Richard Suchenwirth 2004-05-07 - Tangram is an old game, supposed to be from China, very simple yet fascinating. Following a colleague's challenge, here's a little Tcl implementation, with the following instructions:
Enjoy!
See also Puzzle blocks
package require Tk set tcl_precision 17 proc main argv { canvas .c -width 200 -height 200 -scrollregion {-50 -50 50 50} pack .c -fill both -expand yes;# by AvL reset .c bind .c <2> {reset .c} } proc reset w { $w delete all tan $w 0 0 0 100 50 50 tan $w 0 100 50 50 100 100 tan $w 0 0 25 25 75 25 50 0 tan $w 50 0 100 0 100 50 tan $w 25 25 75 25 50 50 tan $w 50 50 75 25 100 50 75 75 tan $w 75 75 100 50 100 100 $w bind tan <1> {set ::X %x; set ::Y %y; %W raise current} $w bind tan <B1-Motion> { %W move current [expr %x-$::X] [expr %y-$::Y] set ::X %x set ::Y %y } $w bind tan <3> {rotate %W current 45} } proc tan {w args} { $w create poly $args -fill lightblue -outline blue -tag tan } proc rotate {w tag angle} { set xsum 0; set ysum 0; set n 0 foreach {x y} [$w coords $tag] { set xsum [expr $xsum+$x] set ysum [expr $ysum+$y] incr n } set xm [expr $xsum/$n] set ym [expr $ysum/$n] set coords {} set angle [expr {$angle*acos(-1)/180}] foreach {x y} [$w coords $tag] { set r [expr {hypot($x-$xm,$y-$ym)}] set a [expr {atan2($y-$ym,$x-$xm)+$angle}] lappend coords \ [expr {$xm+cos($a)*$r}] \ [expr {$ym+sin($a)*$r}] } $w coords $tag $coords } main $argv