Sugar-api-doc

Sugar Almanac for Developers
Sugar Almanac Main Page Package: sugar
sugar.env sugar.profile sugar.mime
Package: sugar.activity
sugar.activity.activity sugar.activity.registry
Package: sugar.graphics
sugar.graphics.alert sugar.graphics.toolbutton sugar.graphics.toolbox
Package: sugar.datastore
sugar.datastore.datastore
Logging
sugar.logger Notes on using Python Standard Logging in Sugar
Internationalization
Internationalization in Sugar

How do I get additional help beyond this almanac?

• Looking to get started with the basics of sugar development? Check out Christoph Derndorfer's Activity Handbook.

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Package: sugar.activity

• sugar.activity.activity

Package: sugar.graphics

• sugar.graphics.toolbutton
• sugar.graphics.toolbox

Package: sugar.datastore

• sugar.datastore.datastore

MISCELLANEOUS

The tasks below are random useful techniques that have come up as I write code and documentation for this reference. They have yet to be categorized, but will be as a sufficient set of related entries are written.

How do I write to a log in my activity code?

Sugar uses python's standard logging. The following code shows how to output something at the debug log level.

   import logging
   _logger = logging.getLogger('annotate-activity')
   ...
        _logger.debug('starting activity')

How do I ensure that a text string is correctly translated to another language when appropriate (for internationalization)?

To ensure that string output from your activity is correctly translated, you would use the gettext utility. The code below imports gettext, renaming it as '_' for code brevity. Then, whenever there is a string that you want to make sure is translated based on language settings, you simply pass it to the _() function.

   from gettext import gettext as _
   ...
       #Make sure 'hello world' translates
       print _('hello world')

How do I know when my activity is "active" or not?

You can set an event using the VISIBILITY_NOTIFY_MASK constant in order to know when your activity changes visibility. Then in the callback for this event, you simply compare the event's state to gtk-defined variables for activity visibility. See GDK Visibility State Constants of gtk.gdk.Constants for more information.

        #Notify when the visibility state changes by calling self._visibleNotifyCb
        #(PUT THIS IN YOUR ACTIVITY CODE - EG. THE __init__() METHOD)
        self.add_events(gtk.gdk.VISIBILITY_NOTIFY_MASK)
        self.connect("visibility-notify-event", self._visibleNotifyCb)
    ...
    #Callback method for when the activity's visibility changes
    def _visibleNotifyCb(self, widget, event):
        if (event.state == gtk.gdk.VISIBILITY_FULLY_OBSCURED):
            print "I am not visible"
        elif (event.state == gtk.gdk.VISIBILITY_UNOBSCURED):
            print "I am visible"

Notes

• See also Sugar Code Snippets

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