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The look function in Ruby is not working. In Python I can get a laby_name like 'wall' as an integer, in Ruby there is no access to the look results. Or I am unable to use it somehow.

How can I add more levels. Do I need to incorporate message for all languages in each added level?

Thanks a lot for a great program. I was able to compile it in my Ubuntu(ocelot) with no problems.

there is no help file to explain how to use the for loop in any of the languages on the app

laby.i586: W: incorrect-fsf-address /usr/share/laby/syntax/ocaml.lang

Level crazy-haos.laby is duplicate of counting-the-rocks.laby. As I remember there was another different level. According to instruction it requires to run with rock. Currently the instruction does not match the level.

Galician translations to be found at: http://gruvi.galpon.org/minino/traducciones/laby/

I'm involved in a school project for teaching Python in an high school, we adopted Laby and I think it's just awesome! Thanks for developing it!
Anyhow, we was wondering if there is a way to print standard output in the message box and/or to wait for user's input with python "input" function. This would allow us to adopt Laby alone as a complete IDE for the very first programs.
Thanks!

While reviewing the Fedora package, the automatic tool which check for license compliance detected:
Checking patched sources after %prep for licenses. Licenses
found: "GPL", "LGPL (v2 or later)", "GPL (v3 or later)", "Unknown or
generated". 97 files have unknown license.
Please add proper per-file GPL headers to ensure they're released under the right license.

In INSTALL file we mentioned that windows users can use precompiled application for windows users:
http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~gimenez/laby
but this link is broken and doesn't work anymore! I searched web for this, found nothing! If anybody could compile this for windows or have precompiled laby, please share it here.

Hi,

This program is great, it could improve if it highlights the line that is running, so kids can follow what is happening easily.

Also a speed selector would be great.

Thanks,

• CMM

Configuration: laby 0.6.4-1 installed by apt on Unbuntu 17.04, running under Unity, french.

Symptom: the help box is empty. One can see the usual "Aide" title on the lower left of the window, but there is no text box below. It seems to be independent off the programming language or window size.

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Metadata-Application.html

Hello,
In ubuntu 20.04, in vm ware, I can't choose another language than perl.
I installed gcc and now c is proposed, but Python 2 et 3 are already installed but not working
Laby version : 0.6.4-3

I am stuck on perl. I cannot for the life of me change it to anything else... Here for prolog btw

I like this game since we always know linux play him, I am currently using Fedora version and have not found him. I will try to make a version of the code here to run it.

But if you have anything please tell me. : D

Hello
I don't know how to use the conditions when I need to use "if" in level "3a",could you tell me the answer?

While reviewing the fedora package, the automated tool detected:
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/carry-exit.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/drop-no-space.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/drop-nothing.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/exit-in.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/no-exit.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/rock-in.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/rock-take.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/start.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/take-no-space.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/take-nothing.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/wall-in.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/web-in.wav
laby.x86_64: E: zero-length /usr/share/laby/sound/web-out.wav

Please add sound files or drop the installation of the empty files.

User NEED a way to learn the syntax of the language and the specific funcions of the program, otherways it will be useless for it's goals: teach people to program.

I know C but I had a lot of trouble to find ou that I was supposed to use the function look() in 2a.laby, which in my case was translated to my system's default language, which I needed to guess what it was.

But later I got stuck again helpless. Please, place useful hints on the levels and guide the user to learn how to get through the software.

Thanks

Wrote some and lost it while "Execute" results with infinite loop >_<

While trying to port laby to OpenSuse, automated check detects:
laby.x86_64: I: binary-or-shlib-calls-gethostbyname /usr/bin/laby
The binary calls gethostbyname(). Please port the code to use getaddrinfo().

See https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Packaging_checks#binary-or-shlib-calls-gethostbyname
and http://udrepper.livejournal.com/16116.html about why this is raised.

OpenSuse Tumbleweed build is available on https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:sandrobonazzola/laby

Running laby installed from sources yields:

[fatal error] cannot find resource "tiles/ant-w.png"

The corresponding .svg file is found however (according to laby --debug), but gdk cannot load it:

GdkPixbufError: Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '/[…]/tiles/ant-w.svg'

Thanks!

We are teaching an introductory programming class, in C++ at Université Paris Sud. We have been using for years "laby" in our first computer lab, and it's always proven very effective in engaging students and exposing them with the first constructs that they will learn in detail over the following weeks (if, for, functions, ...). We are also using it for the fête de la science at LRI. Thanks so much!

One thing has been bothering us though: students and participants would go out of the lab with a strong desire to play further at home, but then be stuck with the installation barrier. To resolve this, we would want to have laby available online as a web application.

Manpower permitting, we are considering reimplementing laby, reusing as much as possible of the existent (data, translations, artwork, ...). In term of technology we are planning to use the Jupyter interactive computing environment; in practice, each level would be a jupyter notebook, which would include explanations, a graphical widget (implemented using Jupyter widgets, and their c++ bindings
and plots) displaying the labyrinth together with execution controls, and an input box for the user to enter her program.

