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[Tuxmath-devel] GSoC contribution reg.

[Lakshmanan M. <lak...@gm...>]

Hi
I'm Lakshmanan, 2nd year sophomore in Computer science and engineering. I
know android,python and c++(average proficiency) and I would like to
contribute to tuxmath in GSoC 16. I'm persistent, hard working,quick
learning student who loves programming. Since I'm a beginner it would be so
helpful if someone could mentor me in GSoC to contribute to tuxmath. Ill
assure you, that I'll do my job with fullest of my heart and ability,

Thank you,
Lakshmanan

[Tuxmath-devel] TUXMATH

[Fabio C. <fab...@gm...>]

Olá me chamo Fábio Castro
Estou trabalhando com um projeto de pesquisa que envolve o Software TUXMATH

Gostaria de saber se existe tutorial deste software, TUXMATH???
Caso exista enviem-me

Agradeço

Att
Fábio Castro

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] t4k_common problem in tuxtype and tuxmath

[Scott N. <sn...@gm...>]

I had same problem - t4k_common was installed in the default location,
but tuxmath configure couldn't find it. Solved it by doing:

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/

after verifying that t4k_common.pc was located in that path.

[Tuxmath-devel] Requesting for guidance

[Love M. <lov...@ou...>]

Hello eveyone,


My name is Love Mehta and I am a second year student of Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar. I am quite comfortable with c language, HTML, CSS, basic javaScript and java programming.

I am new in the open source software community and wish to contribute in free software. I have found out about the tux4kids community from the Google Summer of Code website. I am interested in the initiative and work done by tux4kids community and wish to contribute in the community.

Earlier I posted this on the tux...@li... but didn't get any reply.


Please someone guide me as to which project will be good for me to work on and where can i use my skills and enthusiasm the best.


Thanks

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] (no subject)

[Holger L. <ho...@la...>]

control: tags -1 + pending upstream

Hi,

On Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2015, Pere Pujal i Carabantes wrote:
> In addition of what others have already said, the current git version of
> tuxmath has a --language switch that you can use to start tuxmath with a
> different language.

ui, nice!

maybe time for a new release then? 2.0.4 or 2.1.0? :)


cheers,
	Holger

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] (no subject)

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

Hi Petra,

El dj 14 de 05 de 2015 a les 11:52 +0200, en/na Petra Milat va escriure:
> Hi,
> I am on my final year of college in Croatia and for my diploma thesis
> I had to find educational games, translate one educational game that I
> like and make a web app. I chose TuxMath and I translated, compiled
> and installed it but I have a problem with getting .gmo files from .po
> files. I did everything that I found I should do on this problem but
> nothing happened. Also I tried to start the game in some other
> language, like German, and it just started in English. Can you help
> me?  (I'm compiling it in virtual Ubuntu on Windows 7)

In addition of what others have already said, the current git version of
tuxmath has a --language switch that you can use to start tuxmath with a
different language. You can get the code with git:
http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/git.php

Also you should add the hr code to the po/LINGUAS file(I am not sure if
that only affects the generation/installation of translations or if it
is required also at runtime)


BTW, if you post the translation hr.po file here, it can be added to
tuxmath, oh, I see there is already a hr.po file for tuxmath
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/tux4kids/tuxmath.git/tree/po/hr.po
Don't know it's state or the correctness of its translation, and I see
hr has already been added to the po/LINGUAS file.


Do you already have an idea about the web app you have to develop?
anything related to education and/or childs?



Best
Pere

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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Tuxmath-devel Digest, Vol 87, Issue 1

[LM <lm...@gm...>]

On Thu, May 14, 2015,  Petra wrote:
 compiled
> and installed it but I have a problem with getting .gmo files from .po
> files.

To get a .mo file from a .po file, run the msgfmt program (part of gettext):
msgfmt filename.po -o filename.mo

According to articles such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettext
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4329756/what-are-the-different-gettext-file-formats-used-for

.gmo files are .mo files.  The extension just means they're GNU
Machine Object files (where generated by/for GNU tools).

