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[Lessonbuilder-devel] FASD project: Online survey launched

[<ben...@id...>]

Dear Open Source developer

I am doing a research project on "Fun and Software Development" in which I kindly invite you to participate.
You will find the online survey under http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/. The questionnaire consists of 53 questions and you will need about 15 minutes to complete it.

With the FASD project (Fun and Software Development) we want to define the motivational significance of fun when software developers decide to engage in Open Source projects. What is special about our research project is that a similar survey is planned with software developers in commercial firms. This procedure allows the immediate comparison between the involved individuals and the conditions of production of these two development models. Thus we hope to obtain substantial new insights to the phenomenon of Open Source Development.


With many thanks for your participation,
Benno Luthiger


PS:
The results of the survey will be published under http://www.isu.unizh.ch/fuehrung/blprojects/FASD/.
We have set up the mailing list fa...@we... for this study. Please see http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/mailinglist_en.html for registration to this mailing list.

_______________________________________________________________________

Benno Luthiger
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
8092 Zurich

Mail: benno.luthiger(at)id.ethz.ch
_______________________________________________________________________

[Lessonbuilder-devel] Re: JSVGEditor and presentation program available

[<sc...@do...>]

You need JMF installed.  It's used for sound playback and (in CVS) video
inside the SVG Editor.  In CVS, at least, these are Batik extensions.

Also, the alpha1 build is /really/ old and probably not of much value
anymore (nothing compared to the stuff in CVS, anyway).  I should probably
package up a "last build" of this, to make it easy for people to check
out...

- Bibek


On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 09:37:13AM -0500, ananth balasubramanyam wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> I really like the idea of having an SVG editor. Congratulations on this
> wonderful projetct.
> 
> I downloaded the lesson builder and i ran the following command
> 
> java -jar LessonBuilder.jar
>  Path  to the cursor is
> :file:/home/ananth/downloads/lessonbuilder/LessonBuilder-alpha1/Icons/Cursors/cursor_help.gif
>  FireStateChange Called
> IconURL:null
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> javax/media/bean/playerbean/MediaPlayer
>         at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
>         at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
>         at
> org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Application.class$(Application.java:494)
>         at
> org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Application.registerBlocks(Application.java:496)
>         at
> org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Application.<init>(Application.java:922)
>         at org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Main.main(Main.java:47)
> 
> looks like i am missing something.
> 
> what is it that is wrong ?
> 
> thanks,
> Ananth
> 
> 
> On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Bibek Sahu wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Over the past year, the Global Circle of Knowledge project has spent a lot
> > of time developing and building an open-source "Lesson Builder Program" --
> > essentially a presentation program designed around Batik/SVG.  One of the
> > core components of that is a SVG Editor component built atop JSVGCanvas.
> >
> > The JSVGEditor is designed to be a relatively small core-codebase, with most
> > functionality implemented via ModeHandlers.  Currently, there are
> > ModeHandlers for selecting/scaling/moving objects, rotating objects,
> > creating rectangles, squares, circles, and ellipses, drawing polylines,
> > drawing freehand SVGPaths, working with text, and zooming-in and -out of the
> > work area.  It is not difficult to create ModeHandlers to add custom
> > functionality for your own apps (e.g., the WhiteBoard thing someone
> > mentioned earlier).
> >
> > There is also support for grouping/ungrouping objects, flipping x/y, moving
> > objects to front and to back, cut/copy/paste/delete (across components /
> > documents), undo/redo, and even some preliminary support for font formatting
> > (face, size, color, style) on text.
> >
> >
> >
> > The LessonBuilder project also includes support for storing multiple SVGs
> > -- and the external objects they depend upon -- into a single package (i.e.,
> > a presentation: a "Lesson") and reloading and working on that package later.
> > It also includes the ability to import slides from other Lessons, and
> > drag-and-drop support for adding objects into JSVGEditors.  There's even
> > some preliminary code for Audio and Video extensions for Batik.
> >
> >
> > Available via CVS from:
> >
> > :pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/lessonbuilder
> >
> > modules:
> > 	"svgeditor": standalone JSVGEditor component, and support classes
> > 	"LessonBuilder": full LessonBuilder presentation package
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I have a request: these Java components / applications need a new
> > maintainer.
> >
> > These have all been developed as a part of the Global Circle of Knowledge
> > educational project.  However, fundamentally we are here to get education to
> > the poor people of the world who do not currently have access to much (if
> > any) schooling.  Think of it as the educational analog to Open Source. ;-)
> >
> > Since we are in the 'business' of creating an educational system, not a new
> > presentation system, we have switched our design model to build on top of
> > OpenOffice.  Thus, much of the code we have created over the last year is no
> > longer of relevance to our work -- but it is still good code in its own
> > right.
> >
> > I and my development team will be quite happy to assist anyone taking over
> > development of this work.  I acknowledge that it needs some more cleanup
> > (though I've spent a fair bit of time cleaning it up already), but overall
> > we are talking about a very flexible and scalable editing package, and a
> > pretty decent (if still weak) presentation package.
> >
> > The Global Circle of Knowledge will continue on the path to educating the
> > poor people of the world, we just have to take a different approach to doing
> > so.  I hope the community will appreciate and make use of the code we have
> > created, but that choice fundamentally is up to you -- check it out and see
> > for yourself how accurate and meaningful my claims above really are.
> >
> >
> > Thank you all for your great work.  Batik really was a wonderful platform
> > from which we could work.  We will even continue using Batik later (albeit
> > in a different vein ;-).
> >
> >
> > All the best,
> > Bibek
> >
> > Technical Lead
> > Global Circle of Knowledge
> > http://www.globalcircle.org/
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: bat...@xm...
> > For additional commands, e-mail: bat...@xm...
> >
> 
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[Lessonbuilder-devel] Re: JSVGEditor and presentation program available