Rationale for this technology stack:

• We are already using Jupyter in our computer labs, with the cling C++ interpreter. So our students will learn right away the environment they will use later on.
• This can be easily deployed for local use (in the computer lab), in our JupyterHub server (from home), or on a public server (e.g. binder ).
• Jupyter is inherently multi-language; so even if we will focus on C++, generalizing to other languages should not take too much efforts. Ideally just by linking to a small C++ library defining and controlling the widget.
• The student will keep a trace of the program they wrote for each labyrinth, for later reference or discussion with the teacher.
• Jupyter supports syntax highlighting, introspection, online documentation, ...
• Teachers can easily customize the notebooks to their taste, e.g. for integration in a larger body of notebooks.
• If desired, it should be possible to connect this to nbgrader for autograding.

What do you think?

cc: @JoelGay

In Vala (and C# and possible others) you have to prepend the enum type name when you use an enum value:

while (laby_name_look () == Tile.laby_name_Void) {
   ...
 }

If that is translated to another language the "Tile" will be left in English.

Hello, I just created a PHP Module for Laby. can you add this to the package or I should send a Pull Request instead?
You can check it at https://github.com/devHammed/Laby-PHP-Module .

Hello,
I found Qimo. I had my now 11 year old testing it, she found Laby, she asked me what it was, got her through a level and before I knew it she had completed several levels. She wrote each step manually, she dose not know about functions (yet). Anyway I really like the program and would love to beta test or what ever I can do to help.
I am far behind on my programming skills, but I do understand it as I did write in the 80's, and do know html 4, java, xml and such.
First I need to learn to make a build on Fedora.

Please keep up the project.
Thanks

This patch was generated using translations from Ubuntu for "realtimebattle".

diff -ur laby.orig/packaging/laby.desktop laby/packaging/laby.desktop
--- laby.orig/packaging/laby.desktop    2015-08-31 12:03:34.000000000 +0300
+++ laby/packaging/laby.desktop 2015-08-31 12:44:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=Laby
 GenericName=Programming Game
+GenericName[bs]=Igra programiranja
+GenericName[pt_BR]=Jogo de programação
+GenericName[ca]=Joc de programació
+GenericName[da]=Programmering spil
+GenericName[fr]=Jeu de programmation
+GenericName[gl]=Xogo de programación
+GenericName[de]=Programmierspiel
+GenericName[el]=Προγραμματιστικό παιχνίδι
+GenericName[it]=Gioco di programmazione
+GenericName[ms]=Permainan pengaturcaraan
+GenericName[pl]=Gra w programowanie
+GenericName[pt]=Jogo de programação
+GenericName[ru]=Игра в программирование
+GenericName[sl]=Igra programiranja
+GenericName[es]=Juego de programación
+GenericName[sv]=Programmeringsspel
+GenericName[tr]=Oyun programlama
+GenericName[uk]=Гра у програмування
+GenericName[cs]=Programovací hra
+GenericName[ja]=プログラミングゲーム
 Exec=laby
 Icon=laby
 Terminal=false

https://www.transifex.com/jmphilippe/doudoulinux/laby/
https://www.transifex.com/jmphilippe/doudoulinux/laby-ascii/

On Fedora Rawhide laby fails to build with:

• /usr/bin/ocamlc.opt -c -I /usr/lib64/ocaml/lablgtk2 -g -I src/dtools -I src -o src/dtools/conf.cmi src/dtools/conf.mli
  File "src/dtools/conf.mli", line 1:
  Error: Invalid import of F, compiled with -unsafe-string.
  This compiler has been configured in strict safe-string mode (-force-safe-string)
  Command exited with code 2.
  make: *** [Makefile:20: native] Error 1

the compiler there doesn't allow unsafe strings.

I'm trying to build from source on Ubuntu 14.04.
I've installed the following Ubuntu packages:

• ocaml
• ocaml-findlib
• liblablgtk2-ocaml
• liblablgtk2-ocaml-dev

But I get this error when building:

$ make
Building laby-0.6.4 for linux-amd64
+ /usr/bin/ocamlopt -c -I /usr/lib/ocaml/lablgtk2 -g -I src -I src/dtools -o src/gfx.cmx src/gfx.ml
File "src/gfx.ml", line 79, characters 17-41:
Error: Unbound module GSourceView2
Command exited with code 2.
Compilation unsuccessful after building 81 targets (0 cached) in 00:00:02.
make: *** [all] Erreur 1

How can I get GSourceView2?

gtksourceview2 is deprecated and has been unmaintained for a long time (at least 3.5 years). It will soon be removed from Debian. Meanwhile, lablgtk3 has been released, with bindings to gtksourceview3. IMHO, it's time to port laby to lablgtk3.

