> Question: should the highlighted instruction be the one that has just > been executed, or the one that is about to be executed (when the user > clicks on the step button, for example)?
Its conventional to take the second option - it allows the student to examine the highlighted line before it operates. The alternative could be confusing if, for example you jump into a function. > P.S. Btw, this program is part of a python tutorial I am writing - > hence the relevance to this list :-) I thought about trying to use JavaScript to do the same in my web tutor but gave up because browser support was too patchy. But I do think it's a good idea. Have you seen the Tcl tutor that you can download, it has 3 levels and is very good IMHO. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