[ananth b. <aba...@cs...>]

hi,

I really like the idea of having an SVG editor. Congratulations on this
wonderful projetct.

I downloaded the lesson builder and i ran the following command

java -jar LessonBuilder.jar
 Path  to the cursor is
:file:/home/ananth/downloads/lessonbuilder/LessonBuilder-alpha1/Icons/Cursors/cursor_help.gif
 FireStateChange Called
IconURL:null
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
javax/media/bean/playerbean/MediaPlayer
        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
        at
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Application.class$(Application.java:494)
        at
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Application.registerBlocks(Application.java:496)
        at
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Application.<init>(Application.java:922)
        at org.globalcircle.builder.controller.Main.main(Main.java:47)

looks like i am missing something.

what is it that is wrong ?

thanks,
Ananth


On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Bibek Sahu wrote:

>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Over the past year, the Global Circle of Knowledge project has spent a lot
> of time developing and building an open-source "Lesson Builder Program" --
> essentially a presentation program designed around Batik/SVG.  One of the
> core components of that is a SVG Editor component built atop JSVGCanvas.
>
> The JSVGEditor is designed to be a relatively small core-codebase, with most
> functionality implemented via ModeHandlers.  Currently, there are
> ModeHandlers for selecting/scaling/moving objects, rotating objects,
> creating rectangles, squares, circles, and ellipses, drawing polylines,
> drawing freehand SVGPaths, working with text, and zooming-in and -out of the
> work area.  It is not difficult to create ModeHandlers to add custom
> functionality for your own apps (e.g., the WhiteBoard thing someone
> mentioned earlier).
>
> There is also support for grouping/ungrouping objects, flipping x/y, moving
> objects to front and to back, cut/copy/paste/delete (across components /
> documents), undo/redo, and even some preliminary support for font formatting
> (face, size, color, style) on text.
>
>
>
> The LessonBuilder project also includes support for storing multiple SVGs
> -- and the external objects they depend upon -- into a single package (i.e.,
> a presentation: a "Lesson") and reloading and working on that package later.
> It also includes the ability to import slides from other Lessons, and
> drag-and-drop support for adding objects into JSVGEditors.  There's even
> some preliminary code for Audio and Video extensions for Batik.
>
>
> Available via CVS from:
>
> :pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/lessonbuilder
>
> modules:
> 	"svgeditor": standalone JSVGEditor component, and support classes
> 	"LessonBuilder": full LessonBuilder presentation package
>
>
>
>
> Now I have a request: these Java components / applications need a new
> maintainer.
>
> These have all been developed as a part of the Global Circle of Knowledge
> educational project.  However, fundamentally we are here to get education to
> the poor people of the world who do not currently have access to much (if
> any) schooling.  Think of it as the educational analog to Open Source. ;-)
>
> Since we are in the 'business' of creating an educational system, not a new
> presentation system, we have switched our design model to build on top of
> OpenOffice.  Thus, much of the code we have created over the last year is no
> longer of relevance to our work -- but it is still good code in its own
> right.
>
> I and my development team will be quite happy to assist anyone taking over
> development of this work.  I acknowledge that it needs some more cleanup
> (though I've spent a fair bit of time cleaning it up already), but overall
> we are talking about a very flexible and scalable editing package, and a
> pretty decent (if still weak) presentation package.
>
> The Global Circle of Knowledge will continue on the path to educating the
> poor people of the world, we just have to take a different approach to doing
> so.  I hope the community will appreciate and make use of the code we have
> created, but that choice fundamentally is up to you -- check it out and see
> for yourself how accurate and meaningful my claims above really are.
>
>
> Thank you all for your great work.  Batik really was a wonderful platform
> from which we could work.  We will even continue using Batik later (albeit
> in a different vein ;-).
>
>
> All the best,
> Bibek
>
> Technical Lead
> Global Circle of Knowledge
> http://www.globalcircle.org/
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: bat...@xm...
> For additional commands, e-mail: bat...@xm...
>

