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[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Almanac This page has been moved to a new location] |
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= How do I get additional help beyond this almanac? = |
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* Looking to get started with the basics of sugar development? Check out Christoph Derndorfer's [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/Activity_handbook Activity Handbook]. |
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Now, on to the actual almanac ... |
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= Package: sugar.activity = |
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* [[sugar.activity.activity]] |
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= Package: sugar.graphics = |
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* [[sugar.graphics.toolbutton]] |
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* [[sugar.graphics.toolbox]] |
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= Package: sugar.datastore = |
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* [[sugar.datastore.datastore]] |
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= MISCELLANEOUS = |
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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. |
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=== How do I get the file path for my activity bundle? === |
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In the sugar model, all files needed to run an activity (the python code, icons, etc.) should be located under one directory: |
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"Every activity in the Sugar environment is packaged into a self-contained 'bundle'. The bundle contains all the resources and executable code (other than system-provided base libraries) which the activity needs to execute. Any resources or executable code that is not provided by the base system just be packaged within the bundle." <ref>[http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/Activity_handbook OLPC Austria - Activity Handbook for Sugar]</ref> |
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At present, the most direct way to get a handle on the directory where your activity is stored is to use the environment variable 'SUGAR_BUNDLE_PATH'. The following code retrieves the bundle path and prints it to screen - you can reuse it and do whatever you like to save files or manipulate data in your activity bundle directory. |
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import os |
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... |
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environ = os.environ.copy() |
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print environ['SUGAR_BUNDLE_PATH'] |
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... |
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=== How do I get the file path where I can write files programmatically? === |
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This is the same process as getting your activity bundle path. |
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import os |
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... |
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environ = os.environ.copy() |
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print environ['SUGAR_ACTIVITY_ROOT'] |
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... |
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= Notes = |
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<references /> |
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