[sugar] Python interpreter accessible from Sugar ui, accessible when wanted

[Chas. Owens]

On Jan 25, 2008 9:54 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>
> On Jan 25, 2008, at 15:46 , Chas. Owens wrote:
>
> > On Jan 25, 2008 8:32 AM, Eduardo H Silva <hoboprimate at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Today, while learning python (with the excellent book Bit of
> >> Python), I
> >> wondered:
> >> What if sugar had a python interpreter and code window which could be
> >> toggled on/off, and would stay on top like in the future with
> >> bulletin
> >> boards, giving a constant access to python power.
> >>  Say, in the ruler activity a kid could take measurements, and at
> >> the same
> >> time be assigning them to variables on the side (or on the top),
> >> and be
> >> computing areas and perimeters.
> >> But that's why we have pippy, I hear you say. If pippy took a more
> >> 'learn
> >> python' or tutor role, then those kids who learned it through it,
> >> could
> >> seamlessly make use of it everywhere within sugar.
> >>
> >> Maybe this is nuts, and 'code talks, and s..t walks', so I'm
> >> throwing the
> >> idea for now.
> >>
> >> Eduardo
> >
> > So, something like the clipboard.  It would come out and let you write
> > snippets of code that would all execute in the same python process.
> > Then you could switch to a special activity that would let you manage
> > those snippets to make a program.  Sounds like an interesting idea.
>
> Indeed. Also, clicking on a UI element with a special modifier
> pressed could create a variable reference in that overlay
> "workspace", so you can refer to stuff shown on the screen in your
> little snippets. That would be immensely cool!
>
> - Bert -

I think we would need to use DBus to handle that for us.  Aren't all
activities being run in separate python processes?