> Also I tried to start the game in some other
> language, like German, and it just started in English.

Assuming your version of libintl handles switching languages, you
should be able to change the language globally by changing environment
variables.  The version of libintl I use (BSD version, not GNU),
checks environment variables LANGUAGE, LC_ALL (and other LC variables)
and then LANG.  I believe that's a POSIX standard so it should be
similar for the GNU libintl library.  Let's assume the country code
for Croatia is HR.
If I want to run a program using the mo file(s) for Croatia, I set the
LANG variable before running it:
export LANG=hr.
You need the corresponding .mo file(s) installed in
share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES so libintl can find them (or in a location
libintl is configured to search).
To start Tuxmath in German, you should be able to use:
export LANG=de
If you have gcc (GNU C compiler) on your system, type gcc to test out
the results and see if the output is in another language.

I typically start programs from the command line.  If you're starting
from a desktop or window manager, you need to set the environment
variable globally somehow (methods vary depending on desktop) or set
it before you start X Windows.

If you're running on Windows 7, you can build Tuxmath natively on
Windows using mingw and msys and then you don't have to deal with an
extra layer of complexity.  Same techniques work for setting languages
on Windows (assuming the programs use libintl) and you can change the
environment variables via msys shell program, command line or globally
in Windows.  I've built and run Tuxmath that way.

Sincerely,
Laura

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Generating gmo files and language selection on Ubuntu

[Fòram na G. <fi...@fo...>]

Sgrìobh Petra Milat na leanas 14/05/2015 aig 10:52:
> Hi,
> I am on my final year of college in Croatia and for my diploma thesis
> I had to find educational games, translate one educational game that I
> like and make a web app. I chose TuxMath and I translated, compiled
> and installed it but I have a problem with getting .gmo files from .po
> files. I did everything that I found I should do on this problem but
> nothing happened.

There are 2 methods that I know of:

1. You can open the po file in PoEdit and save. This will generate an
.mo file for you. Rename it to .gmo and you're done.

http://poedit.net/


2. Use the gettext command:

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Binaries.html#Binaries



> Also I tried to start the game in some other
> language, like German, and it just started in English. Can you help
> me?  (I'm compiling it in virtual Ubuntu on Windows 7)

Sorry, I don't know the solution to this.

[Tuxmath-devel] (no subject)

[Petra M. <pet...@fe...>]

Hi,
I am on my final year of college in Croatia and for my diploma thesis
I had to find educational games, translate one educational game that I
like and make a web app. I chose TuxMath and I translated, compiled
and installed it but I have a problem with getting .gmo files from .po
files. I did everything that I found I should do on this problem but
nothing happened. Also I tried to start the game in some other
language, like German, and it just started in English. Can you help
me?  (I'm compiling it in virtual Ubuntu on Windows 7)

Best, Petra

[Tuxmath-devel] Is feedback out for applicants for GSoC 2015?

[Stephen P. <ste...@gm...>]

I'm wondering if feedback has been given to applicants this year for
Tux4Math.
If I'm not one of the chosen applicants it would still be nice to know.

Best Regards,
Stephen Papadatos

[Tuxmath-devel] Hey everybody, GSOC applicant

[Stephen P. <ste...@gm...>]

Hey my name is Stephen Papadatos and I would like to apply for GSOC 2015
tuxmath idea *Migrate Tux Math and t4k_common to SDL 2.0. *

I was wondering if I could get steps to set up my
development environment for tuxmath so I browse the codebase and flesh my
proposal out more before I submit it.

[Tuxmath-devel] GSOC PROJECT TUX MATH

[surya p. s. r. <osh...@gm...>]

hi,
i am a computer science engineering student of 3rd year from India and i
would love to work on the projects under TUX MATH section in TUX4KIDS ideas
page of GSOC.

