Python for a 10-14 years old?

[Lee Harr]

On 2005-03-27, Joal Heagney <joal at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Couldn't help myself. I had to write the Dragon Fractal in python.turtle
>:)
>

That's nice. I ported it to use the pygsear Turtle class.
http://www.nongnu.org/pygsear/


--- Dragon.py   2005-03-27 08:48:13.000000000 -0500
+++ pDragon.py  2005-03-27 16:33:48.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 """Generates the L-System for the Dragon Fractal, using
-the turtle module."""
+the pygsear.Drawable.Turtle class."""

-import re, turtle
+import re
+#import turtle
+from pygsear.Drawable import Turtle
 from math import sin, pi

+turtle = Turtle()
+#turtle.visible = False
+
 """The default L-System rules for the dragon fractal are:
     Angle 45 degrees
     Starting Axiom FX
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@
         red = 1.0
         green = 0.0
         blue = 1.0 - fract
-    return red, green, blue
+    return red*255, green*255, blue*255

 # The default is that the turtle will only move one pixel
 def parser(parsestring, distance=1, angle=45):
@@ -73,13 +78,14 @@
     newstring = re.sub("X", "", parsestring)
     newstring = re.sub("Y", "", newstring)
     # Clear the screen
-    turtle.clear()
+    #turtle.clear()
     strlen = len(newstring)
     colorinc = 1.0 / float(strlen)
-    turtle.color(colorator(0))
+    turtle.set_color(colorator(0))
     for i in range(strlen):
         value = newstring[i]
-        turtle.color(colorator(float(i) * colorinc))
+        color = colorator(float(i) * colorinc)
+        turtle.set_color(color)
         if value == "+":
             turtle.right(angle)
         elif value == "-":
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@
         elif value == "F":
             turtle.forward(distance)
     # Hide the cursor
-    turtle.color(1.0,1.0,1.0)
+    turtle.uclear()

 def run(count=15, distance=1, angle=45, width=1):
     string = "FX"
@@ -96,14 +102,15 @@
         count -= 1
     # "Hide" the cursor while we are moving it.
 ##    print string
-    turtle.width(width)
-    turtle.color(1.0,1.0,1.0)
+    turtle.set_width(width)
+    #turtle.color(1.0,1.0,1.0)
     # Move the cursor so the turtle won't go off the screen.
     # You might want to resize the turtle screen while the program is doing this
-    turtle.setx(100)
-    turtle.sety(-200)
+    #turtle.setx(100)
+    #turtle.sety(-200)
     parser(string, distance=distance, angle=angle)


 if __name__ == "__main__":
     run(15)
+    raw_input()