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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi, Sebastian<br>
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Applications installed in gnome can be executed in Sugar with from
the command line: $gimp & (& optional since Terminal has
tabs). A simple sugar activity wrapper can make a gimp activity.
This enables the activity to appear in the Home View. Currently in
Rwanda we are using GCompris installed in gnome and executed by a
wrapper to good effect. <br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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On 05/20/2017 12:25 PM, Sebastian Silva wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi Sugar-devel! </p>
<p>I keep reading '%s doesn't run in Sugar' % ('Scratch', 'File
Manager', 'Modern Browser', 'blender', 'libreoffice', ...).</p>
<p>Once upon a time Sugar was dreamed to be an independent
platform, but in all sincerity we are an unconventional desktop
environment for GNU/Linux, and we should embrace this reality.</p>
<p>Over the years I've slowly assumed the task of nudging Sugar to
comply with <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/FreeDesktop_integration">FreeDesktop
standards</a> for interoperability with the rest of the
ecosystem.</p>
<p>I choose to work on very specific features at a time, as I can.</p>
<p>Recently I want to give Sugar to my own children, but they will
need access to Tuxpaint, SuperTux, Krita, SweetHome3D, Blender,
Libreoffice...</p>
<p>So finally I've come up with a feature design proposal.</p>
<p>I'd like to add a Whisker Menu / App finder widget to Sugar. It
should be minimal impact, could even work as an Activity, to
mimic the Application Finder of XFCE:</p>
<p><img src="cid:part2.05070205.05030704@usa.net" alt=""></p>
<p>Of course it should be simplified, to fit the Sugar design, but
functionally it should traverse the .desktop files available,
launch applications and offer to put application icons in the
Sugar Home View.</p>
<p>The least impactful way to integrate this into Sugar, is
writing it as an Activity, and then adding a function for Sugar
to launch commands by hotkeys. Then, binding "Windows key" or
"Search Key" to it.</p>
<p>Would be nice to read your thoughts.<br>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Sebastian<br>
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