[Lessonbuilder-devel] Re: JSVGEditor and presentation program available

[Cameron M. <cam...@ak...>]

Bibek Sahu:
> The JSVGEditor is designed to be a relatively small core-codebase, with most
> functionality implemented via ModeHandlers.  Currently, there are
> ModeHandlers for selecting/scaling/moving objects, rotating objects,
> creating rectangles, squares, circles, and ellipses, drawing polylines,
> drawing freehand SVGPaths, working with text, and zooming-in and -out of the
> work area.  It is not difficult to create ModeHandlers to add custom
> functionality for your own apps (e.g., the WhiteBoard thing someone
> mentioned earlier).
> 
> There is also support for grouping/ungrouping objects, flipping x/y, moving
> objects to front and to back, cut/copy/paste/delete (across components /
> documents), undo/redo, and even some preliminary support for font formatting
> (face, size, color, style) on text.

Cool!  I will be investigating SVG authoring tools later on in the year.
Your JSVGEditor may provide a good starting point for me.

Cameron

-- 
Cameron McCormack
|  Web: http://mcc.id.au/
|  ICQ: 26955922

[Lessonbuilder-devel] JSVGEditor and presentation program available

[<sc...@do...>]

Hello Everyone,

Over the past year, the Global Circle of Knowledge project has spent a lot
of time developing and building an open-source "Lesson Builder Program" --
essentially a presentation program designed around Batik/SVG.  One of the
core components of that is a SVG Editor component built atop JSVGCanvas.

The JSVGEditor is designed to be a relatively small core-codebase, with most
functionality implemented via ModeHandlers.  Currently, there are
ModeHandlers for selecting/scaling/moving objects, rotating objects,
creating rectangles, squares, circles, and ellipses, drawing polylines,
drawing freehand SVGPaths, working with text, and zooming-in and -out of the
work area.  It is not difficult to create ModeHandlers to add custom
functionality for your own apps (e.g., the WhiteBoard thing someone
mentioned earlier).

There is also support for grouping/ungrouping objects, flipping x/y, moving
objects to front and to back, cut/copy/paste/delete (across components /
documents), undo/redo, and even some preliminary support for font formatting
(face, size, color, style) on text.



The LessonBuilder project also includes support for storing multiple SVGs
-- and the external objects they depend upon -- into a single package (i.e.,
a presentation: a "Lesson") and reloading and working on that package later. 
It also includes the ability to import slides from other Lessons, and
drag-and-drop support for adding objects into JSVGEditors.  There's even
some preliminary code for Audio and Video extensions for Batik.


Available via CVS from:

:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/lessonbuilder

modules:
	"svgeditor": standalone JSVGEditor component, and support classes
	"LessonBuilder": full LessonBuilder presentation package




Now I have a request: these Java components / applications need a new
maintainer.

These have all been developed as a part of the Global Circle of Knowledge
educational project.  However, fundamentally we are here to get education to
the poor people of the world who do not currently have access to much (if
any) schooling.  Think of it as the educational analog to Open Source. ;-)

Since we are in the 'business' of creating an educational system, not a new
presentation system, we have switched our design model to build on top of
OpenOffice.  Thus, much of the code we have created over the last year is no
longer of relevance to our work -- but it is still good code in its own
right.

I and my development team will be quite happy to assist anyone taking over
development of this work.  I acknowledge that it needs some more cleanup
(though I've spent a fair bit of time cleaning it up already), but overall
we are talking about a very flexible and scalable editing package, and a
pretty decent (if still weak) presentation package.

The Global Circle of Knowledge will continue on the path to educating the
poor people of the world, we just have to take a different approach to doing
so.  I hope the community will appreciate and make use of the code we have
created, but that choice fundamentally is up to you -- check it out and see
for yourself how accurate and meaningful my claims above really are.


Thank you all for your great work.  Batik really was a wonderful platform
from which we could work.  We will even continue using Batik later (albeit
in a different vein ;-).


All the best,
Bibek

Technical Lead
Global Circle of Knowledge
http://www.globalcircle.org/

[Lessonbuilder-devel] FW: Correction: Actually 9 bugs

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Yashwant has done 8 and 9
-Mike
=20
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Thiessen=20
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:03 AM
To: Lessonbuilder-Devel (E-mail); David Kimble
Subject: Correction: Actually 9 bugs


Renumbered for your reading pleasure
=20
1. When in "Upload" dialog, an exception is thrown when you start to =
type in the textboxs.
The first letter is typed, the exception is thrown, the cursor returns =
to the beginning of the text box.
This will occur once on each line.

