Tweak is a

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(GUI) layer written by Andreas Raab for the

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development environment, which in turn is an

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based on the

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-80 computer programming language. Tweak is an alternative to an earlier graphic user interface layer called Morphic. Development began in 2001. Applications that use the Tweak software include

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(version 1), a multimedia and e-book authoring system, and a family of virtual world systems:

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, Teleplace, OpenQwaq, 3d ICC's Immersive Terf and the

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Influences

An experimental version of Etoys, a programming environment for children, used Tweak instead of Morphic. Etoys was a major influence on a similar Squeak-based programming environment known as Scratch.

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