[IAEP] Turtle Blocks question

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
<gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> Walter,
>
> Thanks for the amazingly quick response.
> I see TurtleBot. I would like to learn how to create my own spin, so please
> do walk me through it.

The easiest thing to do is to:
(1) clone the TA project*
(2) load the plugins you are interested in
(3) run setup.py dist_xo to generate a new .xo bundle

* git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/turtleart/mainline.git

It may be useful to change the version number, for example, 160.1
instead of 160 in activity/activity.info

> I will work more with the Launchpad. So far, it seems very much like the
> Arduino. Once I know more, I will start to talk to you about requirements
> for the plugin.

OK. No hurry as I have my hands full at the moment.

> Thanks.
> Gerald
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
>> <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I have been playing with the Turtle Blocks plugins for Follow Me, We
>> > Do Robots, Lego Mindstorms, and Arduino. They installed perfectly in
>> > Turtle Blocks (as expected).
>> >
>> > I have two questions:
>> > 1. I will need to install Turtle Blocks and these plugins on 25-50
>> > XO-1s. Do I have to do the plugins one by one on each machine?
>>
>> TurtleBot comes with all of the above plugins pre-installed.
>> It is also possible to create a special spin of Turtle Art with just
>> the plugins you want (several deployments do this and I could walk you
>> through the process)
>>
>> > 2. How do I go about requesting plug in(s) for the TI Launchpad?
>>
>> I need to know more about how to talk to the TI Launchpad and what
>> sorts of interactions between it and TA you are looking for.
>>
>> -walter
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > Gerald
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>>
>>
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>> Walter Bender
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>
>



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