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Activities/IRC

2010-11-19T01:48:20Z

Fran Rogers: rework into "Development" section

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The '''IRC''' activity allows you to chat with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the Internet via [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC).

The activity defaults to a "channel" (akin to a "room") called #sugar on the [http://www.freenode.org/ Freenode] network, but you can join one of the many channels available by typing <tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt>, where <b>#channel</b> is the channel name. Like many Free/Open Source projects, [[Sugar]] developers frequent this channel, and are happy to help with any Sugar questions and suggestions you may have.

See the [[Internet Relay Chat]] page on this wiki for a list of Sugar-related channels you can join.

===IRC Commands===
The following commands can be typed into the input box, all preceded by a slash ('''/'''):
*<tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt> - join a channel
*<tt>/server <b>irc.example.org</b></tt> - connect to a different network
*<tt>/query <b>user</b></tt> - open up a private chat window with another user
*<tt>/msg <b>user</b> <b>message</b></tt> - privately message another user without opening a new window
*<tt>/nick <b>new_name</b></tt> - change your nickname away from the default

Many other commands are available, and you can create and administer your own channels as well: see the [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/altircfaq.html IRC FAQ] for more information.

==Development==
The activity was originally developed under the name '''XoIRC''' in 2007 by [http://edsiper.linuxchile.cl Eduardo Silva]. It was migrated to Sugar Labs Git/Trac in 2009 and maintained until 2010 by [[User:Mchua|Mel Chua]]. [[User:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]] is the current maintainer.

Internally, the activity is built around an all-Python IRC client, [http://urk.sourceforge.net/ Urk] (no longer maintained since 2007). The license is [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL2+].

==Resources==
* [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4029 Activity Library page], with downloads
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/irc Sources]
* Trac Tickets: [http://trac.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Irc&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs] [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=xoirc-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC]

[[Category:Activities|IRC]]

Activities/IRC

2010-11-19T01:33:17Z

Fran Rogers: Downloads section no longer relevant; latest version is on ASLO

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The '''IRC''' activity allows you to chat with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the Internet via [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC).

The activity defaults to a "channel" (akin to a "room") called #sugar on the [http://www.freenode.org/ Freenode] network, but you can join one of the many channels available by typing <tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt>, where <b>#channel</b> is the channel name. Like many Free/Open Source projects, [[Sugar]] developers frequent this channel, and are happy to help with any Sugar questions and suggestions you may have.

See the [[Internet Relay Chat]] page on this wiki for a list of Sugar-related channels you can join.

===IRC Commands===
The following commands can be typed into the input box, all preceded by a slash ('''/'''):
*<tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt> - join a channel
*<tt>/server <b>irc.example.org</b></tt> - connect to a different network
*<tt>/query <b>user</b></tt> - open up a private chat window with another user
*<tt>/msg <b>user</b> <b>message</b></tt> - privately message another user without opening a new window
*<tt>/nick <b>new_name</b></tt> - change your nickname away from the default

Many other commands are available, and you can create and administer your own channels as well: see the [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/altircfaq.html IRC FAQ] for more information.

==Maintainers==
* '''[[User:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]], 2010—present'''
* [[User:Mchua|Mel Chua]], 2009—2010
* [http://edsiper.linuxchile.cl Eduardo Silva], 2007—2009

==Resources==
* [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4029 Activity Library page]
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/irc Sources]
* Trac Tickets: [http://trac.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Irc&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs] [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=xoirc-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC]

[[Category:Activities|IRC]]

Internet Relay Chat

2010-11-16T10:16:49Z

Fran Rogers: stray parenthesis

<noinclude>[[Category:Contact]][[Category:Resource]]
</noinclude>== IRC, [[Internet Relay Chat]] ==
Most Sugar Labs chat takes place on IRC (see [[wikipedia:IRC|Internet Relay Chat]]).
* The [[Activities/IRC|'''IRC activity''']] allows access to IRC from within the Sugar environment.
* You can use a computer-based client to log in to IRC, such as [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] or [[wikipedia:X-Chat|X-Chat]]. This link should work for such clients: irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar
* Or, use a browser add-on (like [http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] for the FireFox web browser, where the above link will also work).
* Easiest, might be this web browser-based service provided by freenode through qwebirc to [http://chat.sugarlabs.org chat on #sugar now].

IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion 'channels', but allows for personal chat and data transfer as well.

The Sugar Labs Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>''' network.

==== irc.freenode.net channels ====


{|
| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''General:'''
|- valign="top"
|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=olpc-help&prompt=1 #olpc-help] or irc://irc.freenode.net#olpc-help</tt> || Community help. If you need help using an XO or with Sugar, and you haven't asked anywhere else: try here first.
|- valign="top"
|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-newbies&prompt=1 #sugar-newbies] or irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar-newbies</tt> || New developer help. If you're starting to develop in Sugar, you can ask here and help contribute to the new developers manual and FAQ. The [http://jita.sugarlabs.org/freenode/%23sugar-newbies/index.html channel is logged] and its history searchable.
|-
|- valign="top"
|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar&prompt=1 #sugar]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar</tt> || For day-to-day [[What is Sugar? | Sugar]] development—a casual, friendly place where Sugar developers collaborate.
|- valign="top"
| <tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-meeting&prompt=1 #sugar-meeting]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar-meeting</tt>|| A channel for scheduled Sugar Labs meetings. See the [[Sugar Labs/Events | Sugar Labs event calendar]].
|- valign="top"
| <tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=fedora-olpc&prompt=1 #fedora-olpc]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#fedora-olpc</tt> || A channel for the Fedora development project for OLPC XOs and a Sugar distribution. See the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC project page].

|}

==== irc.oftc.net channels ====
{|
|-
| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''General:'''
|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| <tt>[http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.oftc.net&channel=%23schoolserver&noServerTab=false #schoolserver]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.oftc.net#schoolserver</tt> || The meeting channel for the XS, the '''X'''O school '''S'''erver.<br>(Not active in September 2009.)
|- valign="top"
|}

* See also [[OLPC:Communication channels]].

=== How to use IRC channels ===
* A web-based chat for freenode.net channels is [http://webchat.freenode.net qwebirc], with nickname: (whatever you like), and channel: #sugar (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into).
* A web-based chat for other channels is [http://www.mibbit.com Mibbit], with nickname: (whatever you like), server: irc.oftc.net, and channel: #schoolserver (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into). It also includes an in-line '''translation''' service that is helpful when other languages are used. (Connections via mibbit are no longer supported on freenode. You may wish to consider using http://webchat.freenode.net instead. Further information over at http://bit.ly/19JILF.)
* Some helpful resources are [http://www.mirc.com/irc.html here], and [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html this tutorial], which also includes basic commands.
* Learn about IRC etiquette. Try [http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/etiquette.html here], [http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ru_chatq.htm here], or [http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/IRC_Etiquette here].
* For IRC under sugar, install the latest '''[[Activities/IRC|Sugar IRC activity]]'''.
* In Pidgin you can configure IRC and then Add a Chat to your Buddy list. Select the IRC channel from the drop-down menu, and enter the name of the channel. You can set Pidgin to open channels automatically whenever it starts up.
* In a traditional IRC client, you join a channel with the /join command, for example, enter <code>/join #sugar</code> in the input box.
* Connect to one of the above channels, and say hello. You will see a list of the handles (on-line names) of the people in the channel, and the conversation will appear in a scrolling window. Type your message in the command entry area, and press return.
* Instructions for using the meeting log robot are [[OLPC:User:Dogi/meeting | here]].

Internet Relay Chat

2010-11-16T10:16:03Z

Fran Rogers: link to Activities/IRC

<noinclude>[[Category:Contact]][[Category:Resource]]
</noinclude>== IRC, [[Internet Relay Chat]] ==
Most Sugar Labs chat takes place on IRC (see [[wikipedia:IRC|Internet Relay Chat]]).
* The [[Activities/IRC|'''IRC activity''']] allows access to IRC from within the Sugar environment.
* You can use a computer-based client to log in to IRC, such as [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] or [[wikipedia:X-Chat|X-Chat]]). This link should work for such clients: irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar
* Or, use a browser add-on (like [http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] for the FireFox web browser, where the above link will also work).
* Easiest, might be this web browser-based service provided by freenode through qwebirc to [http://chat.sugarlabs.org chat on #sugar now].

IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion 'channels', but allows for personal chat and data transfer as well.

The Sugar Labs Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>''' network.

==== irc.freenode.net channels ====


{|
| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''General:'''
|- valign="top"
|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=olpc-help&prompt=1 #olpc-help] or irc://irc.freenode.net#olpc-help</tt> || Community help. If you need help using an XO or with Sugar, and you haven't asked anywhere else: try here first.
|- valign="top"
|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-newbies&prompt=1 #sugar-newbies] or irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar-newbies</tt> || New developer help. If you're starting to develop in Sugar, you can ask here and help contribute to the new developers manual and FAQ. The [http://jita.sugarlabs.org/freenode/%23sugar-newbies/index.html channel is logged] and its history searchable.
|-
|- valign="top"
|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar&prompt=1 #sugar]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar</tt> || For day-to-day [[What is Sugar? | Sugar]] development—a casual, friendly place where Sugar developers collaborate.
|- valign="top"
| <tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-meeting&prompt=1 #sugar-meeting]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar-meeting</tt>|| A channel for scheduled Sugar Labs meetings. See the [[Sugar Labs/Events | Sugar Labs event calendar]].
|- valign="top"
| <tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=fedora-olpc&prompt=1 #fedora-olpc]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#fedora-olpc</tt> || A channel for the Fedora development project for OLPC XOs and a Sugar distribution. See the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC project page].

|}

==== irc.oftc.net channels ====
{|
|-
| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''General:'''
|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| <tt>[http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.oftc.net&channel=%23schoolserver&noServerTab=false #schoolserver]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.oftc.net#schoolserver</tt> || The meeting channel for the XS, the '''X'''O school '''S'''erver.<br>(Not active in September 2009.)
|- valign="top"
|}

* See also [[OLPC:Communication channels]].

=== How to use IRC channels ===
* A web-based chat for freenode.net channels is [http://webchat.freenode.net qwebirc], with nickname: (whatever you like), and channel: #sugar (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into).
* A web-based chat for other channels is [http://www.mibbit.com Mibbit], with nickname: (whatever you like), server: irc.oftc.net, and channel: #schoolserver (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into). It also includes an in-line '''translation''' service that is helpful when other languages are used. (Connections via mibbit are no longer supported on freenode. You may wish to consider using http://webchat.freenode.net instead. Further information over at http://bit.ly/19JILF.)
* Some helpful resources are [http://www.mirc.com/irc.html here], and [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html this tutorial], which also includes basic commands.
* Learn about IRC etiquette. Try [http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/etiquette.html here], [http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ru_chatq.htm here], or [http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/IRC_Etiquette here].
* For IRC under sugar, install the latest '''[[Activities/IRC|Sugar IRC activity]]'''.
* In Pidgin you can configure IRC and then Add a Chat to your Buddy list. Select the IRC channel from the drop-down menu, and enter the name of the channel. You can set Pidgin to open channels automatically whenever it starts up.
* In a traditional IRC client, you join a channel with the /join command, for example, enter <code>/join #sugar</code> in the input box.
* Connect to one of the above channels, and say hello. You will see a list of the handles (on-line names) of the people in the channel, and the conversation will appear in a scrolling window. Type your message in the command entry area, and press return.
* Instructions for using the meeting log robot are [[OLPC:User:Dogi/meeting | here]].

Activities/IRC

2010-11-16T10:12:48Z

Fran Rogers: more updates

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The '''IRC''' activity allows you to chat with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the Internet via [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC).

The activity defaults to a "channel" (akin to a "room") called #sugar on the [http://www.freenode.org/ Freenode] network, but you can join one of the many channels available by typing <tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt>, where <b>#channel</b> is the channel name. Like many Free/Open Source projects, [[Sugar]] developers frequent this channel, and are happy to help with any Sugar questions and suggestions you may have.

See the [[Internet Relay Chat]] page on this wiki for a list of Sugar-related channels you can join.

