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

[S. Daniel Francis]

2012/9/20 James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>:
> 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.
>
Of course it's not an improvement, I don't feel proud of that creation.
>
> 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.
First I sugarized Lybniz Graph Plotter, and after understand all the
code and see some defects I decided to create my own plotter called
Graph Plotter and maintain it as myself.
>
> 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.
I have a printed version (in English) of your book. I'd say it's
helpful and I still read it for check about collaboration in
activities. I have pending to implement it on Graph Plotter.

>  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.

A new version of your book would be great. But we are not at the best
moment, Sugar is in a transition to GTK3. I'm also developing a
desktop framework which provides compatibility between Sugar and other
desktops, and reduces repetitive code. I think that framework
finished, would be a new better way to develop a Sugar Activity.

Cheers,
Daniel Francis.