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2010-05-20T12:25:59Z

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There are several things to keep in mind when adding a new section to the Sugar Control panel.

* Add you code to sugar/extensions/cpsection in a subdirectory specific to your section
* Make sure to add your new section to sugar/extensions/cpsection/Makefile.am
* Make sure to add your new section to sugar/configure.ac
* Put the icon for your section in sugar/data/icons
* Make sure to add your icon to sugar/data/icons/Makefile.am

Your section subdirectory should contain a minimum of four files:

* Makefile.am
* __init__.py
* view.py
* model.py

__init__.py should contain CLASS, ICON, TITLE, and KEYWORDS
CLASS = 'Touchpad'
ICON = 'module-touchpad'
TITLE = _('Touchpad')
KEYWORDS = ['touchpad']

If you want to make the appearance of section conditional, for example, for a specific hardware architecture, then simply add a conditional as per:

if path.exists('/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/ptmode'):
CLASS = 'Touchpad'
ICON = 'module-touchpad'
TITLE = _('Touchpad')
KEYWORDS = ['touchpad']

In the above example, the path only exists for OLPC XO-1 CL1 hardware, which is the only hardware for which this particular section is relevant.

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Walter: Created page with 'There are several things to keep in mind when adding a new section to the Sugar Control panel. * Add you code to sugar/extensions/cpsection in a subdirectory specific to your se...'