===IRC Commands===
The following commands can be typed into the input box, all preceded by a slash ('''/'''):
*<tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt> - join a channel
*<tt>/server <b>irc.example.org</b></tt> - connect to a different network
*<tt>/query <b>user</b></tt> - open up a private chat window with another user
*<tt>/msg <b>user</b> <b>message</b></tt> - privately message another user without opening a new window
*<tt>/nick <b>new_name</b></tt> - change your nickname away from the default

Many other commands are available, and you can create and administer your own channels as well: see the [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/altircfaq.html IRC FAQ] for more information.

==Downloads==
The latest version of the IRC activity, version 7, is available here:
* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11458013/IRC/IRC-7.xo '''Activity'''] (.xo, 56K)
* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11458013/IRC/IRC-7.tar.bz2 '''Source code'''] (.tar.bz2, 44K)
The new version should be available on activities.sugarlabs.org momentarily.

==Maintainers==
* '''[[User:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]], 2010—present'''
* [[User:Mchua|Mel Chua]], 2009—2010
* [http://edsiper.linuxchile.cl Eduardo Silva], 2007—2009

==Resources==
* [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4029 Activity Library page]
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/irc Sources]
* Trac Tickets: [http://trac.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Irc&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs] [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=xoirc-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC]

[[Category:Activities|IRC]]

Activities/IRC

2010-11-16T10:01:04Z

Fran Rogers: Overhaul

<noinclude>{{TOCright}}
[[Category:Activities|IRC]]</noinclude>

==IRC developers' page==

===Overview===
The '''IRC''' activity allows you to chat with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the Internet via [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC).

The activity defaults to a "channel" (akin to a "room") called #sugar on the [http://www.freenode.org/ Freenode] network, but you can join one of the many channels available by typing <tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt>, where <b>#channel</b> is the channel name. Like many Free/Open Source projects, [[Sugar]] developers frequent this channel, and are happy to help with any Sugar questions and suggestions you may have.

See the [[Internet Relay Chat]] page on this wiki for a list of Sugar-related channels you can join.

===IRC Commands===
The following commands can be typed into the input box, all preceded by a slash ('''/'''):
*<tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt> - join a channel
*<tt>/server <b>irc.example.org</b></tt> - connect to a different network
*<tt>/query <b>user</b></tt> - open up a private chat window with another user
*<tt>/msg <b>user</b> <b>message</b></tt> - privately message another user without opening a new window
*<tt>/nick <b>new_name</b></tt> - change your nickname away from the default

Many other commands are available, and you can create and administer your own channels as well: see the [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/altircfaq.html IRC FAQ] for more information.

===Resources===
* [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4029 Activity Library page]
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/irc Sources]
* Trac Tickets: [http://trac.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Irc&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs] [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=xoirc-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC]

User talk:Fran Rogers

2010-07-20T21:13:30Z

Fran Rogers: /* Custom cursors in vector.css */ Reply

== Custom cursors in vector.css ==
I've done 2 things,
* commented out the custom text cursor, which was the worst offender for Chrome Windows in not reading the cursor hotspot.
*: the hotspots are read in Firefox and IE Windows.
* enabled user .css and .js, so you may over-ride any features you choose in User:<name>/<skin>.css or .js

Is the mis-calibration of hotspots the problem, or do you also believe the cursors should change in Sugar itself? --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 15:36, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

: Thanks. I do still think all of the custom cursors should be removed, though. While they're cute, it's disorienting to have the cursor triple in size when mousing over parts of the page. The cursors make sense when running in Sugar, but not on the wiki. [[User:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]] 17:13, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

User talk:FGrose

2010-07-20T17:49:27Z

Fran Rogers: /* Custom cursors in vector.css */ new section

.

== thx for cleaning up my post ==
as i saw that your are editing the discussion page of "get sugar", i wanted to thank you for your help!

at the moment im just reading in the sugarlabs wiki, what do you think of a single page dedicated to "install sugar (fedora 11 with gnome) on olpc"?
i think i will be able to rewrite the version on the discussion page plus adding a few aspects.

thx again for your help,
canin [[User:Canin|Canin]] 10:54, 30 May 2010 (EDT)

== great job ==

I noticed you're doing an enormous amount of work on the wiki. Thanks! [[User:Bernie|bernie]] 12:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

