[Sugar-devel] [PATCH] adding $HOME/Documents to the volumes toolbar

[Walter Bender]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Gary Martin <garycmartin at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Walter,
> >
> > On 14 May 2011, at 15:35, Walter Bender wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Gary Martin
> >> <garycmartin at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi Walter,
> >>>
> >>> On 10 May 2011, at 13:54, Walter Bender wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> As per a discussion at the EduJam and Sugar Code Sprint, I have
> >>>> modified a patch by tch to add access to ~/Documents to the volume
> >>>> toolbar in the Journal.
> >>>>
> >>>> Two patches: (1) a new icon; and (2) the patch to volumestoolbar.py
> >>>>
> >>>> (Gary. could you please look at the icon?)
> >>>
> >>> Could you clarify a couple of things for me:
> >>>
> >>>  - will the volumes toolbar tray now always be visible in the Journal
> (usually with just this one icon)?
> >> Only if there is a $HOME/Documents directory.
> >>
> >>>  - will this only activate for folks using GNOME + Sugar desktop
> combined installs (ease use of files between desktops)
> >> Well, they will have a $HOME/Documents directory, while the non-GNOME
> >> users probably won't by default.
> >
> > Sounds fair (if perhaps a little of a secret easter egg). Deployments can
> either make sure their builds include the directory/folder, or the more
> technical users can create a $HOME/Documents themselves if they want one (or
> even mount something else there, I'd likely mount a VirtualBox shared host
> folder there for quick file exchange with my Mac).
> >
> >>>  - can it easily be disabled in a build to keep the Sugar UI
> uncluttered (sounds like this might be a quick hack to help fix poorly
> ported GNOME applications like tuxpaint)?
> >> I think it has more general utility in that there will always be
> >> non-Sugarized activities. I think this is especially important for
> >> teachers.
> >>
> >>>  - are there thoughts to add other local paths, root?
> >> I think have one place for easy data exchange is adequate. Documents
> >> seems a logic place.
> >>
> >>>  - are there thoughts to add remote resource paths, webdav,
> schoolservers, ftp, dropbox?
> >> Yes. tch is working on that.
> >
> > Cool.
> >
> >>> General comment: Certainly would want to make some small changes to the
> icon as is, do we want to introduce the concept of folders? I'm thinking
> about consistent visual metaphors for various resource types, local vs.
> remote at least seems an important distinction (if we end up with a bunch of
> different targets down in the tray).
> >> I am not opposed to introducing the concept of folders as a logical
> >> bridge to the non-Sugar world.
> >
> > Here's a shot at xml clean-up and a slight design simplification on your
> version. I've tried to maximise the size of the document visual by only
> using a silhouette outline of the folder, slightly rounded vs. the square
> edged document to help differentiate the shapes:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Let me know what you think / any feedback.
>
> Much cleaner. +1
>
> I'll upload it as part of a revised patch.
>

Attached is a replacement patch to sugar-art work swapping in Gary's version
of the users-document icon.

regards.

-walter


>
> thanks.
>
> -walter
> >
> > Regards,
> > --Gary
> >
> >> -walter
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> --Gary
> >>>
> >>>> -walter
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Walter Bender
> >>>> Sugar Labs
> >>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Walter Bender
> >> Sugar Labs
> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>



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Walter Bender
Sugar Labs
http://www.sugarlabs.org
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