[Olpc-open] Basic Maths?

[Tom Stewart]

Thanks, Wade. Though I am a programmer by trade, my familiarity with  
Sugar ends at the UI. Is this something you are capable of fixing, or  
should I attempt to inform the original uploader, Sulmanminhas?

Quoting Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com>:

> Quick update, it turns out the activity just has the old problem where it
> tries to load files without prepending the bundle path.
> It might be nice if Sugar would start activities in their bundle
> directories, I think it used to.
>
> -Wade
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tom,
>> There are a ton of activities out there like this one that were started at
>> some point and not finished, or else were finished but not kept up to date
>> as Sugar evolved.
>>
>> I downloaded this one and tried it out.  Assuming that it wouldn't work, I
>> downloaded the .xo file using wget, unzipped it using unzip, and then ran
>> 'python setup.py dev' in the BasicMaths.activity directory.  After
>> restarting Sugar I launched the activity and it came up just fine, but I
>> noticed the following problems:
>>
>> - MANIFEST file is totally wrong, contains an extra path.
>> - Icon doesn't follow Sugar icon conventions.
>> - The activity itself is extremely basic.  It consists of an equation
>> missing an operator, with some operator buttons to click on, and text
>> telling you whether you were correct or not.
>>
>> That said, it did work for me. It would be interesting to know what the Log
>> activity shows for it on your XO.  It would also be great to contact the
>> author and try to convince them to complete it.
>>
>> We recently started a SugarLabs ActivityTeam to try and catalog and
>> (eventually) fix these kinds of activities, and it would help us a lot if
>> you could document this and any other finds at:
>>
>> http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/ActivityStatus
>>
>> Also, there are a couple of Math-related Sugar activities in development
>> right now.  If you're interested in helping out with one, let me know and I
>> can point you in the right direction.
>>
>> Best,
>> Wade
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Tom Stewart <laptop at tastewar.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There is a Basic Math Game activity listed on the Math portal page
>>> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Math), but when I download it to my XO, and
>>> attempt to Start it from the Journal, nothing appears to happen.
>>>
>>> Have others tried this activity? Should I expect it to work? If so,
>>> what can I do to troubleshoot?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --Tom
>>>
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