Tutorials/Copy with drag & drop

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Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop with a 2nd USB-stick

  • ==>Ready to use. Please edit this page if you want to improve it.--Satellit 20:22, 10 December 2011 (EST)
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  • 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
  • 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)
External link^
This also works in other applications like: terminal or your browser
click the scissors up icon (copy) on the top bar

 

  • Extend 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
The Sugar Creation Kit wiki on a USB-stick
Intended to be run where there is NO Internet Connection Available.
Successfully tested on a G1G1 XO-1 running os508dx - (Dextrose2)

Screen capture

<Alt> + 1 or <PrtScn> (when present) captures the screen and stores a screenshot in the Journal.