Hey, I know this is an old project, but I tried to install it on a ZorinOS 16 (Ubuntu 20.04) machine via

sudo apt-get install laby

and I get an error

Can't locate robot.pl...

when running the code... the program itself seems to work.

Any hints or at least links to similar programs (simple left right commands and labyrinth or stuff for children) working on ubuntu?

Thank you very much.

I'm working under linux,but I try to build your project for windows.
Is this possible?
I have downloaded mingw-w64 and mingw-ocaml etc. under linux,but I don't know how to use to complie your project.
I can only do is using your ./build program to build linux target laby,and I got it.(auto-apt run ./build)
Please help me,Thanks!

Many russian scools learns pascal with free pascal compiler.
Well, I created pascal mod, that uses fpc.
How can I contribute or share this?
Also some russian translation should be fixed.
Thanks.

Loved your game! Great work!

I think that it is a nice challenge for advanced programmers, not only for kids and beginners.

I challenged myself to write a complete algorithm for fully automated ant, which is capable of finding the exit without prior knowledge of what the maze looks like, and that gave me some fine challenge for a couple of days:
figuring out how to navigate the short sighted ant which is only capable of looking 1 tile ahead at a time, mapping its surrounding, navigating around without going in circles.

To challenge my algorithm, I built some advanced levels.

I added them to the Wiki page, and also added a simple English guide for Java (more or less like the German C guide). I hope that I didn't make any serious mistakes in the French and Spanish text translations - I used Google Translate, so I can't tell for sure.

Question:

I noticed that dropping a rock on top of rubble was forbidden, however there's no way to tell that the tile is occupied by rubble other than trying to drop rock on top of it and failing.
Is this a bug, or is this a deliberate complication to challenge the advanced programmers playing the game?

Bug: (fixed in d850fa0)

The error message which is displayed when trying to take a rock while already carrying a rock is incorrect - it says that there's no rock to take instead of saying that only one rock can be carried at a time.

Simple enhancement suggestions:

1. Have the methods drop(), take(), forward(), and escape() return a boolean value, giving an indication to whether the action was successful or not.
2. Do not cache map list and the maps themselves - they are small files anyway. I was required to restart laby anytime I made a change to my test maps, and when adding new maps.

Advanced enhancements (may I should challenge myself on these ones :) ):

1. Energy
   • Robot ant has a property of energy, whose initial value is defined in the map file.
   • Each forward move reduced 1 energy point.
   • Moving around carrying a rock reduce 5 energy points.
   • A new Tile type is introduced: Grain
   • A new method is introduced: boolean eat();
   • If a grain is located in the tile in front of the ant, it will eat it and energy will raise by 20 points and the return value is true.
   • If no grain is located in the tile in front, error message will be displayed in the console and the return value is false.
   • When there's not enough energy to move forward, forward() will return false and an error message will be displayed in the console.
2. Support random walls (like web and rock), using capital O in the map.

Again, great job! Well done!

Some strings are not translated because of ascii.

hi,

I really like this program and I would like to help a little. I can write an help that is easier to understand that the texts file with all the translation.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you're interessed.

Regards

On https://sgimenez.github.io/laby/ the last Win32 package is for 0.6.2 while I see a 0.6.4 tag in this repo...

Rebuilding laby on Fedora 28 fails with:

• /usr/bin/ocamlopt.opt -c -I /usr/lib64/ocaml/lablgtk2 -g -I src -I src/dtools -o src/mod.cmx src/mod.ml
  File "src/mod.ml", line 97, characters 13-26:
  Warning 3: deprecated: String.create
  Use Bytes.create instead.
  File "src/mod.ml", line 101, characters 23-29:
  Error: This expression has type bytes but an expression was expected of type
  string
  Command exited with code 2.
  make: *** [Makefile:20: native] Error 1

Hello,
I am not an expert by any means, I have installed ocaml.
When I try to make I get an error...

ocamlfind: Package `lablgtk2' not found

Searched for this and others have the same error but no one seem to have any resolve. did see "ocamlfind is in aur/ocaml-findlib, which is UNSUPPORTED"
then something about deploying meta file from source..

well now I am lost. Can you help?
also I am on Fedora Core 18 w/ gnome 3.6 desktop

Thank You
Jay

q@ubuntu:~/github/laby$ ./build
Building laby-0.6.4 for linux-amd64

• /usr/bin/ocamlopt -c -I /usr/lib/ocaml/lablgtk2 -g -I src -I src/dtools -o src/gfx.cmx src/gfx.ml
  File "src/gfx.ml", line 79, characters 17-41:
  Error: Unbound module GSourceView2
  Command exited with code 2.
  Compilation unsuccessful after building 81 targets (80 cached) in 00:00:00.

I like this game and wan't to translate it into Chinese. Would you please help me to see where is wrong? Thanks a lot.

I am able to provide a icelandic translation for the software if I am given the proper text encoding to use.
If the maintainers are interested of course.