<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:08 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Is building an .xol bundle/collection/file (containing all the PDF's) the easiest way? What's the easiest way to build up an .xol of PDF's if so?<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div> <br></div><div>Thanks to Jerry Vonau who replied:<br><br><div style="margin-left:40px">
</div><div style="margin-left:40px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"If you are looking to have </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the pdfs</span><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> show up in the ring of activities then creating a .xol is required</span><div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Think you would need to launch the browser to see the content</span><div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">...</span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">see <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Content_bundles" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/<wbr>Content_bundles</a>. </span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> </div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">However
the pdfs should be able to be viewable in the browser with
file://some/path/test.pdf, check if that works first. You might just be
able to have the .xol's</span> index.html contain <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the file://path as a point to the pdf file.</span></div></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> Hope that helps.</div></span></font>"<br></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div>Presumably by then installing the .xol in Sugar -> Terminal Activity as follows?<br><div><div><div><br> sugar-install-bundle /run/media/olpc/<USB DEVICE LABEL>/<BUNDLE.xo><br></div><div><br></div><div>Or is there much better ways to "permanently" install a large number of PDF's onto Sugar across a large number of XO laptops? Or should we use Gnome instead of Sugar, if there's a much better way? Sugar's Browse Activity is preferred (faster, lightweight) but Firefox 26.0 is also installed if absolutely necessary, in case either are needed instead of Sugar's Read Activity.<br><br>CLARIF: The job will be done using USB memory sticks, walking from one XO laptop to the next, to install all these PDF's.<br></div><div>
<br>CLARIF: We want the PDF's to remain on the XO laptops even after the teacher types in "rm -rf /home/olpc/.sugar" to clean out personal files from Sugar on each laptop, which typically happens at the beginning of each semester.<br><br></div><div>CLARIF: A Sugar icon within the Sugar wheel would be a bonus, but any other method of finding this content within 3-to-5 clicks from Sugar's Home View can work Ok!<br></div><div>
<br></div><div>CLARIF: these books need to be on the XO laptops themselves, as servers like IIAB are *not* always present.<br></div><div><br></div><div><i>Apologies there are serious electrical problems in Haiti where we're working, so it's very tough to fully research this online!<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ <a href="http://unleashkids.org" target="_blank">http://unleashkids.org</a> !</div></div>
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