   - i have quite a experience of c-programming, data structures and
   algorithms.
   - i do understand the concept of testing driven development and i am
   familiar with it too.

i will love to know something more about this "*Create unit tests for Tux
Math and t4k_common*"
project before submitting my application can you please guide me?

[Tuxmath-devel] Application for TuxMath

[Madhukiran Ns <mad...@gm...>]

Name: Madhukiran NS
University: Saveetha Engineering College, India
Course: Information Technology (B.Tech)
Year: Third
Mobile: 9566018475

About myself:

I'm a smart coder. mathematics freak. Love to solve problems in maths.
Flexible attitude. I have a good team spirit. My father is a web
developer, Mother is a Maths Teacher. Hence I have Strong skills in
them. Quick learner. Good listener. Good understanding capability.

IRC nickname: madhukiran

Coding Skills:

I use to code good in C++ and C. I use Ubuntu 10.4 OS with codeblocks
IDE and also have experience in Python.
I have been coding in C and C++ for the past 5 years from my school
days. I have developed a Hotel management project in C++ 4 years ago.
Yet I didn't do any bigger projects that matters, still very eager to
work on big projects to showcase my skill.

I'm not planning to do mobile / HTML development. If its necessary to
do,I have basic knowledge in them and I'll make it.

I'm good at both mathematics and coding skills to make this project.
Joined in the Tuxmath-devel mailing list.

Tux4Kids and Me:

I have not worked with Tux4Kids before.
I have not involved in any Open Source Develoment Projects in the past.
I'm good at coding and maths skills and eager to showcase my skill to
bring out a better product from Tuxmath.

Project:

I wish all the children should learn maths as easy as their native
language. And I choose Tuxmath for the same. From my childhood days, I
have been learning, exploring maths. I also teach maths to others.
I have presented papers on graph theory and matrices. I have a good
passion for maths. With that perspective I will be the best choice to
do this product.

In this summer, I have planned to invest 45h/week during GSoC. Yet I
have my University exams during the course. As I can code in smarter
way, it takes less time for me to code. At the start I'll be working
20h/week and work for 45h/week in future.
As I use comments to document the source code, that will be easier to
understand by any of the viewers.


-- 
-Madhukiran NS

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Extra project for GSOC2015

[Aaditya M. <aad...@gm...>]

Hi Thomas,

Mail after years. Well purely depend on slots we get this year by Google
for Google Summer of Code 2015 and definitely will let you know if we
require mentor for Tux-Blocks (as I know you developed this and I was your
mentor.

Thanks for showing interest in Tux4Kids (TuxBlocks) Contribution.

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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:48 AM, Thomas Price <tho...@gm...>
wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> My name is Thomas and I worked for Tux4Kids during GSoC 2013. I see you've
> been accepted again for GSoC 2015 - congrats. If you're looking for more
> ideas to attract applicants, the project I started in 2013 has lots of room
> for development.
>
> It's an algebra game called TuxBlocks, and you can find a playable link
> here <http://tux-blocks.appspot.com/> and the code and description here
> <https://github.com/thomaswp/tuxblocks>. I also wrote up a project description
> for GSoC 2014
> <https://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2014-tux4kids/wiki/IdeasList#Algebra_Game>,
> which I could update and expand for 2015 if you want.
>
> I would be able to offer help guiding the student and getting them setup,
> even if someone else is the official mentor. Let me know if you're
> interested.
>
> Best,
> Thomas
>

[Tuxmath-devel] Extra project for GSOC2015

[Thomas P. <tho...@gm...>]

Hi all,

My name is Thomas and I worked for Tux4Kids during GSoC 2013. I see 
you've been accepted again for GSoC 2015 - congrats. If you're looking 
for more ideas to attract applicants, the project I started in 2013 has 
lots of room for development.

It's an algebra game called TuxBlocks, and you can find a playable link 
here <http://tux-blocks.appspot.com/> and the code and description here 
<https://github.com/thomaswp/tuxblocks>. I also wrote up a project 
description for GSoC 2014 
<https://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2014-tux4kids/wiki/IdeasList#Algebra_Game>, 
which I could update and expand for 2015 if you want.

