Walter Bender wrote:
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Simon Schampijer <si...@schampijer.de> wrote:
On 07/06/2011 10:29 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
From: Walter Bender<walter.ben...@gmail.com>
This patch adds $HOME/Documents to the volume toolbar in the Journal view.
The rationale is to make it easier for people to move files in and out of
the data store from the file system -- a feature oft requested by
teachers.
It also means that Sugar activities can more readily access files
generated
outside of Sugar -- another feature requested by teachers.
Note that this patch requires the inclusion of a new icon, user-documents,
that is included in a separate patch.
The current version of this patch reflects feedback from Sascha Silbe (See
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2011-July/032200.html)
First of all thanks for trying to solve this need. About the approach, I am
not sure the Journal is a good file browser. The information about the
hierarchical file system is lost.
Not important to the use case IMHO.
I presume the use case is to import/export
data from the Journal, similar to the view for an external device.
Exactly.
I actually do not like that neither ;p For large file systems the current
Journal code takes a long time to scan and then one gets a view of files
where the expected ordering is lost. Not sure how to do that better besides
including a file browser, though.
Browse is fine for browsing the hierarchy, but that is not the use
case here. Teacher often create files outside of Sugar. Having a
simple way to access those files from within Sugar is the goal.
This works in F15 Soas-coconut;
ASLO install sugar commander 7.xo
yum install gedit
gedit
create test.txt with gedit in /home
use sugar-commander to see file outside of journal and then use bottom bar:
"Copy File to the Journal"
open file in journal.
(works for .txt and .jpg files) no connection to .pdf files in journal
(as read is non functional)
Wish this sugar-commander exchange capability (2nd bar at bottom) could
be reversed
also need to sugarize evince so it can start .pdf files transferred
into the journal.
(Maybe not save them once opened for security / just close with no changes)
sugar-commander will also import a file from a 2nd USB into the journal.
Tom Gilliard
satellit
(Every
teacher I have shown this to has been very envious of this feature.)
Also, it will let kids access their OOffice and Tux files.
I have to think about the general approach of how we show files on non
Journal devices a bit more.
I agree that this is a general issue, but why hold up this patch because of it?
Regards,
Simon
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regards.
-walter
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