Defaults of the turtle in Python turtle module

Question

For teaching purposes I need a list of the graphics defaults. Here's what I have by now:

background  white
canvas      950W by 800H
dot         5 (pixels)
fill color  black
heading     0 (East)
home        (0,0) (screen center)
pen color   black
shape       classic (arrow)
speed       3 (of turtle)
width       1 (of line)

Are there any more defaults? Thank you

Is this about python turtle? If so, add the tags [python] and [turtle-graphics] — wibeasley, Aug 10 '18 at 21:55
wibeasley, no problem. How I do that? I did mention it in my header, though. — Yehuda Katz, Aug 11 '18 at 22:43
It looks like @cdlane added those tags for you this time. In the future, click the 'edit' button and add those tags, just like the two your added initially (ie, [graphics] and [defaults]) — wibeasley, Aug 11 '18 at 23:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '18 at 22:24

The turtle.pen() method (often confused with the turtle.Pen() method) allows you to query and set a number of attributes, initially showing their defaults:

>>> turtle.pen()
{'shown': True, 'pendown': True, 'pencolor': 'black', 'fillcolor': 'black', 'pensize': 1, 
'speed': 3, 'resizemode': 'noresize', 'stretchfactor': (1.0, 1.0),
'shearfactor': 0.0, 'outline': 1, 'tilt': 0.0}
>>>

Where 'shown' is an alternate term for 'visible'. Other defaults:

mode: 'standard'  # default for turtle.mode()
colormode: 1.0  # default for turtle.colormode()
angle units: degrees  # change with turtle.radians()

The first two are likely screen defaults but the last is set on a per turtle basis. I believe that this is incorrect:

canvas      950W by 800H

The default turtle screen size is 50% of your screen width and 75% of your screen height. The screen setup routine will accept fractions as well as pixels:

turtle.Screen().setup(0.25, 0.25)

@YehudaKatz, consider accepting his answer, since it appears to [solve/answer your question](https://stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers). — wibeasley, Aug 11 '18 at 23:41
@YehudaKatz I don't see a green check next to this answer, but maybe something is weird with my browser's cache. I don't see even an upvote besides mine. — wibeasley, Aug 13 '18 at 13:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '18 at 09:08

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Canvas is the only default that is not correct. I believe that 'default' will depend on the environment you are using. For example, in trinket, the default is -200 to +200 in both the x and the y directions.

The student's I teach are complete beginners and I just stick to the ones you listed I find for most of the students that is enough.

answered Aug 12 '18 at 09:08

Amber

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Amber, my students are advanced learner, familiar with Python. So my needs might be different. Good luck with your teaching. – Yehuda Katz Aug 13 '18 at 07:32

Defaults of the turtle in Python turtle module

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