Tutorials/Chatting with the Chat Activity: Difference between revisions

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Communicate with other Sugar Learners and developers.
Chat is an example of a shared Activity, which allows Collaboration over a network.

There are many different shared Activities in Sugar

Collaboration is one of Sugar's strongest features.

Boot Sugar

The Home view (F3) appears

Screenshots
Introduction to the Sugar Interface
Connecting to the Internet
Chatting with the Chat Activity
Chatting with the IRC Activity
Copy with drag & drop
Send a file to a friend
Backup & restore Journal

Capturas de pantalla
Introducción a la interfaz de Azúcar
Conexión a Internet
Charlando con la Actividad Chat
Charlando con la Actividad IRC
Copia con un simple arrastrar y soltar

Installation
Install SoaS in VirtualBox
Install SoaS in VMware Player
Import a VirtualBox Appliance
Importar un aparato de VirtualBox
Install with `liveinst`
Instalar con `liveinst`
Install & use liveusb-creator
Netinstall Fedora with Sugar Desktop
Burn a CD.iso on a Mac

Videos

The Chat icon

is on the right side of the Spiral of Activities

You must be connected to a network for Chat to Collaborate.

Start Chat

Click on the Chat icon.

Share your Chat session

Click on the 'white disc with a dot inside' icon on the Activity toolbar.
Click in the drop-down palette menu.

You must run Chat as a shared session for it to collaborate.

You are now collaborating in a shared Activity session.

Your shared Chat session will show as an icon on the Neighborhood view (F1).

Other Learners can join your Chat session from their Neighborhood view.

Send Chat message

Type your message in the bottom text entry box of Chat.

Hit the Enter key on your keyboard.

Here Testing Chat is the message

Note that the Learner's avatar name is displayed on the line before the message.

In this case, Tris5-sugar: Testing Chat

This becomes useful if several other Learners join the Chat session.

Use emoticons in your chat

Click on the "happy face" icon on the toolbar.

A drop-down palette menu appears and you can click on any of the emoticons on it.

Press the Enter key on your keyboard.

The emoticon is added to your message.

Joining a shared Chat session

This is an example of joining another Learner's shared Chat session.

Click in the Frame or press the F1 key and you switch to the Neighborhood view.
Move the mouse pointer away from screen/window edge to retract the Frame.
Join another Learner's shared Chat session.

Hover the mouse pointer over the Chat icon.

Click Join on the pop-up palette menu.

You are Chatting (collaborating) in the other Learner's Chat session.

You can see your messages in yellow and the other Learner's messages in blue.

Other Learners' colors will match the colors of their XO avatar.

It will not always be blue.

Move the mouse pointer to a corner of the screen/window.

Wait until the Frame extends.

This screenshot is from a newly shared Chat session.

An icon for the running Chat Activity is displayed on the top bar of the Frame.
Avatars of the 2 connected Learners are displayed on the right bar of the Frame.

Icon for the Learner - (Has the same pop-up palette menu as shown in the Home view version of the icon (not shown).
Pop-out palette menu for the Learner sharing this Chat session - Remove Friend (shown)

Stop Chat

Click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, on the right side of the toolbar.

Stop Ctrl+Q appears on the drop-down palette label.

Click on it.
You return to the Home view screen.

