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Marketing Team/Events/Gtk3 Hackfest 2011

2011-08-23T13:36:51Z

BenjaminBerg: /* Accommodation */

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= Gtk3 Hackfest 2011 =

== Event Details ==

'''Location:''' Praha (Prague), Czech Republic

The hackfest will be held at the [http://brmlab.cz/| brmlab a hackerspace in Prague]. The place is located [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bubensk%C3%A1+1,+Praha-Praha+7,+%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1+republika&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=65.390746,135.263672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bubensk%C3%A1+1477/1,+170+00+Praha+7-Hole%C5%A1ovice,+Czech+Republic&view=map|Map here], using [http://idos.dpp.cz/idos/ConnForm.aspx?tt=pid&cl=E5|Prague public transport] you can get here easily, just hop off at (Metro & Tram stop: "Vltavska").

'''Date:''' Friday, October 28th - Sunday October 30th 2011

'''Primary contact:''' Simon Schampijer <simon AT laptop DOT org>

'''Secondary contact:''' Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso AT collabora DOT co DOT uk>

== Sponsors ==
[[File:Brmlab.jpg|300px]] We want to thank [http://brmlab.cz/| brmlab] for hosting us during the week.

== Agenda, goals ==
* removing Hippo and other custom widgets
* migration path to Gtk3 (do we ship two toolkits? Do we migrate the shell and the toolkit and activities at once?)
* porting Sugar's theme to gtk3 (go benzea, go!)
* other introspected libraries that need work (namely NM)

== Measuring your success ==

== Attendants ==

Are you planning to attend? Add your name and contact info below!
# [[User:Erikos | Simon Schampijer]]
# [[User:Tomeu | Tomeu Vizoso]]
# [[User:Rgs | Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés]]
# [[User:Walter | Walter Bender]]
# [[User:BenjaminBerg | Benjamin Berg]]

== Accommodation ==
This is a table to find out when people do need accommodation during the hackfest.

{| border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border: 1px solid white; border-collapse: collapse; background: #e3e4e5;"
|-style="background:#787878; color: white;"
! Name !! 27.10.11 !! 28.10.11 !! 29.10.11 !! 30.10.11 !! 31.10.11 !! Note
|-
! Simon Schampijer
| - || yes || yes || yes || - || -
|-
! Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés
| yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || -
|-
! Walter Bender
| yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || -
|-
! Benjamin Berg
| - || yes || yes || yes || - || Arriving 28.10. 10:15; leaving 31.10. 18:31 Uhr
|}

== Lodging ==
This one does seem to be a reasonable offer: http://www.booking.com/hotel/cz/plus-prague-hostel.en-us.html?sid=efb1e369a800d8137da1013763ae00e9;checkin=2011-10-27;checkout=2011-10-30;srfid=8d0e0147ab19098770fd94887bfca1e1X1

== Schedule ==

=== Friday, October 28 ===

=== Saturday, October 29 ===

=== Sunday, October 30 ===

== Impressions ==
''link your photos, add your comments here''

[[Category:Event]]

Marketing Team/Events/Gtk3 Hackfest 2011

2011-08-22T12:19:20Z

BenjaminBerg: fix table

{{TOCright}}

= Gtk3 Hackfest 2011 =

== Event Details ==

'''Location:''' Praha (Prague), Czech Republic

The hackfest will be held at the [http://brmlab.cz/| brmlab a hackerspace in Prague]. The place is located [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bubensk%C3%A1+1,+Praha-Praha+7,+%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1+republika&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=65.390746,135.263672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bubensk%C3%A1+1477/1,+170+00+Praha+7-Hole%C5%A1ovice,+Czech+Republic&view=map|Map here], using [http://idos.dpp.cz/idos/ConnForm.aspx?tt=pid&cl=E5|Prague public transport] you can get here easily, just hop off at (Metro & Tram stop: "Vltavska").

'''Date:''' Friday, October 28th - Sunday October 30th 2011

'''Primary contact:''' Simon Schampijer <simon AT laptop DOT org>

'''Secondary contact:''' Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso AT collabora DOT co DOT uk>

== Sponsors ==
[[File:Brmlab.jpg|300px]] We want to thank [http://brmlab.cz/| brmlab] for hosting us during the week.

