Thanks, Wade. Though I am a programmer by trade, my familiarity with Sugar ends at the UI. Is this something you are capable of fixing, or should I attempt to inform the original uploader, Sulmanminhas?
Quoting Wade Brainerd <[email protected]>: > Quick update, it turns out the activity just has the old problem where it > tries to load files without prepending the bundle path. > It might be nice if Sugar would start activities in their bundle > directories, I think it used to. > > -Wade > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Wade Brainerd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> There are a ton of activities out there like this one that were started at >> some point and not finished, or else were finished but not kept up to date >> as Sugar evolved. >> >> I downloaded this one and tried it out. Assuming that it wouldn't work, I >> downloaded the .xo file using wget, unzipped it using unzip, and then ran >> 'python setup.py dev' in the BasicMaths.activity directory. After >> restarting Sugar I launched the activity and it came up just fine, but I >> noticed the following problems: >> >> - MANIFEST file is totally wrong, contains an extra path. >> - Icon doesn't follow Sugar icon conventions. >> - The activity itself is extremely basic. It consists of an equation >> missing an operator, with some operator buttons to click on, and text >> telling you whether you were correct or not. >> >> That said, it did work for me. It would be interesting to know what the Log >> activity shows for it on your XO. It would also be great to contact the >> author and try to convince them to complete it. >> >> We recently started a SugarLabs ActivityTeam to try and catalog and >> (eventually) fix these kinds of activities, and it would help us a lot if >> you could document this and any other finds at: >> >> http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/ActivityStatus >> >> Also, there are a couple of Math-related Sugar activities in development >> right now. If you're interested in helping out with one, let me know and I >> can point you in the right direction. >> >> Best, >> Wade >> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Tom Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There is a Basic Math Game activity listed on the Math portal page >>> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Math), but when I download it to my XO, and >>> attempt to Start it from the Journal, nothing appears to happen. >>> >>> Have others tried this activity? Should I expect it to work? If so, >>> what can I do to troubleshoot? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> --Tom >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Olpc-open mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
