thanks Gary the default single click shape does not work for the box but does work for circle and triangle
I think there needs to be clear install instructions for those doing this for the first time. I wasn't sure what to do. I found some instructions here http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities#Installing_one_activity <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities#Installing_one_activity>which were sufficient for me to work it out but would not be adequate for many of my students I will give them a copy of physics-3.xo with some instructions like this, making it as easy as possible so we can spend more of our limited time exploring software rather than confusion arising over a routine installation task - hover over and erase existing physics - get physics-3.xo (1.4MB) off L drive onto your USB - insert your USB and double click on your USB icon - your USB contents should appear in the Journal, including the physics program - click on the arrow on the right hand side of page for the physics program - click on start button - physics will open and be installed on the SoaS stick To confirm note the new features: - hand for grab - irregular polygon replaces hexagon icon - you can now save your work and others cheers On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com>wrote: > Just thought I'd forward this over to IAEP. > > (If you are running an older build of SoaS, you'll need to erase the > existing Physics Activity before trying to upgrade. The older SoaS shipped > with Activities installed in a non-standard place, with administrator > permissions, preventing the normal Sugar activity upgrade process. You'll > likely need to drop into Terminal, find and remove the Physics.activity > directory from there. Current SoaS builds have this issue resolved). > > Regards, > --Gary > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Sugar Labs Activities <activit...@sugarlabs.org> >> Date: 27 August 2009 18:41:21 BST >> To: sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> Subject: [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Physics-3 >> Reply-To: sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> >> Activity Homepage: >> http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4193 >> >> Sugar Platform: >> from 0.82 to 0.86 >> >> Download Now: >> http://activities.sugarlabs.org/downloads/version/29221 >> >> Release notes: >> * Journal state saving now supported! >> * MIME type support added so Physics Journal entries can be sent to others >> (application/x-physics-activity) >> * Fixed Activity title text input so you can name your work correctly >> (olpcgames glitch) >> * New Grab toolbar icon (hand) >> * New Polygon toolbar icon (irregular polygon shape) >> * Cleaned up toolbar order >> * Single click behaviour so that Circle, Triangle, and Box tool add >> default sized shapes >> * Single click behaviour for all tools, so that a subsequent single click >> creates a clone of the last shape made with that tool. >> * Erase tool now erases (one by one) pins/joints/motors from a shape, >> before finally removing the shape itself. >> * Using +key for all keyboard shortcuts (was causing PyGame input focus >> issues when typing a title) >> * Using the Sugar standard arrow cursor for the PyGame canvas (well, a >> fake one) >> * Cleaned up the Activity icon >> * Upgraded to new version of Elements 0.13 >> * Upgraded to new version of Box2D >> * Picked up Pootle (July 3rd) translations >> >> Many thanks to Asaf Paris Mandoki, and Brian Jordan for all their hard >> work! >> >> Reviewer comments: >> Trusted activity >> >> Sugar Labs Activities >> http://activities.sugarlabs.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> > >
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