I would be able to offer help guiding the student and getting them 
setup, even if someone else is the official mentor. Let me know if 
you're interested.

Best,
Thomas

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] regarding tuxmath installation from repository at alioth.debian.org

[LM <lm...@gm...>]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:02 AM,  Sourav Sarangi wrote:
> I am new to this org and I am trying to familiarize myself with the
> codebase in order to prepare a proposal for GSoc '15. While trying to to
> run make command after installing dependencies , I get the error that some
> variable 'white' is not defined.
> "comets.c:2244:42: error: ?white? undeclared (first use in this function)"
> Can anyone suggest if this is a potential bug or I made some mistake while
> trying to install.
> Please reply asap

Which version are you using?  I built version 2.0.3 (
https://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/tuxmath ) and I don't see a
comets.c file anywhere.  I think it was in a different version.

Main problems I had building were using sdl_ttf instead of sdl_pango
and building without sdl_net.  Seems like no ones tested those options
in a long time and I needed to make some modifications to get things
working properly again.  There's still some duplication of effort
between some t4kcommon functions and some of the tuxmath functions
especially with regards to locating and loading helper files.  It
could use some serious cleaning up, but I haven't had time to do much
with it.  I have some alternative build scripts/files that use cDetect
and make instead of the GNU autotools if anyone needs them.

[Tuxmath-devel] regarding tuxmath installation from repository at alioth.debian.org

[Sourav S. <sou...@gm...>]

Hi,
I am new to this org and I am trying to familiarize myself with the
codebase in order to prepare a proposal for GSoc '15. While trying to to
run make command after installing dependencies , I get the error that some
variable 'white' is not defined.
"comets.c:2244:42: error: ‘white’ undeclared (first use in this function)"
Can anyone suggest if this is a potential bug or I made some mistake while
trying to install.
Please reply asap

[Tuxmath-devel] GSOC, the TuxMath mobile port, and creating new Tux4Kids mobile apps

[Aaron S. <aar...@gm...>]

Hey all,

My name is Aaron Santiago, and I'm currently a senior at Bard College at
Simon's Rock, working on getting my BA in Computer Science this spring. I
have had a decent amount of experience with developing games, and
programming in general. You can find some of my previous work on my website
here: http://jabdownsmash.com/portfolio/
My GitHub account can be found here: https://github.com/sepharoth213

I was looking through the ideas list for Tux4Kids and I came across the
mobile port, and I was immediately struck by the fact that the current port
is written in Haxe/NME. I currently work in Haxe/Lime and the games in my
portfolio are written in Haxe/OpenFL and I figured that I would love to
work on the port.


I have a few questions though:

I tried building the current Haxe/NME mobile port and I didn't get very
far, which is most likely due to the fact that it was written years ago and
NME/OpenFL has changed a lot since then. Rewriting the port for OpenFL
would make the most sense, but would the port end up as a successor to the
original? A Haxe/OpenFL port would be able to support more platforms than
the original TuxMath, and might be easier to maintain.

I tried playing TuxMath and took a look at the Git repository and noticed
that substantial changes to the game haven't happened in a long time. Would
a port need to be a direct port, or would small changes make sense: adding
tweens, updating assets, rearranging menus, etc.? Or does it make more
sense to just create a whole new game?

If a new game were created, how should a more modern TuxMath or TuxMath-like
be made? I would personally love to work with a mentor and develop an open
source and modern educational math game with Haxe.

Anyway, those are my thoughts as of yet.  I would appreciate any comments
or suggestions anyone may have.


Thanks,
Aaron

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] SDL2 support

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

El dc 11 de 02 de 2015 a les 15:18 -0500, en/na LM va escriure:

>   Doesn't look like
> SDL_pango has been ported to SDL2 yet, 

Currently it s working for me and Tux Paint-SDL2, please test:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxpaint-sdl2/files/SDL2_Pango/

HTH
Pere

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] SDL2 support

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

El dc 11 de 02 de 2015 a les 15:18 -0500, en/na LM va escriure:
> Has anyone looked at adding SDL2 support to Tuxmath to use on systems
> that may no longer want to maintain SDL 1.2.x?

