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[Amos Blanton <amos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's great!
Btw - one thing we never tried buy might be worth checking out is Alien -
it's a piece of software that's supposed to convert .deb files to .rpm s.
Not sure if it would work but maybe worth a try?

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, <ksomervi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Amos,
> Thanks.  I'll give it a go this weekend and get back to you.
>
> ./ks
>
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you! Comments below...
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM, <ksomervi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I've made RPMs before, a long time ago, but I can figure it out again.
> >>
> >
> > That's great! It'd be wonderful to have an rpm of Scratch.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> > By the way - the source is available on svn here:
> >> >
> >> > https://www.assembla.com/spaces/scratchonlinux/trac_subversion_tool
> >>
> >> Regarding the svn source, it looked like it removed the ability to
> >> checkin
> >> projects and a few other differences.  My son is doing this with a group
> >> at school and I'm trying to get his experience to be the same as the
> >> rest
> >> of the group.  The teacher isn't proficient in Linux I don't think so
> >> he's
> >> on his own.
> >>
> >
> > Ah - you are pointing out a confusing issue in our documentation. On this
> > page it explains that the squeak source has the sharing code stripped
> out:
> >
> > http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Source_Code
> >
> > This was done because we were concerned that non official versions of
> > Scratch could try to submit projects to our server that our server might
> > not
> > know how to handle. However, this limitation doesn't apply to the version
> > of
> > Scratch on the SVN repository linked to here:
> >
> > https://www.assembla.com/spaces/scratchonlinux/trac_subversion_tool
> >
> > It is an "official" version of Scratch for Linux, so it does have the
> > sharing code built in, same as the Windows / Mac versions.
> >
> > It has the source for the ScratchPlugin I believe.  It seems that the
> only
> >> binaries are the vm and the drivers.  All of the modes seem to be
> >> supported (i.e. small stage, large stage, and presentation) and working.
> >> I
> >> just haven't figured out how to get it to find the costumes etc. and
> >> link
> >> the help menu with the help files.
> >>
> >
> > Great - if presentation mode is working, then the VM is finding the
> > Scratch
> > Plugin properly. The location of the media files (costumes etc.) is
> > hardcoded inside the Scratch.image file, which is in Squeak. This can be
> > tricky to change around if you aren't familiar with Squeak. However, it
> > should find them on your system if you place them in /usr/share/scratch.
> > It
> > would be best to use the same file tree in all Linux versions if
> possible.
> > Here's what it's looking for:
> >
> > /usr/share/scratch/Help  - Helpscreen images and html files
> > /usr/share/scratch/locale - language files (that allow user to choose
> > their
> > own language)
> > /usr/share/scratch/Media - contains backgrounds, costumes, and sounds
> > folders
> > /usr/share/scratch/Projects - contains subfolders with sample projects
> >
> > The debian rules file details the install process further.
> >
> > Amos
> >
> > p.s. You should be able to build the Plugins with the makefile included
> > with
> > the source. That's about all there is to do as far as compilation. The
> > Scratch.image file contains the rest of the code, and the vm just reads
> > that.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> > re: Readme - it would be great if you could write a new one to
> >> describe
> >> > the
> >> > steps you took to install on your system. We'll post it on our Linux
> >> > Installer page and add it to the next release of the source package.
> >>
> >> Will do.
> >>
> >> > Amos
> >> > Scratch Team
> >>
> >> Kevin
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > _____
> > Amos
> >
>
>


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Amos