[ACTION_PERFORMED,cmd=3DUpload...,when=3D1076711166275,modifiers=3DButton=
1] on =
org.globalcircle.builder.view.MenuCreator$1[,3,142,179x17,alignmentX=3Dnu=
ll,alignmentY=3Dnull,border=3Djavax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicBorders$MarginB=
order@4ad14c,flags=3D392,maximumSize=3D,minimumSize=3D,preferredSize=3D,d=
efaultIcon=3D,disabledIcon=3D,disabledSelectedIcon=3D,margin=3Djava.awt.I=
nsets[top=3D0,left=3D6,bottom=3D2,right=3D0],paintBorder=3Dfalse,paintFoc=
us=3Dfalse,pressedIcon=3D,rolloverEnabled=3Dfalse,rolloverIcon=3D,rollove=
rSelectedIcon=3D,selectedIcon=3D,text=3DUpload...]
MainPageController: actionPerformed: e=3D#Upload...#
Exception occurred during event dispatching:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The bean of type: =
org.globalcircle.builder.model.Lesson has no property called: title
        at org.apache.commons.collections.BeanMap.put(Unknown Source)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.setBeanProperty(=
DocumentSynchronizer.java:133)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.syncNow(Document=
Synchronizer.java:87)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.documentModified=
(DocumentSynchronizer.java:124)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.insertUpdate(Doc=
umentSynchronizer.java:110)
        at =
javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:=
184)
        at =
javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.jav=
a:749)
...

2. In Upload Dialog the "description" field keeps growing as you type =
(just keep pressing return) and the
whole dialog moves up and "rotates" around so that the top lin is at the =
bottom, etc.
=20
4. Upload dialog: checkboxes have no selection around them when you tab =
down. They are active but they need to be
highlighted.
=20
 5 . Fostered Dialogs:

*=09

	Upload=20
*=09

	Open
*=09

	Save, (Save as...)
*=09

	Activity/Template Chooser AND...
*=09

	Color Chooser dialogs all have no parent and get hidden behind Lesson =
Builder.
For Instance: choose another program window you have running (from the =
task bar) then switch back to Lesson Builder. The  dialog box that is =
open will appear behind the Lesson Builder and nothing can be clicked on =
in the Lesson Builder. You have to Alt-esc to find it. Alt-Tab will only =
bring up the open dialog, not the Lesson Builder. =20

6 . In any dialog the arrow keys don't take you back and forth between =
the 'OK' and "Cancel" keys. Tab is necessary.
Not sure if we want this...=20
=20
7. Tab order in "Open File" "Save File" and "Save as" dialog doesn't =
work properly, takes a longer than it should to get around.
It takes 5 or so Tabs to get from the "Look in" or "save in" box to the =
box that list the files.
=20
8. In Activity/Template Chooser, double-click should add Frame/template =
to lesson.
=20
 9. 'Esc' should cancel Activity/Template Chooser.

[Lessonbuilder-devel] Correction: Actually 9 bugs

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Renumbered for your reading pleasure
=20
1. When in "Upload" dialog, an exception is thrown when you start to =
type in the textboxs.
The first letter is typed, the exception is thrown, the cursor returns =
to the beginning of the text box.
This will occur once on each line.

[ACTION_PERFORMED,cmd=3DUpload...,when=3D1076711166275,modifiers=3DButton=
1] on =
org.globalcircle.builder.view.MenuCreator$1[,3,142,179x17,alignmentX=3Dnu=
ll,alignmentY=3Dnull,border=3Djavax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicBorders$MarginB=
order@4ad14c,flags=3D392,maximumSize=3D,minimumSize=3D,preferredSize=3D,d=
efaultIcon=3D,disabledIcon=3D,disabledSelectedIcon=3D,margin=3Djava.awt.I=
nsets[top=3D0,left=3D6,bottom=3D2,right=3D0],paintBorder=3Dfalse,paintFoc=
us=3Dfalse,pressedIcon=3D,rolloverEnabled=3Dfalse,rolloverIcon=3D,rollove=
rSelectedIcon=3D,selectedIcon=3D,text=3DUpload...]
MainPageController: actionPerformed: e=3D#Upload...#
Exception occurred during event dispatching:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The bean of type: =
org.globalcircle.builder.model.Lesson has no property called: title
        at org.apache.commons.collections.BeanMap.put(Unknown Source)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.setBeanProperty(=
DocumentSynchronizer.java:133)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.syncNow(Document=
Synchronizer.java:87)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.documentModified=
(DocumentSynchronizer.java:124)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.insertUpdate(Doc=
umentSynchronizer.java:110)
        at =
javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:=
184)
        at =
javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.jav=
a:749)
...

