[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [PATCH] add clock frame device

[Martin Dengler]

[ccing sugar-devel as well]

On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 09:18:02AM +1000, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
> > The below patch adds a clock device to the frame:
> Thanks Martin, I have wanted a clock for a long time.
>
> Can we please have an idiots guide for installation?

Unfortunately, you can't yet in any released version of Sugar.  The
purpose of my mail was not to give anyone besides a developer code
they could actually use (sorry for the disapointment - I should have
pointed this out very clearly).  The purpose was both to solicit
another round of feedback on the design/behavior, and also to
demonstrate that I had actually written some code that did it (note I
do not say "the best code" nor "the code anyone believes should be
released").

If you have a moment to suggest any improvements you can think of that
would be most helpful.  I can't guarantee to implement them all but I
(and the Sugar world) am listening seriously.  The links again are:

http://www.martindengler.com/tmp/screenshot_clock_device_frame-06_a6_a689bf1e-3f34-4da3-afed-aa910ab4f677.png
http://www.martindengler.com/tmp/screenshot_clock_device_frame-07_84_841da15d-9bd7-4fe4-aada-8e8ab723f806.png
http://www.martindengler.com/tmp/screenshot_clock_device_frame-08_4b_4ba1059e-4db9-4f22-8661-7916f6a167f8.png

However, if you happen to be running SoaS, you can run the clock
"as-is".  Start the Terminal activity and execute (cut & paste) these
commands:

su -
cd /usr/share/sugar/extensions/deviceicon
wget http://www.martindengler.com/tmp/clock.py

...and then restart Sugar by pressing Control-Alt-Erase at the same
time.

If there's enough interest someone (maybe I) may backport the clock to
the currently-released-but-very-old-in-developer-terms Sugar software.

You may also be interested in my prior clock design, which I did
backport to the latest released OLPC build:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:MartinDengler#Build_767_.2F_801_.28current_stable.29

Martin
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