== Agenda, goals ==
* removing Hippo and other custom widgets
* migration path to Gtk3 (do we ship two toolkits? Do we migrate the shell and the toolkit and activities at once?)
* porting Sugar's theme to gtk3 (go benzea, go!)
* other introspected libraries that need work (namely NM)

== Measuring your success ==

== Attendants ==

Are you planning to attend? Add your name and contact info below!
# [[User:Erikos | Simon Schampijer]] - Sugar Developer
# [[User:Tomeu | Tomeu Vizoso]]
# [[User:Rgs | Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés]]
# [[User:Walter | Walter Bender]]
# [[User:BenjaminBerg | Benjamin Berg]]

== Accommodation ==
This is a table to find out when people do need accommodation during the hackfest.

{| border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border: 1px solid white; border-collapse: collapse; background: #e3e4e5;"
|-style="background:#787878; color: white;"
! Name !! 27.10.11 !! 28.10.11 !! 29.10.11 !! 30.10.11 !! 31.10.11 !! Note
|-
! Simon Schampijer
| - || yes || yes || yes || - || -
|-
! Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés
| yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || -
|-
! Walter Bender
| yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || -
|-
! Benjamin Berg
| - || yes || yes || yes || - || did not book the travel yet
|}

== Lodging ==
This one does seem to be a reasonable offer: http://www.booking.com/hotel/cz/plus-prague-hostel.en-us.html?sid=efb1e369a800d8137da1013763ae00e9;checkin=2011-10-27;checkout=2011-10-30;srfid=8d0e0147ab19098770fd94887bfca1e1X1

== Schedule ==

=== Friday, October 28 ===

=== Saturday, October 29 ===

=== Sunday, October 30 ===

== Impressions ==
''link your photos, add your comments here''

[[Category:Event]]

Marketing Team/Events/Gtk3 Hackfest 2011

2011-08-22T12:18:46Z

BenjaminBerg:

{{TOCright}}

= Gtk3 Hackfest 2011 =

== Event Details ==

'''Location:''' Praha (Prague), Czech Republic

The hackfest will be held at the [http://brmlab.cz/| brmlab a hackerspace in Prague]. The place is located [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bubensk%C3%A1+1,+Praha-Praha+7,+%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1+republika&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=65.390746,135.263672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bubensk%C3%A1+1477/1,+170+00+Praha+7-Hole%C5%A1ovice,+Czech+Republic&view=map|Map here], using [http://idos.dpp.cz/idos/ConnForm.aspx?tt=pid&cl=E5|Prague public transport] you can get here easily, just hop off at (Metro & Tram stop: "Vltavska").

'''Date:''' Friday, October 28th - Sunday October 30th 2011

'''Primary contact:''' Simon Schampijer <simon AT laptop DOT org>

'''Secondary contact:''' Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso AT collabora DOT co DOT uk>

== Sponsors ==
[[File:Brmlab.jpg|300px]] We want to thank [http://brmlab.cz/| brmlab] for hosting us during the week.

== Agenda, goals ==
* removing Hippo and other custom widgets
* migration path to Gtk3 (do we ship two toolkits? Do we migrate the shell and the toolkit and activities at once?)
* porting Sugar's theme to gtk3 (go benzea, go!)
* other introspected libraries that need work (namely NM)

== Measuring your success ==

== Attendants ==

Are you planning to attend? Add your name and contact info below!
# [[User:Erikos | Simon Schampijer]] - Sugar Developer
# [[User:Tomeu | Tomeu Vizoso]]
# [[User:Rgs | Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés]]
# [[User:Walter | Walter Bender]]
# [[User:BenjaminBerg | Benjamin Berg]]

== Accommodation ==
This is a table to find out when people do need accommodation during the hackfest.

