[OLPC-AU] New blank write document

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On 11 October 2010 12:07, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:35:56AM +1100, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
>> Ian wrote:
>> > Is it possible to set write up so it opens a blank page when it is
>> > selected from the home view, or is it a design feature of the
>> > activity?
>>
>> If you hover for a second or so, a dropdown menu gives the choice to
>> resume or start a new document.
>
> It is a design feature of Sugar, not the activity.  It was introduced in
> Sugar 0.84.  See http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.84/Notes#Resume_Activity
>
> Instead of hover, learner can right-click.  Slightly faster once they
> get used to it, since no delay is required.
>
> Also, in List View in Home View (F3, Ctrl/2), starting an activity
> always starts a new instance.
>
> Learner can see colour change of icon as an indication that clicking it
> will resume a journal entry.

Are you referring to some icons being in colour in the favourites
view? I had always interpreted that as "I have run this activity
before", as opposed to being linked to a journal entry.