On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:59:37AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > Here is a fun and amusing "easy weekend project" for an enterprising > activity author: > > Implement a "code sharing" demo as follows: > > 1. stub out a collaborative "RemoteControl" activity (perhaps based on > Chat, Xavier, or Distribute)... > > 2. which, when started fresh, asks you to select an activity > compatible with RemoteControl to be launched in the container of the > RemoteControl instance under the control of said instance, > > 3. which, when shared, causes both the RemoteControl instance and the > controlled activity instance to be shared, and >
What do you mean by "shared"? > 4. which, when joined, transfers the code of the controlled activity > to the joining RemoteControl instance which promptly instantiates its > own controlled instance and directs that instance to join the shared > controlled instance. This specification roughly makes sense, but I don't understand the motivation. Why would an activity author want to spend a weekend doing this? _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
