[sugar] Python interpreter accessible from Sugar ui, accessible when wanted

[Bert Freudenberg]

On Jan 25, 2008, at 16:00 , Chas. Owens wrote:

> On Jan 25, 2008 9:54 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>  
> wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2008, at 15:46 , Chas. Owens wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 25, 2008 8:32 AM, Eduardo H Silva <hoboprimate at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Today, while learning python (with the excellent book Bit of
>>>> Python), I
>>>> wondered:
>>>> What if sugar had a python interpreter and code window which  
>>>> could be
>>>> toggled on/off, and would stay on top like in the future with
>>>> bulletin
>>>> boards, giving a constant access to python power.
>>>>  Say, in the ruler activity a kid could take measurements, and at
>>>> the same
>>>> time be assigning them to variables on the side (or on the top),
>>>> and be
>>>> computing areas and perimeters.
>>>> But that's why we have pippy, I hear you say. If pippy took a more
>>>> 'learn
>>>> python' or tutor role, then those kids who learned it through it,
>>>> could
>>>> seamlessly make use of it everywhere within sugar.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe this is nuts, and 'code talks, and s..t walks', so I'm
>>>> throwing the
>>>> idea for now.
>>>>
>>>> Eduardo
>>>
>>> So, something like the clipboard.  It would come out and let you  
>>> write
>>> snippets of code that would all execute in the same python process.
>>> Then you could switch to a special activity that would let you  
>>> manage
>>> those snippets to make a program.  Sounds like an interesting idea.
>>
>> Indeed. Also, clicking on a UI element with a special modifier
>> pressed could create a variable reference in that overlay
>> "workspace", so you can refer to stuff shown on the screen in your
>> little snippets. That would be immensely cool!
>>
>> - Bert -
>
> I think we would need to use DBus to handle that for us.  Aren't all
> activities being run in separate python processes?


I'd imagine the "workspace" to run in-process ... would be much less  
useful otherwise.

- Bert -