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-* '''Use the  ← left________________________right → links in the blue top/bottom bars
+<noinclude>[[Category:Tutorial|Chat]]</noinclude>__TOC__
-:to connect to another part of this Annotated Guide to Sugar''
-{| width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
+* Communicate with other Sugar Learners and developers.
-|-
+*'''Chat''' is an example of a '''shared Activity''', which allows [[The Undiscoverable/Collaboration|'''Collaboration''']] over a network.
-|width=25% align=left bgcolor=#C3D9FF|&larr; '''[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/How_to_use_IRC|How to use IRC]]'''
+: There are many different '''shared Activities''' in '''Sugar'''
-|width=50% align=center bgcolor=#C3D9FF|'''[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Introduction_to_Sugar_Interface|Introduction to the Sugar Interface]]'''
+: Collaboration is one of Sugar's strongest features.
-|width=25% align=right bgcolor=#C3D9FF| '''[[Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS|Fedora-SoaS]]''' &rarr;
-|}
-:'''Chat''' is an example of a '''shared activity''' which allows '''Collaboration''' over a '''Jabber Connection'''
-:There are many different '''shared activities''' in the '''Sugar-Desktop'''
-:It is one of Sugar's Strongest features.
 ===Boot Sugar===
-*The '''Home (or f3)''' Screen appears
+* The '''Home''' view (F3) appears
+{{:Nav-Tutorials}}
 [[File:Screenshot_of_Home_f3_spiral.png|500px]]
-: The Chat icon [[Image:Activity-chat.png]] is on right side of the Spiral of Activities
+: The Chat icon [[File:Activity-chat.png]] is on the right side of the Spiral of Activities
-:[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Connecting_to_the_Internet|You must be connected to the internet for Chat to Collaborate]]
+:[[Tutorials/Connecting_to_the_Internet|You must be connected to a network for Chat to Collaborate]].
 ===Start Chat===
-*Click on the Chat Icon
+* Click on the Chat icon.
 [[File:Chat_Start.png|500px]]
-===Send Chat Message===
-:Type your message in the bottom field of Chat
-* Hit return
+===Share your Chat session===
-:Here '''Testing Chat''' is the message
+* Click on the 'white disc with a dot inside' icon on the Activity toolbar.
-:Note that the User's Avitar name is displayed on the line before the message
+* Click [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png]] in the drop-down palette menu.
-:In this case '''Tris5-sugar:   Testing Chat'''
+[[File:Chat_Activity_share_dropdown.png|500px]]
-:This becomes useful if several other users join the chat
+: You must run Chat as a shared session for it to collaborate.
+: You are now [[The_Undiscoverable/Collaboration|collaborating]] in a shared Activity session.
+: Your shared Chat session will show as an icon on the '''Neighborhood''' view (F1).
+: Other Learners can join your Chat session from their Neighborhood view.
+===Send Chat message===
+: Type your message in the bottom text entry box of Chat.
+* Hit the Enter key on your keyboard.
+: Here '''Testing Chat''' is the message
+: Note that the Learner's avatar name is displayed on the line before the message.
+: In this case, '''Tris5-sugar:   Testing Chat'''
+: This becomes useful if several other Learners join the Chat session.
 ===Use emoticons in your chat===
-Click on the "happy face" icon on the top bar
+Click on the "happy face" icon on the toolbar.
-:A drop Down menu appears and you can click on any of the emoticons on it
+: A drop-down palette menu appears and you can click on any of the emoticons on it.
 [[File:Chat_Activity_emoticon_drop_down.png|500px]]
-*hit return
-:the emoticon is added to your message
+* Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
+: The emoticon is added to your message.
 [[File:Chat_with_msg_and_emoticon.png|500px]]
-===Share your Chat Session===
-*Click on the '''0 with a dot inside''' icon on the top bar
-*Click [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png]] in the drop down menu
-[[File:Chat_Activity_share_dropdown.png|500px]]
-:You are now collaborating in a shared session
-:Your Shared Chat will show an Icon on the f1 Neighborhood.
-:Other users can join your chat from there.
-===Joining a Shared Chat Session===
+===Joining a shared Chat session===
-:This is an example of joining another users shared chat
+: This is an example of joining another Learner's shared Chat session.
-;Click [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png]] in the frame or Hit '''F1''' key and you switch to the Neighborhood View.
+* Click [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png]] in the [[Tutorials/Introduction_to_the_Sugar_Interface#Frame|Frame]] or press the '''F1''' key and you switch to the '''Neighborhood''' view.
-*Move mouse pointer to center of window to retract frame.
+* Move the mouse pointer away from screen/window edge to retract the '''Frame'''.
-*Join Chat
+* Join another Learner's shared Chat session.
-:Hover the mouse cursor over the Chat icon
+: Hover the mouse pointer over the Chat icon.
-:Click '''Join''' on the drop down menu
+: Click '''Join''' on the pop-up palette menu.
-:[[File:F1_Join_Chat.png|500px]]
+: [[File:F1_Join_Chat.png|500px]]
-:You are Chatting (Collaborating) in the other user's Chat
-:[[File:Shared_Chat.png|500px]]
-:You can see your messages (yellow) and Other user's messages in (blue)
-:Other's user's color will match the colors of their XO Avitar
+: You are Chatting (collaborating) in the other Learner's Chat session.
-:It will not always be blue.
+: [[File:Shared_Chat.png|500px]]
-*Move the mouse cursor to the right corner of the field
-:Wait until the '''frame''' extends
+: You can see your messages in yellow and the other Learner's messages in blue.
-*This screen-shot is from new shared session involving:
+: Other Learners' colors will match the colors of their XO avatar.
-#  ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 10"netbook - Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD
+: It will not always be blue.
-#  XO-1 OLPC running os508dx - latest version of Dextrose
+* Move the mouse pointer to a corner of the screen/window.
+: Wait until the [[Tutorials/Introduction_to_the_Sugar_Interface#Frame|'''Frame''']] extends.
+* This screenshot is from a '''newly shared Chat session'''.
 [[File:Screenshot_of_Chat_Activity_frame_shared_with_XO-1.png|500px]]
-* Icon for running '''Chat''' is displayed on the top bar of the  '''frame'''
+* An icon for the running '''Chat''' Activity is displayed on the top bar of the '''Frame'''.
-*Avitars of the 2 connected users are displayed on the right edge of the frame
+* Avatars of the 2 connected Learners are displayed on the right bar of the '''Frame'''.
-#  Drop Down Menu for the user: - same as shown on the '''Home (or F3)''' Drop Down menu (not shown)
+# Icon for the Learner - (Has the same pop-up palette menu as shown in the '''Home''' view version of the icon (not shown).
-#  Drop Down Menu for the User sharing Chat -  '''Remove Friend''' (shown)
+#  Pop-out palette menu for the Learner sharing this Chat session - '''Remove Friend''' (shown)
-:
 ===Stop Chat===
 :[[File:Shared_Chat_stop.png|500px]]
-*click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, in the right top bar
+* Click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, on the right side of the toolbar.
-:"Stop Ctrl+Q" appears in drop down menu
+: '''Stop''' Ctrl+Q appears on the drop-down palette label.
-*Click on it
+* Click on it.
-*You return to the '''Home (or f3)''' screen
+* You return to the '''Home''' view screen.
-{| width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
-|-
-|width=25% align=left bgcolor=#C3D9FF|&larr; '''[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/How_to_use_IRC|How to use IRC]]'''
-|width=50% align=center bgcolor=#C3D9FF|'''[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Introduction_to_Sugar_Interface|Introduction to the Sugar Interface]]'''
-|width=25% align=right bgcolor=#C3D9FF| '''[[Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS|Fedora-SoaS]]''' &rarr;
-|}