2. In Upload Dialog the "description" field keeps growing as you type =
(just keep pressing return) and the
whole dialog moves up and "rotates" around so that the top lin is at the =
bottom, etc.
=20
4. Upload dialog: checkboxes have no selection around them when you tab =
down. They are active but they need to be
highlighted.
=20
 5 . Fostered Dialogs:

*=09

	Upload=20
*=09

	Open
*=09

	Save, (Save as...)
*=09

	Activity/Template Chooser AND...
*=09

	Color Chooser dialogs all have no parent and get hidden behind Lesson =
Builder.
For Instance: choose another program window you have running (from the =
task bar) then switch back to Lesson Builder. The  dialog box that is =
open will appear behind the Lesson Builder and nothing can be clicked on =
in the Lesson Builder. You have to Alt-esc to find it. Alt-Tab will only =
bring up the open dialog, not the Lesson Builder. =20

6 . In any dialog the arrow keys don't take you back and forth between =
the 'OK' and "Cancel" keys. Tab is necessary.
Not sure if we want this...=20
=20
7. Tab order in "Open File" "Save File" and "Save as" dialog doesn't =
work properly, takes a longer than it should to get around.
It takes 5 or so Tabs to get from the "Look in" or "save in" box to the =
box that list the files.
=20
8. In Activity/Template Chooser, double-click should add Frame/template =
to lesson.
=20
 9. 'Esc' should cancel Activity/Template Chooser.

[Lessonbuilder-devel] FW: 7 More Bugs

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Sorry if this is 2 times...
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Thiessen=20
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:54 AM
To: gck-devel
Subject: 7 More Bugs


1. When in "Upload" dialog, an exception is thrown when you start to =
type in the textboxs.
The first letter is typed, the exception is thrown, the cursor returns =
to the beginning of the text box.
This will occur once on each line.

[ACTION_PERFORMED,cmd=3DUpload...,when=3D1076711166275,modifiers=3DButton=
1] on =
org.globalcircle.builder.view.MenuCreator$1[,3,142,179x17,alignmentX=3Dnu=
ll,alignmentY=3Dnull,border=3Djavax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicBorders$MarginB=
order@4ad14c,flags=3D392,maximumSize=3D,minimumSize=3D,preferredSize=3D,d=
efaultIcon=3D,disabledIcon=3D,disabledSelectedIcon=3D,margin=3Djava.awt.I=
nsets[top=3D0,left=3D6,bottom=3D2,right=3D0],paintBorder=3Dfalse,paintFoc=
us=3Dfalse,pressedIcon=3D,rolloverEnabled=3Dfalse,rolloverIcon=3D,rollove=
rSelectedIcon=3D,selectedIcon=3D,text=3DUpload...]
MainPageController: actionPerformed: e=3D#Upload...#
Exception occurred during event dispatching:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The bean of type: =
org.globalcircle.builder.model.Lesson has no property called: title
        at org.apache.commons.collections.BeanMap.put(Unknown Source)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.setBeanProperty(=
DocumentSynchronizer.java:133)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.syncNow(Document=
Synchronizer.java:87)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.documentModified=
(DocumentSynchronizer.java:124)
        at =
org.globalcircle.builder.controller.DocumentSynchronizer.insertUpdate(Doc=
umentSynchronizer.java:110)
        at =
javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:=
184)
        at =
javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.jav=
a:749)
...

2. In Upload Dialog the "description" field keeps growing as you type =
(just keep pressing return) and the
whole dialog moves up and "rotates" around so that the top lin is at the =
bottom, etc.
=20
4. Upload dialog: checkboxes have no selection around them when you tab =
down. They are active but they need to be
highlighted.
=20
3. Fostered Dialogs:

*=09

	Upload=20
*=09

	Open
*=09

	Save, (Save as...)
*=09

	Activity/Template Chooser AND...
*=09

	Color Chooser dialogs all have no parent and get hidden behind Lesson =
Builder.
For Instance: choose another program window you have running (from the =
task bar) then switch back to Lesson Builder. The  dialog box that is =
open will appear behind the Lesson Builder and nothing can be clicked on =
in the Lesson Builder. You have to Alt-esc to find it. Alt-Tab will only =
bring up the open dialog, not the Lesson Builder.

4. In any dialog the arrow keys don't take you back and forth between =
the 'OK' and "Cancel" keys. Tab is necessary.
Not sure if we want this...=20
=20
5. Tab order in "Open File" "Save File" and "Save as" dialog doesn't =
work properly, takes a longer than it should to get around.
It takes 5 or so Tabs to get from the "Look in" or "save in" box to the =
box that list the files.
=20
6. In Activity/Template Chooser, double-click should add Frame/template =
to lesson.
=20
7. 'Esc' should cancel Activity/Template Chooser.

