0.86/0.85.2 Notes - Revision history

SayaminduDasgupta: /* Read */

2009-09-11T14:03:10Z

Read

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	=== Read ===		=== Read ===
	The read activity does support now Epub files. For getting epubs, http://www.feedbooks.com and http://www.epubbooks.com/ can be recommended. Furthermore this version will let you associate (add and edit) notes with your bookmarks, and has a slightly more useful fullscreen view (you can now get a rough idea of how much battery is left in your laptop/netbook without invoking the frame).		The read activity does support now Epub files. For getting epubs, http://www.feedbooks.com and http://www.epubbooks.com/ can be recommended. Furthermore this version will let you associate (add and edit) notes with your bookmarks, and has a slightly more useful fullscreen view (you can now get a rough idea of how much battery is left in your laptop/netbook without invoking the frame).

			[[Image:Read_Epub_notes.png]]

	Thanks everyone for your great contributions!		Thanks everyone for your great contributions!

Erikos: /* What is new for packagers */

2009-09-11T13:50:56Z

What is new for packagers

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	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70 (needed for epub support): webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,

Erikos: /* What is new for packagers */

2009-09-11T13:39:11Z

What is new for packagers

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	== What is new for packagers ==		== What is new for packagers ==
	* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.		* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.
	* The keyboard control panel: python-xklavier		* The keyboard control panel: [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LibXklavier libxklavier] >= 4.0, [http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/external/python-xklavier/ python bindings] >= 0.2
	* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).		* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).
	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,

Erikos: /* What is new for packagers */

2009-09-11T13:35:14Z

What is new for packagers

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	== What is new for packagers ==		== What is new for packagers ==
	* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.		* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.
			* The keyboard control panel: python-xklavier
	* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).		* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).
	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,

Erikos: /* Tabs in Browse */

2009-09-11T11:31:40Z

Tabs in Browse

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	[[Image:Browse-tabs.png‎]]		[[Image:Browse-tabs.png‎]]
	~~:Is there a way to 'force' a tab to open? I was not able to find a site that would open in a new window. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUYA1k6oeE video]~~
	~~::wide spread bug: arrow keys and delete do do not respond in the URL bar or search. Noticed same behavior in write activity.~~

	=== Ad hoc Networking ===		=== Ad hoc Networking ===

Erikos: /* Read */

2009-09-11T11:30:46Z

Read

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	* Show a information bar in fullscreen mode, with pagecount and battery information		* Show a information bar in fullscreen mode, with pagecount and battery information
	* Do not fail to start when Epub specific code does not load		* Do not fail to start when Epub specific code does not load
	:Video of a _naive_ user in Read act. Where are the books? Does Sugar/Read ship with nothing? What of search for a book via the UI? Go to the (safe)library (on the web)icon? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOWWjoqgxR8 video]

	=== ImageViewer===		=== ImageViewer===

Erikos: /* sugar */

2009-09-11T11:30:08Z

sugar

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	=== sugar ===		=== sugar ===
	* restores [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Rainbow Rainbow support], meaning that you can try and give feedback after installing Rainbow.		* restores [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Rainbow Rainbow support], meaning that you can try and give feedback after installing Rainbow.
	~~: How do we install Rainbox via Sugar (can we?) and where should we put feedback?~~
	* Fix naming of entries with unknown extensions (silbe) {{Bug\|1040}}		* Fix naming of entries with unknown extensions (silbe) {{Bug\|1040}}
	* Fix support of [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal_entry_bundle Journal entry bundles] (.xoj) {{Bug\|1098}}		* Fix support of [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal_entry_bundle Journal entry bundles] (.xoj) {{Bug\|1098}}
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	* More meaningful screenshot titles (James Zaki) {{Bug\|650}}		* More meaningful screenshot titles (James Zaki) {{Bug\|650}}
	* Support for creating wireless ad-hoc networks		* Support for creating wireless ad-hoc networks
	~~: How do we test that? What's the ideal environment and where do we go to get meaningful logs?~~
	* Add fullscreen option to the emulator and change default size to 800x600 (Sascha Silbe) {{Bug\|565}}		* Add fullscreen option to the emulator and change default size to 800x600 (Sascha Silbe) {{Bug\|565}}

Erikos: /* Read */ use the talk page, or ask on the mailing list

2009-09-11T11:29:27Z

Read: use the talk page, or ask on the mailing list

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	Thanks everyone for your great contributions!		Thanks everyone for your great contributions!
	~~:Just tested read... does it ship with anything? How do you get something to read? How do you discover/find that text? As a naive user none of this is intuitive at all.~~
	::Video of a _naive_ user in Read act. Where are the books? Does Sugar/Read ship with nothing? What of search for a book via the UI? Go to the (safe)library (on the web)icon? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOWWjoqgxR8 video]

	== Compatibility ==		== Compatibility ==

Erikos: /* Update to this version */ Removed questions - use talk page

2009-09-11T11:27:45Z

Update to this version: Removed questions - use talk page

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	== Update to this version ==		== Update to this version ==
	Please use the instructions for your distribution (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian etc) of choice to upgrade to this release.		Please use the instructions for your distribution (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian etc) of choice to upgrade to this release.
	~~:Where do we find the version number to be sure that we have the most recent packages?~~

	== Glucose modules==		== Glucose modules==

Erikos: /* What is new for packagers */

2009-08-14T09:44:39Z

What is new for packagers

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	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk~~, python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,~~ [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,

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	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70 (needed for epub support): webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,

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	== What is new for packagers ==		== What is new for packagers ==
	* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.		* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.
	* The keyboard control panel: python-xklavier		* The keyboard control panel: [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LibXklavier libxklavier] >= 4.0, [http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/external/python-xklavier/ python bindings] >= 0.2
	* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).		* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).
	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,

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	== What is new for packagers ==		== What is new for packagers ==
	* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.		* [[Features/Metacity \| '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.
			* The keyboard control panel: python-xklavier
	* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).		* [[Features/Flash Activities \| '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).
	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,

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	* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5		* [[Features/Tabs In Browse \| '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5
	* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.		* [[Activities/Write \| '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.
	* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk~~, python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,~~ [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6		* [[Activities/Read \| '''Read:''']] New dependencies for Read version >= 70: webkitgtk (Note: [http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/downloads/list pywebkitgtk] has to be >= 1.1.6), python-lxml, python-BeautifulSoup,