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[Tuxmath-devel] Migrate to SDL 2.0

[Farhan K. <fkh...@gm...>]

Hi everyone,

My name is Farhan Khan. I'm interested in migrating tuxmath to SDL 2.0. I
have experience with SDL, SFML and I've previously ported a couple of my
games from SDL to SFML and SDL with OpenGL (2d), as well as among different
versions of these libraries.

My question is where should I get the tuxmath & t4kcommon sources from?
I've tried the git repos, I've got t4kcommon to compile but tuxmath doesn't
compile - lots of linking errors (t4kcommon). I'm working on getting the
errors out of the way - but I wanted to ask am I missing something? I just
checked on t4k site, it was mentioned not to use the git build as it is
incompatible with tuxmath. But to migrate the code, I'll need both
t4kcommon and tuxmath sources. Can I use the tars instead to work on
migrating the code?

-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Mohammed Abdul Farhan Khan.
(Web: http://fkhan.tk <http://tecfreak.tk>)

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tuxpaint-devel] Game Idea

[scottmc <sco...@gm...>]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Mahendra Chouhan <mon...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi,
> I am mahendra chouhan , 3rd year b.tech student(IIT-BHU). I saw the idea
> page and installed tuxmath. I really liked the game.
> I am intrested in extending the game for android devices with some
> modification.I am planning to include multiplayer mode in current game
> using bluetooth/wifi so that player can compete with each other.
> Currently i have a vauge game idea - The game will have 'bricks' and
> 'ballons' , each person can shoot bricks(that increases his weight) or
> ballons(that decreases every other players weight) as per the mathematical
> equations.Player with the highest weight will win in the end.Mathematical
> equations can be of several types like finding the brick with highest
> weight or arithmetic etc. I was planning to include other features as well
> like mazes(player that solves the maze faster wins) or some sort of quiz
> etc.
>
> Other thing that i had in mind was using box2d/andEngine to create a
> simple real physics game(something similar to cryaon physics)
> we can use it to teach kids physics.goal of the game is to take an object
> from point A to point B.On clearing a level player will be awarded a new
> item like spring/rocket(and some info on them) etc to use in next
> level.This can be include in TuxPaint as an extension.
>
> My skills include c/c++,java,python. I have previously worked on
> Qt,twisted and android platform. I have a keen interest in developing
> multiplayer games for mobile devices and networking. I have worked on
> simple android apps like jigsaw puzzle,music player,BluetoothChatserver etc
> and experience in implementing
> simple games like snake,single player tic-tac-toe in c++ and creating
> simple networking apps like keylogger,file browser,chat server etc in qt
> and twisted.
>
>  Can I purpose multiple projects ? if not which one should i choose ? need
> suggestions..
>


Mahendra,
Yes, you can propose more than one project.  Be sure to put in details for
each project, vaguely described projects probably won't get picked.  For
tuxmath I'll defer to the tuxmath list, I've cc'd that list on this reply.
 I encourage you to discuss your tuxpaint idea(s) further with them.

It's not clear to me how the physics game can be made into an extension for
tuxpaint. Your description sounds a lot like numpty physics (
http://numptyphysics.garage.maemo.org/).  It might be interesting to have a
tool or mode that will make a drawing come to life using box2d, but the
idea would have to be better defined. Play around with tuxpaint for a
little while and see what ideas you come up with that would fit into the
program.  Keep in mind that tuxpaint runs on several different OS and
hardware platforms, not all of which support box2d, for those that don't
your add-on would need to detect that during configure and just not build
on that platform.  I see you've done some android development, you might
also consider a project to port tuxpaint to android.

In your proposal(s) be sure to include details, including your skills,
project timeline/goals, etc.

-scottmc

[Tuxmath-devel] Game Idea

[Mahendra C. <mon...@gm...>]

Hi,
I am mahendra chouhan , 3rd year b.tech student(IIT-BHU). I saw the idea
page and installed tuxmath. I really liked the game.
I am intrested in extending the game for android devices with some
modification.I am planning to include multiplayer mode in current game
using bluetooth/wifi so that player can compete with each other.
Currently i have a vauge game idea - The game will have 'bricks' and
'ballons' , each person can shoot bricks(that increases his weight) or
ballons(that decreases every other players weight) as per the mathematical
equations.Player with the highest weight will win in the end.Mathematical
equations can be of several types like finding the brick with highest
weight or arithmetic etc. I was planning to include other features as well
like mazes(player that solves the maze faster wins) or some sort of quiz
etc.
Other thing that i had in mind was using box2d/andEngine to create a simple
real physics game(something similar to cryaon physics)
we can use it to teach kids physics.goal of the game is to take an object
from point A to point B.On clearing a level player will be awarded a new
item like spring/rocket(and some info on them) etc to use in next
level.This can be include in TuxPaint as an extension.

