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=== New Keybindings for the Frame and the Journal ===
=== New Keybindings for the Frame and the Journal ===
Daniel Drake has added keybindings for the Journal (F5) and the Frame (F6). This will help to access those important views quicker on hardware on which there is no designated key.
Daniel Drake has added keybindings for the Journal (F5) and the Frame (F6). This will help to access those important views quicker on hardware on which there is no designated key.
=== OLPC XO-1 touchpad mode selector ===
The original version of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1 OLPC XO-1] laptop ("CL1") included a dual-mode touchpad manufactured by ALPS, where the center section could be used as a regular capacitive, finger-based mouse device, or the full width of the touchpad could be used as a resistive, tablet-style input device. Unfortunately, when used as a capactive, finger-based input device, the mouse cursor is often jumpy and difficult to use. This is due to hardware bugs, which the driver attempts to work around. However, some users report that when the mouse is used in the resistive mode, no such jumpiness is present.
Sugar-0.92 adds a new icon to the devices section of the Sugar frame, which allows the user to switch between the two modes. By default, the laptop boots in the regular capacitive/finger mode, where the mouse can be manipulated ordinarily with a light touch of the finger. In this state, the icon appears as follows:
[[File:Touchpad Capacitive.png]]
Clicking on the icon will switch into the resistive/stylus mode, where the mouse is then operated by a stylus. When in this mode, the mouse cannot be operated by a soft touch of the finger as before, so don't panic if it seems like your mouse has broken (you can just click again to revert back to capactive/finger mode). When in resistive/stylus mode, you can simply use any kind of stylus (use the non-writing end of a pen, for example) to move the mouse around. The icon appears as follows:
[[File:Touchpad Resistive.png]]
Note that this icon will only be displayed when Sugar is running on the XO-1 where this hardware is present. Due to the problems associated with the hardware, later models of the XO-1 ("CL1A") switched to a more standard and more reliable Synaptics-based capactive touchpad, and this Synaptics-based pad is also included in the XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 laptops.
=== Turtle Art ===
=== Turtle Art ===