[Sugar-devel] How to copy something from the Journal to a pendrive?

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 17:54, Christoph Derndorfer
>> <christoph.derndorfer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Gary Martin <garycmartin at googlemail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On 2 Aug 2010, at 06:07, Christoph Derndorfer
>>>> <christoph.derndorfer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>
>>>>         
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 21:06, Christoph Derndorfer
>>>>> <christoph.derndorfer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Okay, we just discovered that it's apparently just my pendrive (8GB
>>>>>> Cruzer)
>>>>>> that's not showing up on the details view's copy-button palette.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One way or another I think it would make sense to also offer such a
>>>>>> copy
>>>>>> option on the Journal list view itself as else copying multiple files
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> the Journal to a pendrive would be royal pain.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> I actually thought we had such an entry in that palette.
>>>>>           
>>>> Yeah, that's what I had thought as well but since it's neither on my
>>>>         
>> XO-1
>>     
>>>> (using 321py) nor on my XO-1.5 (build 206) I'm assuming that such a
>>>>         
>> palette
>>     
>>>> indeed doesn't exist.
>>>>
>>>> Yea just looked at build 767 (Sugar 0.82.1) vs. build 300py (Sugar
>>>> 0.88.1). Both have a Copy menu item in the Journal hover palette, but it
>>>>         
>> is
>>     
>>>> only for copying to the clipboard, unlike the details view Copy icon
>>>>         
>> that
>>     
>>>> has a secondary menu function (when a USB device is inserted) for
>>>>         
>> copying to
>>     
>>>> the USB.
>>>>         
>
> How much effort would it be to add such an copy-to-USB option to the Journal
> hover palette? Is this something I could do with the help of my knowledgable
> flatmate Mr. Innocenti?
>
>
>   
>> Interestingly 0.88.1 is not showing the nice USB icon in the
>>     
>>>> details Copy menu that you get in 0.82.1 (there's just a blank space
>>>>         
>> where
>>     
>>>> the little USB icon would be).
>>>>         
>>> Yeah, I've also noticed that this icon seems to have gone MIA at some
>>>       
>> point.
>>
>>     
>
> This should also be easy to fix I assume, right?
>
>
>   
>>>> I must admit the details view Copy to USB feature always seemed rather
>>>> well hidden/unexpected to me. I've always just gone for the drag'n'drop
>>>>         
>> from
>>     
>>>> the main Journal view, though likely due to my long term Mac exposure.
>>>>         
>>> Interesting, to me it's the other way 'round because in Sugar I generally
>>> expect more options to be hidden in the palettes whereas drag'n'drop is
>>> something that I had never used in Sugar before.
>>>
>>> (Out of curiosity: Where else in Sugar is drag'n'drop available?)
>>>       
>> I've personally taken care of making content draggable in Browse,
>> Write and the Journal, though it may have regressed since. Also,
>> most/all text fields should be dnd-enabled and I think Etoys uses it
>> extensively as well.
>>
>>     
>
> Ah, thanks for the heads-up. I guess I'll keep my eyes open for dnd stuff
> over the coming days:-)
>   

I use drag and drop for installs of .xo applications on 2nd stick to 
journal all of the time. Works great.

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Soas_V4/ASLOxo_Activity_Test_Table#Test

Tom Gilliard
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