[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2012-09-18

[James Simmons]

Daniel,

I did remember to try out your Activities last night.  In addition to my XO
I have several computers running different versions of Fedora, and that was
what I used because it was a bit more convenient.  I ended up using two
different computers because the latest Fedora won't run Sugar File Manager.

Sugar File Manager was different than I expected it to be.  It actually
mounts the Journal on the GNOME desktop, although GNOME can't browse it and
wouldn't let me unmount it.  The File Manager seems to be more of a browser
than what I would think of as a file manager.  It doesn't look like you can
copy files into the Journal or modify or delete Journal entries.  I'm
intrigued by the mounting of the Journal but I wouldn't call it an
*improvement* over Sugar Commander, which does let you do these things.

I didn't try Agubrowser.

The other stuff was without exception really impressive.  I had to wonder
if you adapted existing Python programs to be Sugar Activities or if you
wrote the whole Activities.  The Graph Plotter was especially impressive.

It looks like JAMMath does need the i18n treatment, but it shouldn't be
difficult.

I'm wondering if you've made any use of Como Hacer Una Actividad Sugar and
if so if you found it helpful.  It looks like the latest Python will break
all the code samples in that book so at some point it will need to be
revised.  Perhaps you and the others might be persuaded to contribute some
chapters to the new edition.  The existing book has no chapter on
Sugarizing existing applications, and a chapter about "Python Joven" might
be a nice addition too.  Any contributors are eligible to get their
pictures on the back cover of the printed version.

James Simmons
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