[Lessonbuilder-devel] Java News

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

From:  <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040206/152/eld6n.html> =
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040206/152/eld6n.html
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Friday February 6, 09:10 AM 	=09
Sun reveals future Java foundations=20


By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com=20


The company has released the first beta version of its Java 2 Platform=20


Sun Microsystems has released an early edition of software that will =
form the underpinnings of future Java applications for desktop =
computers.=20


The company on Wednesday released the first beta version of the Java 2 =
Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.5 software, which includes a series =
of enhancements to the Java programming language and the software used =
to run Java applications. And on Thursday, Sun announced the beta =
program for J2SE 1.5, code-named Tiger.=20


J2SE is a specification that outlines how Java providers should write =
their software, notably development tools, to incorporate the latest =
features. The Tiger release of J2SE is targeted for completion this =
summer.=20


Java licensees, such as Sun and Borland Software, usually take several =
months to add the latest features to their products.=20


Sun aims to release this summer a version 4.0 update of its NetBeans =
open-source development tools that will incorporate the enhancements of =
the Java platform update, said James Gosling, chief technology officer =
of Sun's developer tools division. Other Java tools companies are =
expected to add the changes in their respective products, as will PC =
manufacturers that ship Java Runtime Environment, software that's needed =
to execute Java code.=20


The J2SE software, which usually runs on desktop PCs, forms the basis of =
the Java 2 Enterprise Edition standard for server-side Java =
applications. The Java 2 Micro Edition specification addresses Java =
software that's embedded in cell phones and other handheld devices.=20


A primary goal of the new Java specification is to simplify programming =
done with the Java language, according to Sun. Tiger includes changes =
designed to cut down on the amount of code programmers need to write and =
to ease the process of deploying applications.=20


One feature allows a programmer to add information, called metadata, to =
bodies of code. Once implemented in products, this will enable =
developers to eliminate repetitive tasks and help in the debugging and =
deployment process, according to Sun.=20


Tiger is also intended to make Java applications easier to monitor and =
manage, once they are operating and perform better. The software for =
running Java programs on desktop PCs is being revamped as well to make =
Java programs run faster and use less PC memory, including on Linux =
desktop machines.=20


"Over the past year, other desktop [operating systems] -- Mac and Linux =
-- have been rising in importance. I wouldn't say they are anyway near =
threatening Microsoft's monopoly, but they are gathering developer =
mindshare," said Gosling.=20


Ease of development and deployment is a critical goal for Sun and other =
Java software providers. Java tools and deployment software, though =
widely used, are generally considered more complex and harder to learn =
than comparative tools from Microsoft.=20


In addition to efforts to simplify the Java language, Java tool =
providers are each investing in simpler tools, or integrated development =
environments, to make Java programmers more productive. Sun, for =
instance, in the middle of the year is planning to release Java Creator, =
a tool aimed at Microsoft Visual Basic programmers who favour a =
drag-and-drop method for building applications.=20


Sun made the announcement of the Tiger beta program the same week of =
EclipseCon, a conference dedicated to the open-source development tools =
platform Eclipse. Although Eclipse software incorporates Java software =
standards, Sun has been wary of its growing influence in the industry =
and has urged the group not to fracture the Java industry.=20

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[Lessonbuilder-devel] SVG Validation

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

http://jiggles.w3.org/svgvalidator/=20
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Welcome to the SVG validation service.


Download <http://jiggles.w3.org/svgvalidator/svg-validator-1.0.zip>  the =
SVG validator.=20

  _____ =20


SVG Validation Service


Validate an SVG document by URI =
<http://jiggles.w3.org/svgvalidator/ValidatorURI.html> .

Validate an SVG document by uploading =
<http://jiggles.w3.org/svgvalidator/ValidatorUpload.html>  it from your =
computer.

RE: [Lessonbuilder-devel] CVS down for weekend

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Sorry this was a message that was sent friday of last week.
=20
Obviously delayed....Please ignore!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Thiessen=20
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:17 PM
To: Lessonbuilder-Devel (E-mail)
Subject: [Lessonbuilder-devel] CVS down for weekend


( 2004-01-23 10:06:09 - Project CVS Service )   Developer CVS access =
will be offline for 2004-01-23, continuing in to the weekend, to permit =
the resync of data to complete; it was previously determined that =
developer CVS access had a severe impact on the speed of our data =
resync. Developer CVS access will be restored immediately after the sync =
completes. Your patience is appreciated. Questions and concerns may be =
directed to the SF.net team via Support Request.=20
=20
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=3D2352 =
<http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=3D2352&group_id=3D1#=
1073918877> &group_id=3D1#1073918877

