That's great! Btw - one thing we never tried buy might be worth checking out is Alien - it's a piece of software that's supposed to convert .deb files to .rpm s. Not sure if it would work but maybe worth a try?
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Amos, > Thanks. I'll give it a go this weekend and get back to you. > > ./ks > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you! Comments below... > > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> I've made RPMs before, a long time ago, but I can figure it out again. > >> > > > > That's great! It'd be wonderful to have an rpm of Scratch. > > > > > >> > >> > By the way - the source is available on svn here: > >> > > >> > https://www.assembla.com/spaces/scratchonlinux/trac_subversion_tool > >> > >> Regarding the svn source, it looked like it removed the ability to > >> checkin > >> projects and a few other differences. My son is doing this with a group > >> at school and I'm trying to get his experience to be the same as the > >> rest > >> of the group. The teacher isn't proficient in Linux I don't think so > >> he's > >> on his own. > >> > > > > Ah - you are pointing out a confusing issue in our documentation. On this > > page it explains that the squeak source has the sharing code stripped > out: > > > > http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Source_Code > > > > This was done because we were concerned that non official versions of > > Scratch could try to submit projects to our server that our server might > > not > > know how to handle. However, this limitation doesn't apply to the version > > of > > Scratch on the SVN repository linked to here: > > > > https://www.assembla.com/spaces/scratchonlinux/trac_subversion_tool > > > > It is an "official" version of Scratch for Linux, so it does have the > > sharing code built in, same as the Windows / Mac versions. > > > > It has the source for the ScratchPlugin I believe. It seems that the > only > >> binaries are the vm and the drivers. All of the modes seem to be > >> supported (i.e. small stage, large stage, and presentation) and working. > >> I > >> just haven't figured out how to get it to find the costumes etc. and > >> link > >> the help menu with the help files. > >> > > > > Great - if presentation mode is working, then the VM is finding the > > Scratch > > Plugin properly. The location of the media files (costumes etc.) is > > hardcoded inside the Scratch.image file, which is in Squeak. This can be > > tricky to change around if you aren't familiar with Squeak. However, it > > should find them on your system if you place them in /usr/share/scratch. > > It > > would be best to use the same file tree in all Linux versions if > possible. > > Here's what it's looking for: > > > > /usr/share/scratch/Help - Helpscreen images and html files > > /usr/share/scratch/locale - language files (that allow user to choose > > their > > own language) > > /usr/share/scratch/Media - contains backgrounds, costumes, and sounds > > folders > > /usr/share/scratch/Projects - contains subfolders with sample projects > > > > The debian rules file details the install process further. > > > > Amos > > > > p.s. You should be able to build the Plugins with the makefile included > > with > > the source. That's about all there is to do as far as compilation. The > > Scratch.image file contains the rest of the code, and the vm just reads > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> > re: Readme - it would be great if you could write a new one to > >> describe > >> > the > >> > steps you took to install on your system. We'll post it on our Linux > >> > Installer page and add it to the next release of the source package. > >> > >> Will do. > >> > >> > Amos > >> > Scratch Team > >> > >> Kevin > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > _____ > > Amos > > > > -- _____ Amos
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