{| border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border: 1px solid white; border-collapse: collapse; background: #e3e4e5;"
|-style="background:#787878; color: white;"
! Name !! 27.10.11 !! 28.10.11 !! 29.10.11 !! 30.10.11 !! 31.10.11 !! Note
|-
! Simon Schampijer
| - || yes || yes || yes || - || -
|-
! Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés
| yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || -
|-
! Walter Bender
| yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || -|-
! Benjamin Berg
| - || yes || yes || yes || - || did not book the travel yet
|}

== Lodging ==
This one does seem to be a reasonable offer: http://www.booking.com/hotel/cz/plus-prague-hostel.en-us.html?sid=efb1e369a800d8137da1013763ae00e9;checkin=2011-10-27;checkout=2011-10-30;srfid=8d0e0147ab19098770fd94887bfca1e1X1

== Schedule ==

=== Friday, October 28 ===

=== Saturday, October 29 ===

=== Sunday, October 30 ===

== Impressions ==
''link your photos, add your comments here''

[[Category:Event]]

User:BenjaminBerg

2011-08-22T12:17:38Z

BenjaminBerg: Created page with " email: benzea@sugarlabs.org (or benjamin@sipsolutions.net) [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html irc]: benzea at [http://freenode.net FreeNode] (#sugar)"

email: benzea@sugarlabs.org (or benjamin@sipsolutions.net)

[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html irc]: benzea at [http://freenode.net FreeNode] (#sugar)

Marketing Team/Events/FOSDEM 2009

2009-01-25T13:03:42Z

BenjaminBerg: /* Attendance */

== About ==

OLPC / SugarLabs will have a presence at [http://www.fosdem.org/2009/ FOSDEM'09] taking place in Brussels (Belgium) from Saturday, February 7 to Sunday, February 8.

Additionally plans are underway to have a one-day OLPC / Sugar community meetup on (probably) Friday, February 6.

== Goals | FOSDEM'09 ==

* getting more developers to work on Sugar related tasks
* gnash as a real flash replacement would be great and needs help!

== Goals | Community Meetup ==

* discussing the current state of things
* making plans for 2009:
** better defining the relation between OLPC and Sugar Labs
** advancing the Sugar platform
** making awesome educational content
** writing cool activities
** building and contacting relevant communities around OLPC and Sugar
** generally making it easier to contribute to OLPC and Sugar
** translating existing documentation (e.g. FlossManuals)
** writing materials geared towards how teachers can use the XO and Sugar in schools
** designing great marketing materials
** pilot projects in Europe
** ...
* socializing, finally being able to put faces to nicknames

== Attendance ==

Please sign up here if you plan to attend!
[[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]] 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

{| border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border: 1px solid white; border-collapse: collapse; background: #e3e4e5;"
|-style="background:#787878; color: white;"
! Name
! Community Meetup Friday 6th
! FOSDEM Saturday 7th
! FOSDEM Sunday 8th
! Notes
|-
| [[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| flight to Brussel is booked, will arrive on the evening of Feb. 5
|-
| [[User:niklaus|niklaus]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| flight to Brussel is booked, will arrive on the at 12:30 Feb. 5
|-
| [[User:Tomeu|Tomeu]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| flight booked, arrive Feb 6th at 10.30am and leave Feb 9th at 17:00
|-
| [[User:BenjaminBerg|Benjamin Berg]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Arrives at 11:01 on Friday at Bruxelles-Midi, leaving again on Monday 17:59.
|-
| [[User:Marcopg|Marcopg]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| (not sure yet)
|-
| [[User:Cassidy|Guillaume Desmottes]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|-
| h01ger / Holger Levsen
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|-
| [[User:nubae|David "nubae" Van Assche]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| flight to Brussel is booked, will arrive on the evening of Feb. 5
|-
| [[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Will arrive by car from Italy, probably on the evening of Feb. 5
|-
| [[User:Erikos|Simon Schampijer]]
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| flight booked, will arrive on the evening of Feb. the 5th and leave the evening of the 9th
|-
|}

== Schedule ==

What about joining sometime after 18:00 the [http://fosdem.org/2009/beerevent Friday Beer Event]?

Tomeu is going to talk about [http://live.gnome.org/Brussels2009/Devroom#head-fed044e7ec0c3f61c0819739876aaa276e55c8e1 "The Sugar platform"] in the [http://live.gnome.org/Brussels2009/Devroom GNOME dev room] on Saturday 15:00.

Greg is going to talk about "Sugar and Fedora" in the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009#Speakers_in_the_Dev_Room Fedora dev room] on Saturday 17.00.

