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==== Chat Channel ====
==== Chat Channel ====
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It is overlaid on any activity. It is spatially contextual chatting interface comprising of chat bubbles thoughout the screen.
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For detailed information about the project refer to Bulletin Board Proposal [[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2014/native/Bulletin_Board.]]
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==Instructions to setup on any Sugar Activity - ==
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* Clone the sugar toolkit gtk3 repo. - https://github.com/native93/sugar-toolkit-gtk3.
* Also in the sugar-artwork, include the icon hand1.svg and add it in the corresponding Makefile.
* Choose any activity on which you want the Bulletin Board to be overlaid. -''' Shown as an example for the Paint Activity - https://github.com/native93/Sugar-paint-activity. '''
* In the activity code base, search for the Activity class i.e, Class which inherits activity.Activity of sugar3. - ''OficinaActivity in case of Paint Activity''
* Import BulletinBoard class from sugar toolkit - ''from sugar3.activity.widgets import BulletinBoard''
* Initialize an object of the class say self.board - ''self.board = BulletinBoard(self)''.
* Insert self.board in the activity container ( depends on activity ) - '''refer to Paint Activity.'''
* Also insert all the buttons - ''self.board.box_button, self.board.share_button, self.board.button'' in order to end of the activity toolbar box.
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That's it ! and the Bulletin chat channel is ready for use with the activity !.