My skills include c/c++,java,python. I have previously worked on Qt,twisted
and android platform. I have a keen interest in developing multiplayer
games for mobile devices and networking. I have worked on simple android
apps like jigsaw puzzle,music player,BluetoothChatserver etc and experience
in implementing
simple games like snake,single player tic-tac-toe in c++ and creating
simple networking apps like keylogger,file browser,chat server etc in qt
and twisted.

 Can I purpose multiple projects ? if not which one should i choose ? need
suggestions..

[Tuxmath-devel] GSoC 2013

[Darwin F. <fro...@gm...>]

Hello Everyone,

I am writing as to introduce myself and express interest in working with the Tux4Kids foundation this year during the Google Summer of Code, hopefully developing unit tests to make the Tux4Kids Math program function better and bug-free.

My name is Darwin Froese and I am just finishing up my second year of my Computer Science Undergraduate studies. I hope that I can be a vital asset to developing the Tux4Kids software with my wide array of knowledge in defensive and proactive programming, this summer as well as in the future. 

I have seen how beneficial of a project Tux4Kids is firsthand and would love to contribute to it knowing the effect it has. I hope that I can get to know everyone better as well as make contributions outside of the GSoC program and help people everywhere.

Best Wishes,
Darwin

[Tuxmath-devel] [GSoC] Unit tests

[Jerome P. <jer...@gm...>]

Hello,

I wish to work with Tux4Kids during GSoC 2013, and I'm interested in
several ideas from your list, including "*Create unit tests for Tux Math
and t4k_common*".
As I had a little experience with CUnit, I wrote some tests on a fork of
t4kcommon, in t4kcommon/src/tests.
You can see the commit on my github :
https://github.com/OjeromeO/t4kcommon/commit/d788d06d2ce2a6c6cf34ca893a0b02676c1aa3d7
And here are the files :
https://github.com/OjeromeO/t4kcommon/tree/jerome-dev/src/tests

Thanks for reading !

Regards,
Jerome

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] bug asteroid mode identified

[arshpreet s. <ar...@gm...>]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Dennis Sheil <de...@va...> wrote:

> I can duplicate the problem
>
> $ lsb_release -d
> Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
> $ uname -a
> Linux dev 3.2.0-39-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 28 00:28:53 UTC 2013
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> The crash is caused by a call in the factoroids.c file in the
> FF_exit_free() function.  The second statement in that function,
> "free(asteroid)", is where the crash happens.
>
>

hello everyone last night i just tried to find out how to solve this bug as
this is memory issue in the program so i got valgrind is good option to
solve this.now we need executables to run valgrind test.i tried with
"valgrind --leak-check=yes ./tuxmath" but could not got anything good.i
think it was very bad and wrong try.
may be creating executables for individuals like factroids.c or comets.c is
good idea? can we run valgrind memory test on individuals?
if there is any method to do this i mean converting  .o files to
executables or anything else please reply.

-- 

Thanks
Arshpreet singh
http://arshpreetsingh.wordpress.com/

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] GSoC 2013

[Siddharth K. <sid...@gm...>]

Hi Sunil,

Good to know your interests. If you are looking for developing an app from
scratch, feel free to discuss the app idea. We already have some momentum
with the Tuxmath app built during last summer, and would like to see it
reach a mature state. You can look at the code here
https://github.com/tux4kids/tuxmathmobile, and perhaps start contributing
by fixing bugs, adding documentation to the wiki, or reporting bugs/issues
with it.