[Lessonbuilder-devel] CVS down for weekend

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

( 2004-01-23 10:06:09 - Project CVS Service )   Developer CVS access =
will be offline for 2004-01-23, continuing in to the weekend, to permit =
the resync of data to complete; it was previously determined that =
developer CVS access had a severe impact on the speed of our data =
resync. Developer CVS access will be restored immediately after the sync =
completes. Your patience is appreciated. Questions and concerns may be =
directed to the SF.net team via Support Request.=20
=20
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=3D2352 =
<http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=3D2352&group_id=3D1#=
1073918877> &group_id=3D1#1073918877

[Lessonbuilder-devel] SVG in PDF

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

SVG Viewer has been included in Adobe Acrobat since Version 5.0!!!
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PDF's at the bottom of this web page have svg's within them:
http://pilat.free.fr/english/pdf/
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Some are even interactive:
http://pilat.free.fr/english/pdf/weiler.pdf
Move red dots to change drawing.
Move them slowly, as there seems to be a bit of a bug.
=20
What this means is that SVG's become viewable to those with
Acrobat Viewer and don't have SVG Viewer.
=20
It works, I tried it.
=20
Note that it seems that Acrobat seems to be the only way to integrate it =
into
the PDF.
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[Lessonbuilder-devel] sample lesson removed from CVS

[Bob S. <bo...@Tr...>]

Howdy all,
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I just removed the sample lesson from CVS because:
    (1)    It is in a format that neither the new Lesson Builder nor the =
Lesson Viewer can understand
    (2)    It's old
    (3)    It's several times larger than the rest of the CVS tree =
combined.  Those .wav files in particular were rather unwieldy.
=20
I don't mind such a thing existing, but I do mind it being in the Lesson =
Builder CVS module.  If there is a need for it, a new module can be =
created within the LessonBuilder CVS repository for such things.
=20
The Help files may eventually be moved into such a thing... but not yet.
=20
'sabout it.  Please do not re-add it to the CVS repository.  If you feel =
it needs to be in there in some way, talk to me and we'll get it added =
in a slightly different manner.
=20
(and despite all that, I'd like to honestly thank whoever did it for =
just doing it, rather than coming to me and begging a decision.  With =
things like this, it's easier to fix a little issue here & there than it =
is to watch the whole system and give a bunch of orders.)
=20
=20
Thanks!
- Bob
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--------
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"Omnis enim res, quad dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, =
nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est."
=20
"For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not =
rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared."
        Aurelius Augustinus (354-430)

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[Lessonbuilder-devel] SVG Info

[Bob S. <bo...@Tr...>]

From SVG Open 2003:
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http://www.svgopen.org/2003/proceedings.html
=20
- Bob
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"Omnis enim res, quad dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, =
nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est."
=20
"For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not =
rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared."
        Aurelius Augustinus (354-430)

=20

[Lessonbuilder-devel] Macromedia will use SVG!!

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Speak of the "devil"...
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From:
 =
<http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2003/0311240821.asp?A=3DHOME&O=3D=
FPIN.com> =
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2003/0311240821.asp?A=3DHOME&O=3D=
FPIN.com


...In another major commitment to supporting key industry standards, =
Macromedia also announced this week that Macromedia Flex, a presentation =
server and application framework, incorporates key standards from the =
W3C, including Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Cascading Style Sheets =
(CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and Simple Object Access =
Protocol (SOAP) Web services.=20



Flex offers a standards-based framework for creating enterprise-class =
rich Internet applications. Flex is the latest example of a Macromedia =
product built on the strength of industry standards. Flex will operate =
on Sun Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) servers in its initial release =
and on Microsoft .NET servers in a future release. The Flex application =
framework leverages XML and SOAP Web services for data interchange, CSS =
for style control, and SVG for static graphic primitives and shapes. The =
declarative programming language for defining rich application front =
ends is based entirely on XML syntax. ...

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This doesn't constitute a "conversion experience" for Macromedia but it =
definitely does lend credibility to the SVG standard.
=20
This comes via the yahoo-svg-developers group...
-Mike

[Lessonbuilder-devel] Task reminder - Help for lesson files

[Jack M. <Ja...@Tr...>]

Hey all,
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Jeffrey and I were talking about the various help, FAQ files we've got. =
One that may have gotten forgotten is the help for lesson files. This =
set of files is supposed to be inserted into each lesson that's created, =
it gets called by the ? icon in the lesson. I don't think we've =
discussed how this is going to take place.
=20
Jack Murphy
System Administrator
Trees for Life
ja...@tr...
=20

[Lessonbuilder-devel] SVG news

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Mikey's SVG news=20
(2 items)

1. Adobe SVG Viewer 6.0 Beta=20


2. SVG PowerPoint replacement  - "JackSVG"

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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D



1.   2003-08-15: Adobe SVG Viewer 6.0 Technology Preview


Adobe SVG Viewer Version  =
<http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/beta.html> 6.0 (Technology =
Preview) was released over a month ago. It implements many of the =
features in the latest SVG 1.2 draft, including Audio and Video, =
Rendering Custom Content (RCC) and cursors as well as a number of =
bugfixes.=20

-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----------------------------

2.  SVG - PowerPoint replacement  - "JackSVG"

 <http://titanium.dstc.edu.au/xml/jacksvg/> =
http://titanium.dstc.edu.au/xml/jacksvg/

"Power without Powerpoint".=20

JackSVG is a program that takes your presentation contents, written in a =
simple XML-based language, and produces a SVG file formatted for =
presentation. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a open graphics format =
for the Web developed by the W3C.