== table of contents ==

I wonder if we could configure mediawiki to always display the content table on the right instead of littering all the pages with the same directive? [[User:Bernie|bernie]]
:I haven't found anything like that yet. It's better as the template call than the full instruction:
<code><nowiki>{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="clear:right; margin-bottom: .5em; float: right; padding: .5em 0 .8em 1.4em; background: none; width: {{{1|auto}}};"
| __TOC__
|}<noinclude>
[[Category:TOC templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
</noinclude></nowiki></code> --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 23:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
::Add in Mediawiki:common.css
:: #toc { float: right } --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 19:33, 8 June 2010 (EDT)

== Adobe Flash Player (AFP) ==

Many thanks for your help. I think this information about AFP should be available through a link somewhere on this wiki. If you let me know where it should go, I'll take a stab at putting it in. [[User:David Kergyl|David Kergyl]] 19:55, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
*:Done! At least it's a start. [[User:David Kergyl|David Kergyl]] 19:28, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

== Custom cursors in vector.css ==

Would you be willing to remove the custom cursors you added in [[MediaWiki:Vector.css]]? They look cute, but harm the usability of the site; they show up as large and clunky on many desktop browsers, and make it hard to select text and click precisely (particularly on Google Chrome). Thanks, [[User:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]] 13:49, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

Activities/Blocku/Development

2010-02-24T19:51:06Z

Fran Rogers: Convert tables to wiki format

{{Blocku/Navigation}}

This page displays the pertinent information regarding the development of Blocku.

==Members==

===Active===

:'''Members listed here are actively working on the project.'''

{|
|-
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:mdemayo| Mark DeMayo]] (3rd Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:mdemayo24@gmail.com mdemayo24@gmail.com ]

Contribution: ''Designer, Artist''

</div>
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Iogburu| Ihudiya Ogburu]] (5th Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:ifogburu@gmail.com ifogburu@gmail.com ]

Contribution: ''Designer, Artist''

</div>
|-
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:coolestdude1| Ariel Zamparini]] (3rd Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:arielzamparini@gmail.com arielzamparini@gmail.com]

Contribution: ''Programmer''

</div>
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Fran Rogers| Fran Rogers]] (4th Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:fran@dumetella.net fran@dumetella.net]

Contribution: ''Programmer''

</div>
|}

==Development Meetings==

4pm-6pm Wednesday January 20, 2010

4pm Thursday January 28, 2010 (IRC)

4pm-6pm Thursday February 18, 2010

2pm-4pm Wednesday February 24,2010

==Updates==
01.14.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with New Links

01.16.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new suggestions

01.21.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new description, milestones, and logo

01.27.2010 Added in Fran, Added in summaries for student/teachers

02.02.2010 Developed Teacher Lesson Plan

02.09.2010 Reformatted Wiki

02.07.2010 Created the screenshot of the start menu and three game screens

02.07.2010 Added the screenshots to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the Lesson Plan to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the active members and their contacts to wiki

02.09.2010 Reformatted and Enhanced the Wiki

==Milestones==
*<s>Decide which program to use as a foundation. (Tetravex, Super Cube, Jigsaw-Puzzle)</s>

*<s>Display a graphical interface.</s>

*<s>Make squares movable.</s>

*<s>Display squares with numbers.</s>

*<s>Make squares able to be rotated.</s>

*Display grid where blocks can snap.

*Complete Software Requirements Specifications

*Complete Lesson Plan, and Instructional Documentation

==Future Work==
*Allow teachers to input any constraint not just Math ones.

*Change custom game screen to allow users to input matching pairs.

*Change custom game screen to allow users to input constraint.

*The ability to save games.

*The ability to load games.

*A leaderboard.

*Achievements/Trophies

*Save pair lists and constraints for future use.

==Bugs/Fixes==

{| border='1'
|-
!width="20%"|Bugs
!width="40%"|Problem
!width="40%"|Fix
|-
|Rotation
|Blocks Warp when Rotating getting bigger the more you do it
|The Fix we derived for this will be that the blocks do not physically rotate only then numbers get passed around
|-
|Rotation Variables
|Rotation variable are using place holds should be more dynamic
|
|}

==Public Git Repository==
http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/blocku

==Public IRC Channel==

=====<u>Server</u>=====
irc.freenode.net

=====<u>Channel</u>=====
<nowiki>#blocku</nowiki>

{{Blocku/Contacts}}

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{{Blocku/Navigation}}

This page displays the pertinent information regarding the development of Blocku.

