Cmap tools (with image customization cross over)

[Bert Freudenberg]

The better approach would be to install everything into the bundle  
directory itself. Then simply zip it and you should have a working xo  
bundle. A custom build should not be necessary for this.

- Bert -

On 23.12.2008, at 21:35, Greg Smith wrote:

> Hi Bert,
>
> Thanks. It was actually right click for me but that did it.
>
> I installed the Cmap tools from within the X activity and it mostly  
> worked.
>
> A few oddities in the X activity like the arrow keys not working but  
> nothing fatal.
>
> I'll follow up with the Cmap people and see if they can move it  
> ahead some more.
>
> Dan,
>
> Here's a good use case for the "image customization" feature. To  
> install Cmap, I open the X activity, downloaded a zip, then unpacked  
> it which created a bin file. I made that executable and ran it which  
> launched an installer which installed Java and some other stuff into  
> a directory I chose (data). I also assume they would want to tweak  
> the X activity initrc file to make it launch Cmap automatically. The  
> whole thing is within a Rainbow instance but I believe its re-usable  
> if its in the data directory.
>
> Would your customization stick strategy allow me to make this whole  
> thing part of an image installable on many XOs as described?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg S
>
> Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> Click to bring up a menu and open a terminal.
>> Alternatively, edit the ".xinitrc" file to auto-launch any X  
>> applications you want started ("xterm &" is a common choice) before  
>> executing the window manager. This is also how you would bundle and  
>> launch a regular X app like cmap.
>> - Bert -
>> On 23.12.2008, at 16:34, Greg Smith wrote:
>>> Hi Michael and Bert,
>>>
>>> It got quiet enough that I had a chance to try this myself.
>>>
>>> I tried installing and running the X activity and I tried  
>>> following the instructions here: http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/12/run_a_nested_x11_desktop_on_th.html
>>>
>>> In both cases I got a gray screen with a "bar" showing "Workspace"  
>>> with two triangles next to it (left and right facing) on the left  
>>> side of the bar and the time with the same triangles on the right  
>>> side.
>>>
>>> I didn't see my pointer in the Hackfest version but I did in the X  
>>> window version. In both cases I didn't see any place to enter text  
>>> (e.g. a window). Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> I was hoping to get an X window with a prompt so I could install  
>>> CMap tools from there.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Greg S
>>>
>>> Greg Smith wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> Picking up this old thread (http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-September/018835.html 
>>>> )
>>>> I want to move this forward again.
>>>> There is a beta version of a smaller Linux implementation of CMap  
>>>> tools now. Download it from here:
>>>> http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/cmaplite.php
>>>> Does anyone have time to try running this inside of the X windows  
>>>> activity mentioned below?
>>>> While we have some traction on other concept map tools (thanks  
>>>> Tomeu for Labrynth), CMap is "incumbent" in a number of countries  
>>>> and I want to figure out how close we are to supporting it. It  
>>>> will affect our ability to get XOs and Sugar in to more schools  
>>>> systems so its certainly valuable work.
>>>> Let me know if anyone has a chance to try this out and document  
>>>> what it will take to make it work.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Greg S
>>>> *************
>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at  
>>>> freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Am 04.09.2008 um 01:06 schrieb Michael Stone:
>>>> >
>>>> >> On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 05:33:28PM -0400, Greg Smith wrote:
>>>> >>> Has anyone tried making the activity which is X-windows and  
>>>> inside
>>>> >>> which
>>>> >>> other activities can run?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [1] and [2] seem apropos.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Michael
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [1]: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7768#comment:8
>>>> >> [2]: http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/12/run_a_nested_x11_desktop_on_th.html 
>>>>   >
>>>> > I couldn't resist making an activity for that:
>>>> >
>>>> >        http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/X
>>>> Anybody has any idea about how to make xephyr use the clipboard  
>>>> of the
>>>> external X server? DND may be even harder.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Tomeu