etoys-dev November 2009

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Etoys in Arab, is it possible ?
by Hilaire Fernandes 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi, Someone just contacted me in French to ask if Arab is possible under Etoys. The person is an educator in Alegria but can't speak English. The two major changes with Arab writing are the direction and the change of the shape depending on the letter in the context. Hilaire -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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Re: [etoys-dev] Re: What are the supported protocol to upload projet
by Hilaire Fernandes 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

As I wrote previously a recent fix allows to view FTP server to load project (not tested but can see the ftp contents). Now to write to the FTP server code need to be changed aswell For example changing ServerDirecotry>>isProjectSwiki to return true Otherwise it make the FTP server not visible in the Save project dialog. However, not sure it is the acceptable way to change it. Is swiki code still relevant? Hilaire 2009/10/24 Ted Kaehler <Ted(a)vpri.org>: > Hilaire, > We do support FTP. That code is very ancient. Can you find another > part of Squeak that does speak to your server. How about a standard > FileList looking at a known FTP server? > > --Ted. > > > At 3:25 PM +0200 10/24/09, Hilaire Fernandes wrote: >> >> I figure out it is possible to add FTP server from the small icon in >> the Load project dialog of Etoys. >> >> It is asked to fill and execute the code below. >> Next when I add my own FTP server, I got an "unknow error" or a >> "TelnetProtocolError: 501 Invalid number of arguments" >> >> Hilaire >> >> "Please fill in the following info, then select all text and choose DoIt." >> >> | aa | >> self flag: #ViolateNonReferenceToOtherClasses. >> aa _ ServerDirectory new. >> aa server: 'st.cs.uiuc.edu'. "host" >> aa user: 'anonymous'. >> aa password: 'yourEmail(a)school.edu'. >> aa directory: '/Smalltalk/Squeak/Goodies'. >> aa url: ''. "<- this is optional. Only used when *writing* >> update files." >> ServerDirectory addServer: aa named: 'UIUCArchive'. "<- known by >> this name in Squeak" >> >> > _______________________________________________ > etoys-dev mailing list > etoys-dev(a)squeakland.org > http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/etoys-dev > -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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Flaky software on squeakland project page.
by Jerome Peace 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi all, My first attempt at saving a comment to my sunflower project page produced: 404 Not Found /sm/admin/commentList.jsp was not found on this server. Resin-3.0.8 (built Tue, 08 Jun 2004 02:25:40 PDT) I was logged in. And when I called the page up fresh again, I was still logged in. So that eliminates problems with cookie settings. The second attempt at pasting to the fresh page worked. The only thing I see as a difference it that the first time I was in thought as I composed the reply. The second time I just pasted it from my backup copy and submitted it immediately. Good hunting. Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace

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Showcase project comments don't show white space. :(
by Jerome Peace 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi All, When typing replys to people in my sunflower project I notice that the emails show up as I had intend the replys to look, white space intact. On the project page however all the whitespace has be smooshed out. :( This makes if very hard to write informative replies that can be easily read by anyone looking at the project page itself. Please fix. My computer won't mind. It can scroll down if needed. Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace

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software meet today at 3pm ET (20:00 GMT)
by Timothy Falconer 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi everyone, We're having our usual Etoys software meet today at 3pm ET (20:00 GMT) on IRC. server: irc.freenode.net channel: #etoys webchat: chat.squeakland.org See you then! Tim -- Timothy Falconer Squeakland Foundation http://squeakland.org 610-797-3100 -- "Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do." ... piaget

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showcase fixes
by Timothy Falconer 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hi everyone, We had a real backlog of projects waiting to go live on the site. This weekend I tweaked several things and fixed a few bugs, and as a result, a slew of new ballots went out. Now every public project has at least one vote, which means they're all visible. We're up to 102 projects! Quite a selection. Lots of great stuff. http://squeakland.org/showcase/ On a more technical note, I changed the "re-ballot" priority to make things more fair. As ballots expire, projects are picked to get new ballots. Before tonight I favored projects that were the oldest. I've switched to favor projects with the fewest votes. Why? Because there's a real imbalance in the rank list . . . many with lower average points are at the top of the rankings because they're old (such as the Waveplace ones), simply because they have almost 10 voters apiece. Other, better, projects are still down the list because they haven't gotten as many voters yet, mostly because of the earlier priority. This switch in ballot priority should even the playing field a bit. Keep in mind, this system was designed for a bigger pool of rankers. We're a bit saturated now, so there's a bit of a logjam. Please consider helping us rank projects . . . it's quick, fun, and really helps. You *don't* need to be an educator, just someone who likes Etoys. Visit http://squeakland.org/action/signup and click "Yes, I'd like to help rank projects!" Take care, TIm -- Timothy Falconer Squeakland Foundation http://squeakland.org 610-797-3100 -- "Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do." ... piaget