== To-Do ==

* decide if we are going to ask a sister project for a piece of a booth (we did so last year in the GNOME booth)
* find a venue for the friday meeting
* lots of things...

== Accommodation ==

http://www.booking.com/hotel/be/frederiksborg.html?aid=314065&label=tripad-LB901-20219&tab=1&do_availability_check=on&checkin_monthday=5&checkin_year_month=2009-2&checkout_monthday=9&checkout_year_month=2009-2&lang=en

Has several double rooms free, at 50e per room and night. Localization doesn't look too bad. It's said to have free wifi. We should book soon!

== Comments ==

Please add relevant notes and thoughts!
[[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]] 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Marketing Team/Events/FOSDEM 2009

2009-01-07T13:24:36Z

BenjaminBerg:

OLPC / SugarLabs will have a presence at [http://www.fosdem.org/2009/ FOSDEM'09] taking place in Brussels (Belgium) from Saturday, February 7 to Sunday, February 8.

Additionally plans are underway to have a one-day OLPC / Sugar community meetup on (probably) Friday, February 6.

== Goals | FOSDEM'09 ==

* getting more developers to work on Sugar related tasks

== Goals | Community Meetup ==

* discussing the current state of things
* making plans for 2009:
** better defining the relation between OLPC and Sugar Labs
** advancing the Sugar platform
** making awesome educational content
** writing cool activities
** building and contacting relevant communities around OLPC and Sugar
** generally making it easier to contribute to OLPC and Sugar
** translating existing documentation (e.g. FlossManuals)
** writing materials geared towards how teachers can use the XO and Sugar in schools
** designing great marketing materials
** ...
* socializing, finally being able to put faces to nicknames

== Attending | FOSDEM'09 ==

Please sign up here if you plan to attend!
[[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]] 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

* [[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]]
* [[User:niklaus|niklaus]]
* [[User:Tomeu|Tomeu]]
* [[User:BenjaminBerg|Benjamin Berg]]

== Attending | Community Meetup ==

Please sign up here if you plan to attend!
[[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]] 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

* [[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]]
* [[User:niklaus|niklaus]]
* [[User:Tomeu|Tomeu]]
* [[User:BenjaminBerg|Benjamin Berg]]

== Schedule ==

TBD

Have proposed two talks, one in the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009#Speakers_in_the_Dev_Room Fedora dev room] and the other in the [http://live.gnome.org/Brussels2009/Devroom GNOME dev room]. [[User:Tomeu|tomeu]] 12:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

== To-Do ==

* decide if we are going to ask a sister project for a piece of a booth (we did so last year in the GNOME booth)
* find a venue for the friday meeting
* lots of things...

== Comments ==

Please add relevant notes and thoughts!
[[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]] 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Development Team/Jhbuild

2008-10-02T18:22:10Z

BenjaminBerg: Update to newer keybindings

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One of the easiest ways to install Sugar is to use jhbuild.

Sugar-jhbuild will automatically download the latest of Sugar's dependencies as well as Sugar itself directly from their source repositories, rather than relying on source packages that may have become stale. Below are generic instructions on how to use jhbuild to get up and running with Sugar.

==Compatible Platforms==

Jhbuild is quite demanding with regard to the packages and setup for the host Linux distribution. As a result there are only a few Linux Distributions which are known to work with it.

==Checkout sugar-jhbuild==

In a suitable directory, execute

git-clone git://dev.laptop.org/sugar-jhbuild

==Build sugar base system and its dependencies==

Change directory and start the build.

cd sugar-jhbuild
git-pull
./sugar-jhbuild update
./sugar-jhbuild build

=== Dealing with dependencies ===

At some point during running ''sugar-jhbuild update'' or ''sugar-jhbuild build'' you may be interrupted by an error listing some dependencies you don't have. Here are some notes that may help you deal with this so you can build correctly.