==Members==

===Active===

:'''Members listed here are actively working on the project.'''

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:mdemayo| Mark DeMayo]] (3rd Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:mdemayo24@gmail.com mdemayo24@gmail.com ]

Contribution: ''Designer, Artist''

</div>
</td><td>

<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Iogburu| Ihudiya Ogburu]] (5th Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:ifogburu@gmail.com ifogburu@gmail.com ]

Contribution: ''Designer, Artist''

</div>
</td></tr>
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<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:coolestdude1| Ariel Zamparini]] (3rd Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:arielzamparini@gmail.com arielzamparini@gmail.com]

Contribution: ''Programmer''

</div>
</td><td>
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Fran Rogers| Fran Rogers]] (4th Year @ RIT)</div>
email: [mailto:fran@dumetella.net fran@dumetella.net]

Contribution: ''Programmer''

</div>
</td></tr>

</table>

==Development Meetings==

4pm-6pm Wednesday January 20, 2010

4pm Thursday January 28, 2010 (IRC)

4pm-6pm Thursday February 18, 2010

==Updates==
01.14.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with New Links

01.16.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new suggestions

01.21.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new description, milestones, and logo

01.27.2010 Added in Fran, Added in summaries for student/teachers

02.02.2010 Developed Teacher Lesson Plan

02.09.2010 Reformatted Wiki

02.07.2010 Created the screenshot of the start menu and three game screens

02.07.2010 Added the screenshots to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the Lesson Plan to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the active members and their contacts to wiki

02.09.2010 Reformatted and Enhanced the Wiki

==Milestones==
*<s>Decide which program to use as a foundation. (Tetravex, Super Cube, Jigsaw-Puzzle)</s>

*<s>Display a graphical interface.</s>

*<s>Make squares movable.</s>

*<s>Display squares with numbers</s>.

*Display grid where blocks can snap.

*Make squares able to be rotated.

*Complete Software Requirements Specifications

*Complete Lesson Plan, and Instructional Documentation

==Bugs/Fixes==

<table border='1'>
<tr><th width="20%">Bugs</th><th width="40%">Problem</th><th width="40%">Fix</th></tr>
<tr><td>Rotation</td><td>Blocks Warp when Rotating getting bigger the more you do it</td><td>The Fix we derived for this will be that the blocks do not physically rotate only then numbers get passed around</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rotation Variables</td><td>Rotation variable are using place holds should be more dynamic</td><td></td></tr>
</table>

==Public Git Repository==
http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/blocku

==Public IRC Channel==

=====<u>Server</u>=====
irc.freenode.net

=====<u>Channel</u>=====
<nowiki>#blocku</nowiki>

{{Blocku/Contacts}}

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Activities/Blocku

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{{Activities/Blocku/Navigation}}

[[Image:blocku.png]]

Blocku is a puzzle game consisting of filling a grid with squares by matching the squares sides by following a constraint. Blocku is a game that can be used by teachers to teach a multitude of subjects to students. The teacher will be able to create a constraint such as match the formula to the answer or A + B = C. Then the teacher makes a list with two columns. Each row in the columns is a pair of of matching objects. The first row of column A matches the first row of column B. Using this formula the game will randomly assign the objects of each column to square blocks, one object per side. The student then has to put all the pieces in a grid so that pairs on the sides of the squares follow the constraint. The student will be able to move the pieces as well as rotate them.

==Description (original)==
Blocku is a math based jigsaw puzzle. Blocku will come with a few pre-made puzzles. It will have a teacher edit tool where teachers can make their own puzzles. Puzzles can be as complicated as a castle or as simple as a square. The teacher will be given a grid where he/she can specify how the puzzle is supposed to look. Then the teacher chooses what type of operator he/she wants (+, -, x, /). Then the teacher inputs the answer. The activity randomly chooses what number will appear on the sides of each square.

To complete each puzzle the student has to match the sides of squares together so that the numbers finish the math equation at the top of the screen. The puzzle is completed when all pieces are used and are in the correct positions. Below is an example of how a game may progress.

