(description "The Emilia Pinball Project is a pinball simulator. There
are only two levels to play with, but they are very addictive.")
(license license:gpl2)))
+
+(define-public laby
+ (package
+ (name "laby")
+ (version "0.6.4")
+ (source
+ (origin (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "https://github.com/sgimenez/laby/tarball/laby-"; version))
+ (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "113ip48308ps3lsw427xswgx3wdanils43nyal9n4jr6bcx1bj2j"))
+ (patches (list (search-patch "laby-make-install.patch")))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (inputs
+ `(("ocaml" ,ocaml)
+ ("lablgtk" ,lablgtk)))
+ (arguments
+ '(#:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)
+ #:tests? #f ; no 'check' target
+ #:make-flags (list (string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))))
+ (home-page "https://sgimenez.github.io/laby/";)
+ (synopsis "Laby, programming game")
+ (description "Learn programming, playing with ants and spider webs ;-)
+Your robot ant can be programmed in many languages: OCaml, Python, C, C++,
+Java, Ruby, Lua, JavaScript, Pascal, Perl, Scheme, Vala, Prolog. Experienced
+programmers may also add their own favorite language.")
+ (license license:gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/laby-make-install.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/laby-make-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..227d781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/laby-make-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From e9896b8951f9faf1f76a3b45be6e70d0aeb30a73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org>
+Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:48:18 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Add make install.
+
+---
+ Makefile | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index ca18c1e..65af31b 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ dist:
+ @git archive --prefix="$(PROJECT_ARCHIVE)/" HEAD \
+ | gzip >_dist/"$(PROJECT_ARCHIVE)".tar.gz
+ @echo archive stored in "_dist/$(PROJECT_ARCHIVE).tar.gz"
++
++install:
++ strip laby
++ cp laby /usr/games/laby
++ mkdir -p /usr/share/laby
++ tar -C data -cf - . | tar -C /usr/share/laby -xf-
+--
+2.1.4
--
2.1.4
--
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