Hi Claudia,
thanks for testing! It's great that it's not working for you so we have a test
case ;)
To assist in debugging, could you change DBus>>logDebug: to "Transcript show:
aString; cr" and send me the Transcript contents after you tried to import a
costume or project? Thanks!
All: the steps to upgrade to my version under Sugar in the Terminal activity are
cd Activities/Scratch.activity
wget http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/scratch/ScratchXO-bf-Feb23.zip
mv ScratchXO.image ScratchXO.image.bak
unzip ScratchXO-bf-Feb23.zip
Then launch Scratch as usual.
- Bert -
On 24.02.2010, at 04:25, Claudia Urrea wrote:
>
> Hi Bert,
>
> I am very excited about the progress. I run Scratch on my XO1.0 (802)
> and this is what I found:
> - Import projects
> I downloaded a project from the Scratch website, but I can't import
> it using the Journal button. If I use the simple directory viewer, I see
> a list of download entries, but none of them open, if I bring the Sugar
> widget (by holding down shift key), I click on the file, but it doesn't
> open. I included a couple of screet shoots.
>
> - Import costumes
> If I use the simple directory view, it works, but if I use the Sugar
> widget (by holding down shift key), the images don't get imported.
> I even tried creating a new sprite and again, if I select one of the
> images using the simple directory view it works, but not from the
> Sugar widget.
>
> I like the hidden feature, but one of the reasons I propose the
> Sugar widget is that you can get access to the content of the USB
> drives, without having to do to "/media/XXXX/"
>
> - Import images for background
> I get the same behavior.. the background images get imported if
> I use the simple directort view, but not the Sugar widget
>
> - I didn't test sound.
>
> Thanks again for your work.
>
> Best,
>
> Claudia
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Maloney" <[email protected]>
> To: "Bert Freudenberg" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "linux" <[email protected]>; "Claudia Urrea" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Sugarizing Scratch
>
>
>> Hi, Bert.
>>
>> Got it installed using your pre-build image (thanks for making that!). So
>> far I've tested:
>>
>> 1. download a project from the Scratch website and open it using the
>> Journal button. Yay! This is a biggie!
>> 2. Imported a photo from the Journal as a costume. Another biggie!
>>
>> I haven't yet tested importing lists, backgrounds, and sounds from the
>> Journal. I'll let you know. But these first two tests are very promising.
>>
>> The Sugar "object chooser" is actually what I had originally imagined you
>> would implement. But I much prefer the way you did it. I would be okay with
>> leaving it in as a hidden feature. As you say, it could be desirable as a
>> way to search among thousands of entries.
>>
>> It took a while to generate thumbnails the first time I imported an image,
>> even though there were very few images in my Journal (and only one photo).
>> It's great that you are caching the thumbnails file so it is fast the next
>> time. The Sugar object chooser might be a faster way to import an image on
>> a computer with lots of images in the Journal, especially if the user has
>> never imported an image from Scratch so there no thumbnails file. I could
>> imagine that thumbnail generation might take hours if the journal were full
>> of photos.
>>
>> I haven't used an XO for a while. I had forgotten how slow the XO feels
>> when one is used to a 2 gigaherz dual core processor. :-)
>>
>> This is looking very promising!
>>
>> -- John
>>
>>
>> On Feb 23, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>>
>>> Hi John, all,
>>>
>>> I'm working on making the Sugar Journal accessible from Scratch. The plan
>>> is to do so with only minimal changes in the UI.
>>>
>>> I have a first implementation, and would like to get feedback. Attached is
>>> a version that can import Scratch projects, Sprite costumes, Stage
>>> backgrounds, and Lists from the Sugar Journal. Importing Sounds should
>>> work too but I have not tested that yet.
>>>
>>> There is no saving / exporting / writing to the Journal yet.
>>>
>>> The UI by default shows the Journal contents as if it was a simple
>>> directory. You just click the new Journal button and it lists all the
>>> matching entries for the current media type.
>>>
>>> Alternatively it can use Sugar's "object chooser". To try that, hold down
>>> Shift while clicking the Journal button (the default is governed by
>>> useJournalUI pref). If there were thousands of entries in the Journal this
>>> might be preferable. But I'm still undecided on this.
>>>
>>> To install, get a pristine ScratchSource1.4 image and file in the
>>> changesets in this order:
>>> - Compatibility
>>> - DBus
>>> - SugarScratch
>>> You MUST evaluate "DBus startUp: true" once, and after each start of the
>>> image (if saved as a user image that happens automatically on each start).
>>>
>>> Obviously you need to run this under Sugar.
>>>
>>> For convenience, here is a drop-in replacement for the image in the current
>>> Scratch activity:
>>> http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/scratch/ScratchXO-bf-Feb23.zip
>>>
>>> Again, feedback appreciated.
>>>
>>> - Bert -
>>>
>>> <SugarScratch-bf-Feb23.zip>
>>
> <Screenshot_1_2_3.png><Screenshot_1_2_3_4.png>
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