* In addition to the dependencies listed, you may want to install the ''gtk-doc-tools'' package (this allowed me to build hippocanvas on Ubuntu Hardy). [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:01, 15 May 2008 (EDT)
* If you're given a list of packages that aren't installed, simply install them according to your distribution's package manager (yum, apt-get, etc.) and then try re-running the sugar-jhbuild command again.
* For the base packages, you may be able to use the binary packages from your GNU distribution instead of building them from scratch. Check the [[:Category:Installing Sugar|Installing]] or [[:Category:Linux distributions|Linux]] categories for specific distro info.
* If you run into an error during ''sugar-jhbuild build'' that looks something like "aclocal: macro `AM_PATH_PYTHON' required but not defined" try installing or updating your packages for ''autoconf'' and ''automake'' and running ''sugar-jhbuild build'' again. (worked for me on Ubuntu Hardy) [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 17:10, 15 May 2008 (EDT)
* You may have some issues with penguintv on ubuntu, just interrupt the pull with a CTRL+C, open a shell, repeat the command manually, and accept the certificate permanently.
* One other fix that I had to do was to export GTK2_RC_FILES=~/src/olpc/sugar-jhbuild/build/share/themes/sugar/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
and also symlink build/share/icons/sugar to build/share/icons/hicolor. These two steps may not be necessary, but they made things work on my Ubuntu installation as of March 31, 2008. [[User:Blaketh|Blaketh]] 03:08, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

==Run Sugar==

This command launches the Sugar emulator:

./sugar-jhbuild run

To exit the emulator, press Alt-Q.

== Running multiple instances==
To run multiple instances of sugar you can start it in the following way:

SUGAR_PROFILE=2 ./sugar-jhbuild run

This will create a new profile in ~/.sugar/, i.e. ~/.sugar/2/. You will find logs and configuration for this instance here. The default profile is ~/.sugar/default/

== Run an individual activity ==

Within sugar, e.g. in Terminal, this command launches an individual activity for testing:

sugar-launch [bundle name]

You will see debug output appearing in Terminal.

== Configure the mode and resolution of Sugar ==

You can make Sugar run in a window as well as specify a resolution. Within the sugar-jhbuild/install/share/sugar/shell directory, backup, then edit the python program file '''emulator.py''':

cd sugar-jhbuild
cp install/share/sugar/shell/emulator.py install/share/sugar/shell/emulator.py.backup
nano install/share/sugar/shell/emulator.py

Find this piece of code:

<PRE>
cmd = [ 'Xephyr' ]
cmd.append(':%d' % display)
cmd.append('-ac')

if gtk.gdk.screen_width() < 1200 or gtk.gdk.screen_height() < 900:
cmd.append('-fullscreen')
else:
cmd.append('-screen')
cmd.append('%dx%d' % (1200, 900))
</PRE>

Comment out the '''if''' and '''else''' instructions, and specify the screen resolution and mode you want (it's important to delete 4 spaces before the "cmd.append" lines):

<PRE>
cmd = [ 'Xephyr' ]
cmd.append(':%d' % display)
cmd.append('-ac')

# if gtk.gdk.screen_width() < 1200 or gtk.gdk.screen_height() < 900:
# cmd.append('-fullscreen')
# else:
cmd.append('-screen')
cmd.append('%dx%d' % (800, 600))
</PRE>

Sugar will now run on a 800x600 window. This file may be replaced next time you update sugar-jhbuild, and you'll have to do this again. Also note that 800x600 is not an optimal resolution for the window, because the activity circle will be vertically off center. 1024x768 is a more useable resolution.

== Other commands ==

JHBuild has several other commands that can be useful for development. You can get an overview with:

./sugar-jhbuild --help-commands

A useful sequence of commands for building Sugar, from the [http://mailman.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2007-February/001352.html Sugar mailing list]: (Note that build will update first anyway, so run update separately if you want to see what changed more easily.)

./sugar-jhbuild update
./sugar-jhbuild build
./sugar-jhbuild run

=== If update and build don't work ===

In May 2008 there were some changes that broke updates on sugar-jhbuild. A version from before this date cannot update or build after this date; the symptoms are various, but generally include errors which mention the "build-scripts" directory. You need to rebuild from scratch in a new jhbuild directory. Something like the following:

cd ..
mv sugar-jhbuild sugar-jhbuild.old
git-clone git://dev.laptop.org/sugar-jhbuild

then, to save bandwidth, move the tar files from your old version:

mkdir sugar-jhbuild/source
mv sugar-jhbuild.old/source/*.tar* sugar-jhbuild/source

then build:

cd sugar-jhbuild
./sugar-jhbuild build

You may then also see some new dependencies; see the relevant instructions above.

=== From within Sugar ===
Once you have Sugar running, here are some useful commands:
*'''Alt+Shift+F''' makes the frame appear and disappear
*'''Ctrl-Q''' quits an activity
*'''Alt+Shift+Q''' quits Sugar
*'''Alt+Shift+O''' opens the search
*'''Alt+Shift+R''' rotates the screen

=== Creating an xsession for Sugar-jhbuild ===
Create the file /usr/share/xsessions/sugar-jhbuild.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Sugar jhbuild
GenericName=Sugar
Exec=/usr/bin/sugar-jhbuild
Type=Application

Create the file /usr/bin/sugar-jhbuild with the following content:

#!/bin/sh
export GTK2_RC_FILES=/home/walter/sugar-jhbuild/install/share/sugar/data/sugar-xo.gtkrc
exec /home/walter/sugar-jhbuild/sugar-jhbuild run dbus-launch /home/walter/sugar-jhbuild/install/bin/sugar-shell

where you substitute the path of wherever you installed sugar-jhbuild for "/home/walter"

== Customize ==

To customize the build create a configuration file, named ''.olpc.jhbuildrc'', in your home directory.

=== Write access to the repositories ===

If you have write access to the repositories you can add this (if your login name happens to be marco):
repos['gnome.org'] = ':ext:marco@cvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome'
repos['mozilla.org'] = ':ext:marco%gnome.org@cvs.mozilla.org:/cvsroot'
repos['dev.laptop.org'] = 'git+ssh://marco@dev.laptop.org/git/'
repos['dev.laptop.org/projects'] = 'git+ssh://marco@dev.laptop.org/git/projects/'

==Useful Internal Links==
* [[Understanding_sugar_code|Understanding Sugar Code]]
* [[Sugar_Components|Sugar Components]]
* [[Sugar Instructions]] -- how to actually use Sugar once you have it running

==External links==

* [http://library.gnome.org/devel/jhbuild/unstable/ JHBuild manual]
* [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/02/23/building-the-xo-introducing-sugar/ Red Hat Magazine article: Introducing Sugar]
* [http://learn.laptop.org/tinderbox/ Tinderbox] (see the "Sugar JHBuild" tab). The old [http://dev.laptop.org/~cjb/sugar-tinder/ sugar-jhbuild tinderbox].

[[Category:Installing Sugar]]
[[Category:Jhbuild]]

0.82/Notes

2008-08-15T12:07:09Z

BenjaminBerg: /* Window navigation using tab */

=Sucrose 0.82 Release Notes=

==Introduction==

==What's New For Users==

===Sugar===

==== Graphical Control Panel ====
Sucrose 0.82 introduces a graphical user interface to modify the preferences. The command line interface is still available. Due to the request from many users we added an option that you can tweak the activation delay of the frame. The activation by hot corners can be turned off completely. Detailed information on each section and how to use the panel can be found [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Control_Panel#The_graphical_user_interface here].

{|style="border: solid 1px gray; margin: 1em auto 1em; auto"
|-
| valign="top"|
[[Image:0_82_cp_start.png|600px|thumb|center|The main page of the control panel with the available sections]]
|-
|}

==== Session management ====

In previous releases, if you shut down the system without closing the activities you would risk to lose you work. This is now fixed, all the user data is saved on shutdown.

==== New activity startup notification ====

The new visual feedback for activity startup integrates much better with the zoom level metaphor.

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[[Image:startup.png|600px|thumb|center|The browse activity starting up.]]
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==== Object chooser improvements ====
The object chooser allows users to place objects from the journal into activities. In this release, we have added search, filtering, removable devices support, and a much better look.

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[[Image:objectchooser.png|600px|thumb|center|Choosing an image to place in a Write activity]]
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==== Multiple layouts in the home view and ability to move icons around ====
Users have asked insistently for a better way to organize lots of activities in the Sugar shell, so we have implemented new ways to list activities and operate on them.

