Tutorials/Copy with drag & drop
Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop with a 2nd USB-stick
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unknown estimated finish. --satellit_ 7 December 2011
This page is under active construction at this time. Please check back shortly for updated information.
unknown estimated finish. --satellit_ 7 December 2011
- A Booted Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD was used for these examples
- Note these screen-shots were Drag-Dropped to a 2nd USB-stick
- Copied from the USB to another Computer and uploaded to the Sugarlabs.wiki
- Where it was inserted into this page
- Note:For All Screen-shots:
- Click on Screen-shot to enlarge it
- Use your Browsers <== Back arrow to return
- You can import and export items from the sugar journal Using this procedure :
- Insert a 2nd USB
- (required to be present for this to work)
- highlight the desired lines in the Write-Application
- This also works in other applications like: terminal or your browser
- click the scissors up icon (copy) on the top bar
- open the frame (upper right corner with mouse)
- click on the journal icon on the top frame
- move to the bottom left edge of frame
- right click on clipping icon on the left bottom edge of frame
- hover on this icon select Keep which appears
- retract frame
- (move mouse to center of the screen)
- bottom bar shows journal and 2nd USB-stick icons
- drag the new clipping listed in the journal icon with mouse right button depressed
- to the 2nd USB-stick icon now showing in bottom bar next to journal icon
- hover over the USB-stick icon
- Select remove on Drop-down menu (Safely remove USB-Stick)
- remove USB-stick from computer running sugar
- insert USB-stick into another windows or linux computer and drag file on USB-stick to the your desktop
- (or into host system by removing and re-inserting USB-stick after exiting sugar)
- open and copy this file to a paste bin application in your browser
export Photos
- drag-drop to a 2nd USB-stick can be used to export Photos created with the sugar record activity from the journal.
import/install <activity>.xo file
- drag-drop an <activity.xo> file from a 2nd USB-stick to the Journal.
- Download site for <activity>.xo files
- See the Activities link on wiki top bar
- Sugar_Creation_Kit#ASLOxo-6 DVD.iso with 400+ activities
- Can be used as a Drag Drop source
Screen capture
- <Alt> + 1 or <PrtScn> (when present) captures the screen and stores a screenshot in the Journal.
- Comment: An important use case for the Keep button. How do we store just the image, without the software state? Some Activities, including Turtle Art, have a button for this purpose.