==License==
Blocku is under an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Free_License Academic Free License]

==Contacts==
[[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]]

[[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]]

[[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]]

[[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

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==Comments==

==Game Suggestions==

*Benjamin M. Schwartz (via email)

I think it's great. Three points:
1) Users probably don't want to play many games of the same operation
(e.g. x+y=10), and the teacher probably doesn't want to create a new game
for every operation. You should allow users to select a range of
operations (e.g. numbers up to 12, + - and *) and have the game select a
random operation from the set for each game.
2) There are some interesting possibilities for using network collab
between users and teachers, but work on that last. To start, users should
just punch in the operation (or range of operations) when the activity
launches. Teachers can just tell the students what settings to use, and
then look at the screens to verify.
3) The visual structure of the game seems almost identical to Gnome's
Tetravex. In the spirit of Open Source, you should consider reusing the
Tetravex gameboard display code.
--Ben

*Wade Brainerd (via email)

Looks great Mark! Feel free to get in touch with me if you need any
help with implementation.
I agree with Greg that this would be a good target for PyGame.
Regarding the game design, you should consider adding some sense of
progress, or else players will get tired quickly. Some ideas:
- Start with two cards, gradually ramp up to 9.
- There needs to be a good "snapping" mechanism when dropping, so
users don't get frustrated by trying to line the cards up.
- Adding the ability to rotate the cards in 90 degree increments would
add to the challenge.
- Your notion of customization seems limited to replacing the square
with a graphic, which might obscure the number. Is this really a good
way to customize it?
- I agree with Ben that when you start the game you should first
select which types of puzzles (* + - / etc) you want, how many
squares, whether rotation is allowed. No need for the teacher to be
involved.
- Why limit it to numbers? E.g. how about comparisons like "X is
heaver than Y" and on the sides of the cards are things like
"elephant", "bacteria", etc. Or "X is newer than Y", etc. This is
where customization would be cool. Let the teacher define a
relationship, and input a series of terms, and define which pairs meet
that relationship. This would be called a "set", and could be
exported to the Journal.
Good luck with your project!

*David Farning (via email)

Very clever. I just cut made a cut out of the game out of paper. My
1st grade niece played with it for over half an hour. It will be a
hit on her XO.
david

*Greg DeKoenigsberg (via email)

Mark, this looks like a brilliant little activity. Simple, fun gameplay, extensible. Really great.
Some thoughts:
1. I'd love to see this as primarily a PyGame activity, with just enough "Sugar" to run it on Sugar
easily, but also easily available as a Windows or Mac activity. If done well, this is precisely
the sort of activity that could cross over. (Which is, in fact, how I'd like to see most Sugar
games built.)
2. Always think a little bit (but not too much) about assessment. The student knows they're
getting better because they are "leveling up". The teacher knows the kid is getting better
because... how? Game data is pushed up to a server... somehow? Dunno if anyone is paying
attention to this question, but it would be great if there were a simple way to allow
teachers to
aggregate "high score" data, which really doubles as assessment data in cases like this.
A great start. I look forward to seeing what it becomes.
--g

<b>Contacts:</b> [[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]] | [[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]] | [[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]] | [[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

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This is where we will post tutorials.

<b>Contacts:</b> [[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]] | [[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]] | [[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]] | [[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

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==Sketch Up==
[[Image:example3.jpg]].

[[Image:example1.jpg]].

[[Image:example2.jpg]].

<b>Contacts:</b> [[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]] | [[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]] | [[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]] | [[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

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=Lesson Plans=
Listed below are lesson plans that could be incorporated into your classroom.

