On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 19:09, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Carlos, > I have used SoaS on the Mac with some success, but only as it came. I have > never added any other Activities... but would like to learn how to do it. If > you aren't in a huge hurry, I will bring my Mac when I come for the Conozco > Uruguay tour and EDUJam next month. Maybe we can get together and make it > work then!
I just now added http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/The_Undiscoverable#Downloading_and_installing_activities which was needed by someone else. We should put it into the Sugar manual at FLOSS Manuals. > I love the way you asked for simple, easy to follow instructions. As a > retired educator, I sort of specialize in writing things like that. I call > them "Grannies' Guides" because the first one I wrote was for a grandmother > who was having trouble getting her grandson's XO connected to the internet. > But everyone thought it was called that because I am a grandmother... so > that is how I got my nickname "GrannieB." > Meanwhile, between now and May, I'll ask around and see if I can make it > work. There is a very helpful Mac user in the Australian outback who comes > on RT late at night (morning there) and helps me with things like this. > I'll try to see if he has any ideas. > Hope to see you in May. > Caryl >> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 19:53:09 -0300 >> From: gei...@gmail.com >> To: car...@mac.com >> CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org >> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Conozco Uruguay in Mac computer >> >> Carlos: >> >> I don't know about Macs, but Conozco Uruguay is written in Python >> Pygame which are platform-indpendent so it should work. You would need >> to do this: >> >> 1) install python >> 2) install pygame >> 3) unzip ConozcoUruguay-10.xo >> 4) in the terminal, go to the directory ConozcoUruguay.activity and >> run "python conozcouy.py" >> >> I don't know how to do 1) and 2), but these pages may help you: >> >> http://python.org/download/ >> http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml >> >> Regards, >> >> Gabriel >> >> >> 2011/4/9 Carlos Rabassa <car...@mac.com>: >> > Frederick, Thomas, Raffael >> > >> > Thank you and all who sent me messages trying to help me in using SoaS >> > in a Mac computer. >> > >> > I am afraid my request was not clear and too ambitious. >> > >> > Let me replace it with a much simpler and modest request, if I may. >> > >> > >> > I heard lots of praise about the "Conozco Uruguay" activity. >> > >> > I haven't been able to see it in action or use it myself. >> > >> > Could someone give me step by step instructions to use Conozco Uruguay >> > in a Mac computer? >> > >> > If you could give me just one set of instructions, with no >> > alternatives, no shop talk, that would be ideal. >> > >> > If tomorrow a much better solution comes up, I promise not to >> > complaint. >> > >> > If I get to do this and you are still willing to help, I will certainly >> > ask for more. >> > >> > >> > I am dreaming of simple instructions I could quickly follow to get to >> > this modest goal. >> > >> > I am not even dreaming of becoming a developer or anything like that. >> > >> > Just want to be helpful as a volunteer, learning to use as many >> > applications as I can. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > >> > Carlos Rabassa >> > Volunteer >> > Plan Ceibal Support Network >> > Montevideo, Uruguay >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep