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add fix for keyboard focus to generate pygame keypress events
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==== Wrapping a Pygame program ====
 
==== Wrapping a Pygame program ====
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To use Sugargame to Sugarize a Pygame program, set up an activity directory and  
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To use Sugargame to Sugarize a Pygame program, set up an activity directory and copy the Sugargame package to it.
copy the Sugargame package to it.
      
The activity directory should look something like this:
 
The activity directory should look something like this:
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   setup.py            - Install script
 
   setup.py            - Install script
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To make the Activity class, start with test/TestActivity.py from the Sugargame  
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To make the Activity class, start with test/TestActivity.py from the Sugargame distribution.
distribution
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The activity should create a single PygameCanvas widget and call run_pygame on it. 
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Pass the main loop function of the Pygame program.
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The activity must create a single PygameCanvas widget:
 
  self._canvas = sugargame.canvas.PygameCanvas(self)
 
  self._canvas = sugargame.canvas.PygameCanvas(self)
 
  self.set_canvas(self._canvas)
 
  self.set_canvas(self._canvas)
       
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The activity may assign keyboard focus to the PygameCanvas widget, so that keyboard events generate pygame events:
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self._canvas.grab_focus()
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The activity must call the run_pygame method of the PygameCanvas widget, passing the main loop function of the Pygame program.
 
  # Start the game running.
 
  # Start the game running.
 
  self._canvas.run_pygame(self.game.run)
 
  self._canvas.run_pygame(self.game.run)
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In your Pygame main loop, pump the GTK message loop:
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In your Pygame main loop, you must pump the GTK event loop:
    
   while gtk.events_pending():
 
   while gtk.events_pending():

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