All installed activities are shown in a list that can be searched. Activities can be removed from there and marked as "favorite". This means that these favorite activities will appear in the more restricted views shown below. The goal is to offer a simpler view with just the most used activities.

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[[Image:listview.png|600px|thumb|center|All installed activities are presented in a searchable list]]
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[[Image:ring_and_layouts.png|600px|thumb|center|Favorites organized in a ring and layout switcher]]
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[[Image:freeform.png|600px|thumb|center|Favorites organized freely by the user]]
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==== Window navigation using tab ====

Cycling trough activities with alt+tab (forward) and alt+shift+tab (backward) has been greatly improved in this release. To aide in finding the activities, the frame will be shown when cycling trough windows. In addition the speed has been improved for an overall smooth experience.

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[[Image:0_82_tab_windows.png|600px|thumb|center|Cycling through the list of available activities using alt+tab]]
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=== Journal ===
==== Options in entry palette ====
As part of the redesign of the journal some options that were only present in the detailed view are now present as well in the main view. The palette associated with each entry icon does provide a quickstart option, the possibility to copy the entry and to erase it from the journal. Another feature is that you can directly edit the title of an entry in the main page by clicking on it.

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[[Image:0_82_palette_options_for_entry.png|600px|thumb|center|Start, copy or erase an entry using it's palette]]
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==== Launch activity by clicking on thumbnail ====
You can launch an activity directly from the thumbnail in the detailed view of an entry.

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[[Image:0_82_launch_activity_thumbnail.png|600px|thumb|center|Launch an activity directly from the thumbnail in the detailed view of an entry]]
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=== Browse ===
==== Autocompletion of bookmarks and history ====

If you type a word in the address entry you will be presented with a list of sites that you already visited, bookmarked, or seen in a shared browsing session.

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[[Image:autocompletion.png|600px|thumb|center|The autocompletion dialog will offer you pages that you already visited before]]
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==== Find in context ====
The search interface, placed in the edit toolbar, let you locate text in the content of a page. You can use the ctrl+f keystroke from any other tab of the browse activity to reveal the focused search entry. The search is type ahead like. You can use enter to get the next occurrence or you can use the next and prev buttons to find other occurrences.

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[[Image:0_82_browse_search.png|600px|thumb|center|The search interface let you locate text in the content of a page]]
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==== Certificates exceptions ====

Some websites provide custom or invalid SSL certificates, which Browse usually refuse to load for security reasons. Unfortunately this is very common and prevent to access several web sites. We added the ability for the user to make an exception and load the site anyway.

==== Contextual palettes ====
Palettes provide secondary information and ways to invoke actions on graphical elements. In this release we have added to Browse the ability to copy links and images to the clipboard (drag and drop is more discoverable but less convenient sometimes) and following links.

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[[Image:Image_palette_detail.png|300px|thumb|center|Palette allowing to copy images to the clipboard]]
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[[Image:Link_palette_detail.png|300px|thumb|center|Palette allowing to follow links and copy them to the clipboard]]
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=== Chat ===
==== Chat with non-sugar Jabber clients ====

Computers not running Sugar can initiate Chat connections to Sugar, by running a Jabber (XMPP) client, either with both registered on the same Jabber server or by running a link local XMPP account such as Empathy with salut or Pidgin with Bonjour.

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[[Image:PC2-Buddy_List.png|600px|thumb|center|See Sugar machine in buddy list]]
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Initiate a chat with the Sugar client:

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[[Image:PC3-Start_Chat.png|600px|thumb|center|Start chatting]]
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Sugar will display an invitation to Chat:

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[[Image:XO2-Frame_Invitation.png|600px|thumb|center|Chat invitation]]
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This launches the Chat activity:

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[[Image:XO4-Chat_in_progress.png|600px|thumb|center|Chat in progress]]
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[[Image:PC4-Chat_Reply.png|600px|thumb|center|View from Jabber client]]
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==What's New For Developers==

==Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n)==
Thanks to members of the worldwide [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ OLPC Translation Project], who can be found on the [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization localization mailing list].

==Installing Sucrose==

==Looking Forward to 0.84==

==Credits==