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NAME

       Scratch - An easy to use interactive programming environment for ages 8 and up.

Description
       Scratch	is  an	easy,  interactive, collaborative programming environment designed for creation of interactive stories, animations, games,
       music, and art -- and sharing these on the web. Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and  up)  develop  21st  century  learning
       skills.	As  they  create  Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper
       understanding of the process of design.	This man page contains basic information  about  Scratch.  For	additional  information,  see  the
       Scratch website at http://scratch.mit.edu.

OPTIONS

       Options	are  set  through  the	.scratch.ini  file  in	the  user's  home  directory.  For  instructions  on  how  to  edit this file, see
       http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Network_Installation.

BUGS

       Please report bugs to the package maintainer.  For the most recent version of this package, see http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Linux_installer

FILES

       /usr/bin/scratch - scratch startup script

       /usr/lib/scratch/ - Contains Scratch.image (Squeak image containing Scratch code), and scratch.ini file

       /usr/share/scratch/- Contains subdirectories with Scratch media library, sample projects, and language files.

COPYRIGHT

       Scratch is Copyright (C) 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and released under the GPL v2. See the LICENSE file included  with  the
       source code. The Scratch logo, the Scratch cat, and Gobo are trademarks of MIT and may not be used in substantially modified programs based
       on the Scratch source code. Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. See http://scratch.mit.edu

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