I am currently porting Tux Paint to SDL2, you could find interesting the
backward compatibility functions I wrote for it
https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint-sdl2/code/ci/sdl2.0/tree/src/tuxpaint.c#l865


HTH
Pere



> 
> I started looking at the Tuxmath source code to see how difficult the
> task might be.  Took me a couple of days just to get Tuxmath to build
> successfully.  I started with the 2.0.3 source tarball from Debian.
> Tried adding the code from the accessibility branch back into that.  I
> ran across some issues when trying to build --without-sdlnet and had
> to work around them.  I also ran across some issues when using
> SDL_ttf.  The SDL_ttf library doesn't handle newline characters.  I
> wrote some code to actually draw multiple lines of text using SDL_ttf
> when there were newline characters in the string.  Doesn't look like
> SDL_pango has been ported to SDL2 yet, but there is a port for
> SDL2_ttf.  It would be nice if SDL_ttf worked properly in Tuxmath
> before trying to move to SDL2.
> 
> Was curious if there was any active development going on and any plans
> for SDL2 support in the future.  What, if anything, is currently on
> the Tuxmath development roadmap?  Thanks.
> 
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[Tuxmath-devel] SDL2 support

[LM <lm...@gm...>]

Has anyone looked at adding SDL2 support to Tuxmath to use on systems
that may no longer want to maintain SDL 1.2.x?

I started looking at the Tuxmath source code to see how difficult the
task might be.  Took me a couple of days just to get Tuxmath to build
successfully.  I started with the 2.0.3 source tarball from Debian.
Tried adding the code from the accessibility branch back into that.  I
ran across some issues when trying to build --without-sdlnet and had
to work around them.  I also ran across some issues when using
SDL_ttf.  The SDL_ttf library doesn't handle newline characters.  I
wrote some code to actually draw multiple lines of text using SDL_ttf
when there were newline characters in the string.  Doesn't look like
SDL_pango has been ported to SDL2 yet, but there is a port for
SDL2_ttf.  It would be nice if SDL_ttf worked properly in Tuxmath
before trying to move to SDL2.

Was curious if there was any active development going on and any plans
for SDL2 support in the future.  What, if anything, is currently on
the Tuxmath development roadmap?  Thanks.

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] tuxmath shutdown

[Brendan L. <che...@gm...>]

Hi Tomas,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble. Can you try the following and see 
if it indicates the problem:

     $ tuxmath --debug-all

If not, my last resort would be:

     $ gdb `which tuxmath`
     (gdb) run

HTH.

> Tomas Jurik <mailto:kyl...@at...>
> January 4, 2015 at 1:37 AM
>
> Hi all,
>
> During playing tuxmath I had unexpected shutdown of the game.
> I have a opensuse 13.1 and tuxmath 2.0.3-2.8
> thanks for help
> r.
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[Tuxmath-devel] tuxmath shutdown

[Tomas J. <kyl...@at...>]

 
Hi all,
 
During playing tuxmath I had unexpected shutdown of the game.
I have a opensuse 13.1 and tuxmath 2.0.3-2.8
thanks for help
r.

[Tuxmath-devel] Summing game

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

Hi all!

My child just started to like this game, see the image.
Any chance that somebody implements it as an activity for Tuxmath or as
a new game?

Cheers
Pere

[Tuxmath-devel] Accessibility patch

[Nalin.x.Linux <nal...@gm...>]

Dear list,
    I have created accessibility branch for tuxmath and t4kcommon. Also
committed accessibility patches to them, So please do testing with --tts
argument and report bugs immediately.

http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/tux4kids/t4kcommon.git/commit/?h=accessibility
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/tux4kids/tuxmath.git/commit/?h=accessibility