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

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> >> 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:
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>> > Let me know what you think / any feedback.
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>> Much cleaner. +1
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>> I'll upload it as part of a revised patch.
>>
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> Attached is a replacement patch to sugar-art work swapping in Gary's
> version of the users-document icon.
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Also attached is a new version of the patch to volumestoolbar.py since
Gary's icon has a different name than the one I had been using.

-walter

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> regards.
>
> -walter
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>> 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
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>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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Walter Bender
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