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Re: [etoys-dev] Re: Help with EXECUTE QuickGuideGenerator
by Bert Freudenberg 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Thanks Sdenka, I already commented on the ticket: http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-555 We still need a way to actually switch between languages, for now there is only the single QuickGuides folder: http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-60 There is indeed some "trouble" with the non-ASCII file names. They are in latin1 I believe. How did you create the zip, and on what system? But you do not have to re-upload them, I already did that. The following is meant for the other developers ;) The default unpacker on the Mac creates garbage: BooksMosaicos-Navegaci¢n.sexp.data.gz The "unzip" command line tool creates escape sequences: BooksMosaicos-Navegaci%F3n.sexp.data.gz With a small script I was able to rename them to utf-8: BooksMosaicos-Navegación.sexp.data.gz But I'm not sure this will work across platforms? Maybe we should use utf-8 quoting: BooksMosaicos-Navegaci%C3%B3n.sexp.data.gz I uploaded the renamed and quoted guides to the ticket. Or maybe we do not want to use the file names for the displayed name at all? Maybe we need a text file listing the titles and file names. That might solve the order problem (currently #suggestedOrder is only for English titles). Currently, replacing the English guides with Sdenka's fails, because #defaultOrderIn: does not deal with the case that none of the guides in #suggestedOrder is found. Easy to fix but then the order is basically random I guess. Also, not sure about replacing / translating the index. Would be good if someone could work on this, now that we have translations we should make them available to kids. - Bert - On 06.11.2009, at 03:43, OLPC Puno wrote: > > Dear Bert: > > I’ve got this key > > Key: SQ-555 > Type: Improvement > Status: Open > Priority: Normal > Reporter: Sdenka Salas > I uploaded the 62 Quick Guide projects translated into Spanish, I > only left the Index file name without translation because is a Stem > (its name in Spanish would be “Indice”), but I translated its content. > > Tell me if there is any trouble with files using the Spanish Accent > and Symbols, like: > > -BooksMosaicos-Navegación.sexp.data.gz > -HaloCentro-de-Rotación.sexp.data.gz > -HaloMenú.sexp.data.gz > -HaloTamaño-Color-Copiar.sexp.data.gz > -MenuAgárrame-Muéstrame.sexp.data.gz > -MenuBotón-activa-Guión.sexp.data.gz > -MenuPapel-Gráfico.sexp.data.gz > -PaintCírculo.sexp.data.gz > -PaintLínea-Recta.sexp.data.gz > -PaintPolígono.sexp.data.gz > -ScriptTileDirección.sexp.data.gz > -ScriptTileUbicación.sexp.data.gz > -ScriptTileUso-del-Lápiz.sexp.data.gz > > The other files, not listed here, shouldn't have any problem. > Kind regards, > > Sdenka > > > > 2009/10/30 Bert Freudenberg <bert(a)freudenbergs.de> > > On 30.10.2009, at 19:12, olpcpuno wrote: > > Dear Subbu: > > Thank you very much, I like how this community works when somebody > needs help. I finished the translation into Spanish of the Quick > Guides. Is there a repository where to put the sept files? or Should > I send them to some person in charge to include this files in the > next Etoys release? > > Warm regards from Peru, > > Sdenka > > Best would be if you create a ticket at > > http://tracker.squeakland.org/ > > and attach a zip of the guides to the ticket. > > Thanks! > > - Bert - > > >

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Sugar vs legacy OS
by Bert Freudenberg 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Begin forwarded message: > From: Bert Freudenberg <bert(a)freudenbergs.de> > Date: 29. Oktober 2009 08:39:11 GMT-04:00 > To: Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire.fernandes(a)edu.ge.ch> > Cc: OLPC Devel <devel(a)laptop.org> > Subject: Re: Sharing files among several XO > > > On 29.10.2009, at 02:47, Hilaire Fernandes wrote: > >> Under Etoys, If I keep down the mouse button and choose "Save under >> another name" (I am not sure about the exact message), and save the >> project with another name, then in the journal the previous instance >> of the project is replaced with this new one. I will check again >> tonight. >> >> Note: Pay attention I am not just using the Keep button > > Why?! > > Simply stop Etoys to save to the Journal, overwriting the previous > entry. > > Simply click the Keep button to create a new entry in the Journal. > > Simply edit the name in the Etoys toolbar to rename. Or rename in the > Journal. > > The hidden save menu options let you save to a file or upload to the > Squeakland website. They do not save to the Journal. They are hidden > for a reason. > > - Bert - If anybody has ideas on how to avoid misconceptions like above, let's hear them. - Bert -

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Updated DrGeo4Etoys
by Hilaire Fernandes 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

I have uploaded a version of DrGeo fully working with Etoys4 (including scripting and locale). This is a change set and locale folder with fr, and es locale to be merges with the one from Etoys. This snapshot version is also relicensed MIT to be compatible with Etoys4 http://tracker.immuexa.com/browse/SQ-324 Please test and report any problem in the tracker. Hilaire -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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Interesting strings in BooksExpandedControls of QuickGuides
by Korakurider 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hello. I found moving string in page4 of BooksExpandedControls when working on translation of QuickGuides, that string (fiction, mystery, poetry, history, essays, ..) seems like some kind of properties that generator might do something about it. What is the objectives of the string and is it really needed? /Korakurider

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