<div dir="ltr"><div>Sebastian,</div><div><br></div><div>This seems like a very elegant solution that provides greater flexibility in invoking Sugar, very nice indeed.</div><div><br></div><div>cjl</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:57 AM, Sebastian Silva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sebastian@fuentelibre.org" target="_blank">sebastian@fuentelibre.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi friends,<br>
<br>
I've been wishing to be able to nicely run Activities from a regular
desktop for a while.<br>
<br>
So I patched sugar-toolkit-gtk3 to allow for this (patch at<br>
<a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull/315" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull/315</a> )<br>
<br>
The patch allows to run Activities by using the <tt>sugar-activity
</tt>script.<br>
I've tested this in Gnome, XFCE and Sugar itself.<br>
<br>
In order to use it I created a small notification tray applet that
allows to start activities and even invoke journal items:<br>
(the menu is coming from clicking on the Sugar Labs "S" Logo)<br>
View Source menu item will open the system file manager pointed to
the Activity path.<br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part1.02080204.02010800@fuentelibre.org"><br>
source at:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/icarito/sugar-launcher-applet" target="_blank">https://github.com/icarito/sugar-launcher-applet</a><br>
<br>
This patch to sugar-toolkit-gtk3 does not affect operation under
Sugar. <br>
Might we even consider bundling the applet with sugar?<br>
<br>
The reflection logic is to provide a path-to-adolescence without
such a steep disconnect between Sugar and Gnome.<br>
Also as a help for developers to keep Activities in mind without
need for an emulator.<br>
<br>
This is the result of scratching an old itch. I'll love to hear your
comments!<br>
Also I created a Feature page at
<a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/FreeDesktop_integration" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/FreeDesktop_integration</a><br>
<br>
Sugar on,<br>
<br>
Sebastian<br>
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