If you'd like to see JackSVG in action, have a look at the  =
<http://titanium.dstc.edu.au/xml/jacksvg/screenshots.shtml> examples =
page where there are sample SVG files and screen images.=20

[Lessonbuilder-devel] Send msg's to LessonBuilder-Devel

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Reminder: gck-devel list has been replaced with a list @ Sourceforge.=20
=20
When you have a mail to send to all developers...=20

Send emails to  <mailto:les...@li...> =
les...@li... to distribute to
 ALL developers.

For Outlook users benefit and pleasure:

*=09
Add the address to your contacts by double clicking this message in your =
Inbox
(ignore this instruction if you have this msg. open in a separate window =
already)=20

*=09
Right-click the name and choose "Add to Contacts"

*=09
Contact form will come up. Click "Save and Close"

Now when you type in the first few letters i.e.. "l-e-s-s" [just incase =
you have a friend named

Les, or Leslie : )  ] you can click the "Check names" button to complete =
the address.

Thanks,
Mik e=20

[Lessonbuilder-devel] RE: MIT's OpenCourseWare, and related free educational software

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

Reminder: gck-devel list has been replaced with a list @ Sourceforge.

Send emails to  <mailto:les...@li...> =
les...@li... to distribute to
developers.

For Outlook users benefit and pleasure:

*=09
Add the address to your contacts by double clicking this message in your =
Inbox
(ignore this instruction if you have this msg. open in a separate window =
already)=20

*=09
Right-click the name and choose "Add to Contacts"

*=09
Contact form will come up. Click "Save and Close"

Now when you type in the first few letters i.e.. "l-e-s-s" [just incase =
you have a friend named

Les, or Leslie : )  ] you can click the "Check names" button to complete =
the address.

Thanks,
Mike
P.S. Link that Bob sent for EClass Educational Software seems to work =
better as:
 <http://www.eclass.net/> www.eclass.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Sahu
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 7:51 PM
To: gck-devel
Subject: MIT's OpenCourseWare, and related free educational software


OpenCourseWare:  <http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html> =
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html



And other related things:

 <http://eclass.net/> http://eclass.net/ -- EClass Educational Software


BONZER WEB SITE OF THE WEEK:  <http://www.wikipedia.org> =
http://www.wikipedia.org -- Wikipedia, an
  "open source" encyclopedia. "Just anyone" can submit articles, and
  volunteers review the articles and weed out the garbage. It's the sort
  of community effort people thought the Internet would be good for when
  it first went public big time. And someone is making good on that
  concept!  <http://www.thisistrue.com/bonzer.html> =
http://www.thisistrue.com/bonzer.html archives these sites.


Enjoy,
Bob

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"Omnis enim res, quad dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, =
nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est."

"For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not =
rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared."
        Aurelius Augustinus (354-430)=20

Re: [Lessonbuilder-devel] New (and better) Color Chooser

[Bibek S. <sc...@do...>]

Hmm... this may be what Gurleen starts working on, come Monday... we shall
see.


- Bob


On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Mike Thiessen wrote:

> New (and  Better) Color Chooser!!!
>
> There are a few really annoying things about the color
> choosers we use at the moment.
>
> We should/could add this as a task that someone outside
> Trees for Life could tackle.
>
> Perhaps a WSU master's thesis for sumbuddy?
>
> Planting a seed...
> -Mike
>

[Lessonbuilder-devel] New (and better) Color Chooser

[Mike T. <mi...@tr...>]

New (and  Better) Color Chooser!!!
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There are a few really annoying things about the color=20
choosers we use at the moment.
=20
We should/could add this as a task that someone outside
Trees for Life could tackle.
=20
Perhaps a WSU master's thesis for sumbuddy?
=20
Planting a seed...
-Mike

[Lessonbuilder-devel] test 2

[Jack M. <Ja...@Tr...>]

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Jack Murphy
System Administrator
Trees for Life
ja...@tr...
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[Lessonbuilder-devel] test message from jack

[Jack M. <Ja...@Tr...>]

=20
Jack Murphy
System Administrator
Trees for Life
ja...@tr...
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