#8648 NORM Not Tri: .py file not running as started activity

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#8648: .py file not running as started activity
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 Reporter:  Rmyers  |         Owner:  marco                            
     Type:  defect  |        Status:  new                              
 Priority:  normal  |     Milestone:  Not Triaged                      
Component:  sugar   |       Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:          |   Next_action:  never set                        
 Verified:  0       |     Blockedby:                                   
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 I attempted a small edit of ReadEtexts to change the display font from
 sans to serif. This change would not execute. This bug is being filed
 against Sugar as 1)ReadEtext does not have a Trac component category, and
 2)I think that this is pretty clearly this is happening outside the
 activity.

 I have successfully made small changes to activities like this in the
 past.

 OS build 760

 ReadEtexts build 6

 Here's a detailed description to reproduce:[[BR]]
 Open Terminal[[BR]]
 cd Activities/ReadEtexts.activity[[BR]]
 ls -l and note sizes and dates[[BR]]
 execute 'python ReadEtexts.py', this should return 'Speech not
 supported'[[BR]]
 execute 'python ReadEtexts.pyc', same result[[BR]]
 find a text zip in the Journal and launch ReadEtexts. It should open
 normally. Note that text is sans serif. Close ReadEtexts.[[BR]]
 in Terminal, nano ReadEtexts.py. Find line containing 'sans 12', change to
 'serif 12'. Save and exit.[[BR]]
 ls -l again, note the timestamp on R..py, and that it's one byte
 longer.[[BR]]
 Back to journal. Launch ReadEtexts again. Note that the font hasn't
 changed. The modified .py is not executing![[BR]]
 Back to terminal, rm R..pyc.[[BR]]
 Back to journal. Launch ReadEtexts again. It never starts. Go to log. Log
 ends with:
 {{{
 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sugar/activity/main.py
 100 module = __import__(module_name)
 module = undefined
 global __import__ = undefined
 module_name = 'ReadETextsActivity'

 ImportError: No module named ReadEtextsActivity
 }}}
 The .py won't execute!
 back to Terminal. 'python ReadeEtexts.py' again. Get normal 'Speech not
 supported message. Nothing wrong with the .py file.

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