[sugar] activity executing other aplications

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 10:08 -0200, "Jo?o Bosco A. Pereira Filho" wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>     I want to port an existing aplication for Sugar. For that, I've 
> created an activity for it just like this:
> 
>     /import logging
>     from sugar.activity.Activity import Activity
> 
>     import sys, os
>     import gtk
> 
>     class FooActivity(Activity):
> 
>         def __init__(self):
>             Activity.__init__(self)
> 
>             self.set_title('Foo Activity')
> 
>            os.system('foo &')
>     /
> 
> 
>     When I click on the icon, the application opens fine and appears in 
> the central circle but not in the frame (where you close/share it).
>     When I close the aplication (using it's own menu), the icon of the 
> activity in the frame appears and I can close it.
> 
>     Does anybody knows what is wrong? Is there a better way to call 
> another aplication?

Ideally, sugarize the application.  If not, you'll still need to modify
the application to tell sugar about various events.  See the etoys
activity.

Dan