<b>Contacts:</b> [[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]] | [[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]] | [[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]] | [[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

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==Student==
The student will be able to choose from past made puzzles as practice or from pre-existing puzzles for fun as a way to play Blocku. When the teacher is in control they will be able to join the class with the task at hand.
*Can choose to use pre-made puzzles
*Can choose difficulty
*Can choose grid size
*Can choose the set of numbers
*Can choose operators used
*Is given the answer then the puzzle

<b>Contacts:</b> [[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]] | [[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]] | [[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]] | [[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

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==Teacher==
The teacher here would set all of these preferences and then share the activity, then they can look at statistics based on the class. The main basis here would be time but also an error rate should be tracked along with this data.
*Can set difficulty
*Can set grid size
*Can set the set of numbers
*Can set the operators used

<b>Contacts:</b> [[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]] | [[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]] | [[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]] | [[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

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==Development Meetings==

4pm-6pm Wednesday January 20, 2010

4pm Thursday January 28, 2010 (IRC)

==Updates==
01.14.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with New Links

01.16.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new suggestions

01.21.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new description, milestones, and logo

01.27.2010 Added in Fran, Added in summaries for student/teachers

02.02.2010 Developed Teacher Lesson Plan

02.09.2010 Reformatted Wiki

==Milestones==
-<s>Decide which program to use as a foundation. (Tetravex, Super Cube, Jigsaw-Puzzle)</s>

-<s>Display a graphical interface.</s>

-Display squares with numbers.

-Make squares movable and able to be rotated.

-Complete Software Requirements Specifications

-Complete Lesson Plan, and Instructional Documentation

==Bugs/Fixes==

==Public Git Repository==
http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/blocku

==Public IRC Channel==
Server: irc.freenode.net

Channel: #blocku

<b>Contacts:</b> [[user:mdemayo|Mark DeMayo]] | [[user:Coolestdude1|Ariel Zamparini]] | [[user:iogburu|Ihudiya Ogburu]] | [[user:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]

User:Fran Rogers/Emacs activity

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Fran Rogers: Created page with 'I (User:Fran Rogers|) am just getting started with Sugar development, and after getting used to my XO-1, one personal itch I'm interested in scratching is creating a Sugar ac…'

I ([[User:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]]) am just getting started with Sugar development, and after getting used to my XO-1, one personal itch I'm interested in scratching is creating a Sugar activity for [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ GNU Emacs] for developers and power users (not for the kids, of course!).

Right now you can install emacs via yum and run it in the Terminal activity, but it's a bit clunky. It'd be nice to have a Sugar wrapper around Emacs's GTK frontend, so you'd get nice features like better mouse support, GUI widgets, images, etc. It should also be straightforward to map instances of the activity in the Journal to Emacs desktop-save-mode sessions.

User:Fran Rogers

2009-12-05T03:42:17Z

Fran Rogers:

Hello, I'm '''Fran Rogers''', a fourth-year undergraduate in Computer Science at the [http://www.rit.edu Rochester Institute of Technology].

I'm taking the OLPC development seminar course at RIT this quarter (Winter '09), where we'll be [[Math4Team/RIT|working with the Math 4 Team]]. I've been involved in open source projects before (including [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]), so I'm pretty excited to be a part of this project!

Activities/Terminal

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Fran Rogers:

Terminal provides a Bash shell command line, with access to all of the usual cryptic Unix commands, which are generally considered beyond the capabilities of elementary-school children. However, there are always exceptions. A good starting point is [http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/CommandLineIntro/WebHome Introduction to the Gnu/Linux Command Line] from FLOSS Manuals.

Midnight Commander is a character mode file manager that can run directly in Terminal. Install it with

sudo yum install mc

Be sure to configure Lynx-like motion in '''Options:Configuration'''. This lets you navigate the directory tree with the cursor keys.

The user can configure Sugar either in the UI, or using sugar-control-panel from the command line.

One of the most requested commands is

setxkbmap ''keyboard''

where ''keyboard'' can be us (US English), dvorak, fr (French), and so on. See [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Keyboards olpc:Keyboards] for more.

Many terminal users find a white-on-black terminal easier on the eyes than the black-on-white Sugar's Terminal defaults to. You can edit the file <tt>~/.sugar/default/terminalrc</tt> and swap the values of <tt>fg_color</tt> and <tt>bg_color</tt> to switch to white-on-black.

User:Fran Rogers

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Fran Rogers: Created page with 'I'm Fran Rogers, fourth-year undergraduate in Computer Science at RIT. Currently taking the OLPC development seminar - see Math4Team/RIT.'

I'm Fran Rogers, fourth-year undergraduate in Computer Science at RIT. Currently taking the OLPC development seminar - see [[Math4Team/RIT]].