[Olpc-open] Basic Maths?

[Wade Brainerd]

It would be great to get the original author to fix it and finish it up.

Right now it's probably not worth the effort to fork it to gitorious,  
fix it, and post a new bundle.

BTW, if you're interested in helping make Sugar, we have plenty of  
coders who would be happy to help you get started!

Wade

On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Tom Stewart <laptop at tastewar.com> wrote:

> 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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