Good luck,
Siddharth

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Sunil Kumar <sun...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm Sunil Kumar C, an undergraduate student pursuing Bachelor of
> Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering at PES Institute of
> Technology, Bangalore, India. I'm an avid programmer, a FOSS enthusiast and
> would like to contribute to Tux4Kids through GSoC 2013.
>
> I have been working on android applications since one and a half years
> now. I love building mobile applications. Currently I'am working on a web
> based application as a part of academics which needs HTML5, CSS,
> Javascript, JQuery and PHP. Also I'am working on an Android application as
> a part of Intel CCF(Common Connectivity Framework) App Challenge. Although
> i do not have a very good knowledge on cross platform application
> development using Phonegap, i know some basics of Phonegap.
>
> I went through the ideas page of your organization and it really impressed
> me. The idea of developing
> math based learning application for kids looks amazing.
>
> As i have a good knowledge on HTML5, CSS, Javascript and developing native
> Android applications i thought it would be a great opportunity for me to
> contribute to Open Source world through GSoC 2013 and I'm sure I'll find it
> very enjoyable to contribute to this community.
>
> Please guide me in this process.
>
> --
> *Sunil Kumar C*
> *
> *
> *6th sem, PESIT-CSE*
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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] GSOC 2013

[Siddharth K. <sid...@gm...>]

Hi Madhawa,

Good to know about you. One of the projects last year ported/re-implemented
Tuxmath to mobile. The end result is a good base to proceed further. The
app is written in HaXe NME, which is open source (MIT license) and provides
cross-platform support for all major platforms out there. I have recently
added the code on Tux4Kids unofficial github repository
https://github.com/tux4kids/tuxmathmobile, and have been working on scaling
assets at runtime (see the devel branch).

A few solid starter contributions for this project can be -
1. The code has poor debugging support. A good start would be to add a
debug macro, with a level wise debug support (1 - benign tracing, 2 -
moderate tracing, 3 - heavy tracing).
2. Scaling approach can be improved. I am currently compiling assets for a
particular device dimension (1920x1200) and then scaling them based on the
runtime device dimensions. Using svgs (and a svg to bitmap parser) instead
of bitmaps at compile time should reduce the generated .apk size by a huge
factor.
3. Refactor the code to a consistent standard.

All three tasks should give one a good familiarity with the code base. Send
in the pull requests when you have one of the tasks finished. Use the
github project issue tracker to report bugs/feature requests.

If you interested in porting TuxType or TuxPaint, you can create a lo-fi
prototype and show it to us. In this case, you would have flexibility in
choosing an open-source development language/framework with cross-platform
support. If you have a different idea, you can share it and get a feedback
before building up.

Hope that helps,
Siddharth


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Madhawa Chandrasena
<dil...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi,
> I am a student of Computer Science  & Engineering in Sri Lanka. I am
> interested in the project idea "Tux4kids Mobile". Since I am an engineering
> student I have a good knowledge in mathematics. Also I have a good
> experience in Android developments as well as in HTML5, Phonegap and
> Javascript. I would like to contribute in some way before applying GSOC
> 2013. Please be kind enough to give me some directions about that. Thank
> you!.
>
>
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[Tuxmath-devel] GSoC 2013

[Sunil K. <sun...@gm...>]

Hi everyone,

I'm Sunil Kumar C, an undergraduate student pursuing Bachelor of
Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering at PES Institute of
Technology, Bangalore, India. I'm an avid programmer, a FOSS enthusiast and
would like to contribute to Tux4Kids through GSoC 2013.

I have been working on android applications since one and a half years now.
I love building mobile applications. Currently I'am working on a web based
application as a part of academics which needs HTML5, CSS, Javascript,
JQuery and PHP. Also I'am working on an Android application as a part of
Intel CCF(Common Connectivity Framework) App Challenge. Although i do not
have a very good knowledge on cross platform application development using
Phonegap, i know some basics of Phonegap.

I went through the ideas page of your organization and it really impressed
me. The idea of developing
math based learning application for kids looks amazing.

As i have a good knowledge on HTML5, CSS, Javascript and developing native
Android applications i thought it would be a great opportunity for me to
contribute to Open Source world through GSoC 2013 and I'm sure I'll find it
very enjoyable to contribute to this community.

Please guide me in this process.

