[sugar] activity executing other aplications

["João Bosco A. Pereira Filho"]

Dan Williams escreveu:
> On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 10:08 -0200, "Jo?o Bosco A. Pereira Filho" wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>>     I want to port an existing aplication for Sugar. For that, I've 
>> created an activity for it just like this:
>>
>>     /import logging
>>     from sugar.activity.Activity import Activity
>>
>>     import sys, os
>>     import gtk
>>
>>     class FooActivity(Activity):
>>
>>         def __init__(self):
>>             Activity.__init__(self)
>>
>>             self.set_title('Foo Activity')
>>
>>            os.system('foo &')
>>     /
>>
>>
>>     When I click on the icon, the application opens fine and appears in 
>> the central circle but not in the frame (where you close/share it).
>>     When I close the aplication (using it's own menu), the icon of the 
>> activity in the frame appears and I can close it.
>>
>>     Does anybody knows what is wrong? Is there a better way to call 
>> another aplication?
>>     
>
> Ideally, sugarize the application.  If not, you'll still need to modify
> the application to tell sugar about various events.  See the etoys
> activity.
>
> Dan
>
>
>   
   What if the application is written in C++? Is etoys written in python?


   Thanks!


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