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(Obsolete) Notes on making a OLPC Sugar activity

cp -r /usr/share/activities/GroupChat.activity /usr/share/activities/HelloWorld.activity
cd /usr/share/activities/HelloWorld.activity
vi activity/activity.info
##### activity.info ######
[Activity]
name = HelloWorld
activity_version = 1
host_version = 1
icon = activity-chat
service_name = com.rancidbacon.HelloWorld
exec = sugar-activity-factory chatactivity.ChatActivity
show_launcher = 1
##########################

killall X # <-- This forces frame to rescan and find activity. (Or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace)
mv activity/activity-chat.svg activity/activity-hello.svg
mv chatactivity.py helloactivity.py
# change:  icon = activity-hello
# change:  exec = sugar-activity-factory helloactivity.HelloActivity
vi helloactivity.py