On Jan 25, 2008 9:54 AM, Bert Freudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2008, at 15:46 , Chas. Owens wrote: > > > On Jan 25, 2008 8:32 AM, Eduardo H Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> Today, while learning python (with the excellent book Bit of > >> Python), I > >> wondered: > >> What if sugar had a python interpreter and code window which could be > >> toggled on/off, and would stay on top like in the future with > >> bulletin > >> boards, giving a constant access to python power. > >> Say, in the ruler activity a kid could take measurements, and at > >> the same > >> time be assigning them to variables on the side (or on the top), > >> and be > >> computing areas and perimeters. > >> But that's why we have pippy, I hear you say. If pippy took a more > >> 'learn > >> python' or tutor role, then those kids who learned it through it, > >> could > >> seamlessly make use of it everywhere within sugar. > >> > >> Maybe this is nuts, and 'code talks, and s..t walks', so I'm > >> throwing the > >> idea for now. > >> > >> Eduardo > > > > So, something like the clipboard. It would come out and let you write > > snippets of code that would all execute in the same python process. > > Then you could switch to a special activity that would let you manage > > those snippets to make a program. Sounds like an interesting idea. > > Indeed. Also, clicking on a UI element with a special modifier > pressed could create a variable reference in that overlay > "workspace", so you can refer to stuff shown on the screen in your > little snippets. That would be immensely cool! > > - Bert -
I think we would need to use DBus to handle that for us. Aren't all activities being run in separate python processes? _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