-- 
*Sunil Kumar C*
*
*
*6th sem, PESIT-CSE*

[Tuxmath-devel] GSOC 2013

[Madhawa C. <dil...@gm...>]

Hi,
I am a student of Computer Science  & Engineering in Sri Lanka. I am
interested in the project idea "Tux4kids Mobile". Since I am an engineering
student I have a good knowledge in mathematics. Also I have a good
experience in Android developments as well as in HTML5, Phonegap and
Javascript. I would like to contribute in some way before applying GSOC
2013. Please be kind enough to give me some directions about that. Thank
you!.

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] bug asteroid mode identified

[Dennis S. <de...@va...>]

I can duplicate the problem

$ lsb_release -d
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
$ uname -a
Linux dev 3.2.0-39-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 28 00:28:53 UTC 2013
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The crash is caused by a call in the factoroids.c file in the
FF_exit_free() function.  The second statement in that function,
"free(asteroid)", is where the crash happens.

"$export MALLOC_CHECK_=0" prevents the crash, but then the game is
broken in more subtle ways as noted by Marc Parenthoen.

*** glibc detected *** /usr/games/tuxmath: double free or corruption
(!prev): 0x00000000013c96e0 *
**

(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff62d4425 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#1  0x00007ffff62d7b8b in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#2  0x00007ffff631239e in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#3  0x00007ffff631cb96 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#4  0x000000000041151f in FF_exit_free () at factoroids.c:1360
#5  0x00000000004120d5 in FF_over (game_status=5) at factoroids.c:1345
#6  0x0000000000407b28 in run_factoroids (choice=0) at menu.c:545
#7  0x0000000000409cef in handle_activity (act=10, param=0) at menu.c:354
#8  0x00000000004091f1 in run_menu (root=0xbe9080, return_choice=false)
    at menu.c:1122
#9  0x000000000040a38e in RunMainMenu () at menu.c:1619
#10 0x0000000000406bbc in TitleScreen () at titlescreen.c:286
#11 0x0000000000403c23 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7fffffffe7a8)
    at tuxmath.c:57

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] bug asteroid mode identified

[Marc P. <mar...@en...>]

Dear arshpreet,

your idea "$export MALLOC_CHECK_=0" does'nt solve the problem :
After the "6 fast space bar hits", you can't play anymore to any of the 
two options in factoroid (nor factors, nor fractions).
What has changed is that there is no more crash and other items of 
"principal menu" are still available.

hope you'll find a solution :)

Le 06/04/2013 20:38, arshpreet singh a écrit :
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:21 PM, tita guery <tit...@fr... 
> <mailto:tit...@fr...>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     lost of thanks for your amazing work on tuxmath !
>
>     I'm running tuxmath on ubuntu12.04, this is the version 1.8.0 of
>     tuxmath.
>
>     I can reproduce a bug in the asteroid mode :
>
>     If I hit 6 times the space bar in less than one second : the game
>     stop with a double free or memory corruption error interruption
>     (see the attached log file)
>
>
> please try the following command before running tuxmath
>
> $export MALLOC_CHECK_=0
>
> hope that helps.but now my question is how we can fit this solution 
> into Tuxmath's source code?


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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] bug asteroid mode identified

[arshpreet s. <ar...@gm...>]

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:21 PM, tita guery <tit...@fr...> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> lost of thanks for your amazing work on tuxmath !
>
> I'm running tuxmath on ubuntu12.04, this is the version 1.8.0 of tuxmath.
>
> I can reproduce a bug in the asteroid mode :
>
> If I hit 6 times the space bar in less than one second : the game stop
> with a double free or memory corruption error interruption (see the
> attached log file)
>

please try the following command before running tuxmath

$export MALLOC_CHECK_=0

hope that helps.but now my question is how we can fit this solution into
Tuxmath's source code?

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] bug asteroid mode identified

[sasayins <sas...@gm...>]

Thank you! We will look at this bug. We are glad that your kid love the
game. =)


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:51 AM, tita guery <tit...@fr...> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> lost of thanks for your amazing work on tuxmath !
>
> I'm running tuxmath on ubuntu12.04, this is the version 1.8.0 of tuxmath.
>
> I can reproduce a bug in the asteroid mode :
>
> If I hit 6 times the space bar in less than one second : the game stop
> with a double free or memory corruption error interruption (see the
> attached log file)
>
> This bug didn't exist before (with the previous LTS ubuntu 10.04 and its
> associated tuxmath).
>
> I would be pleased to give you any information you need to fix that bug.
>
> My children love your way of doing math :)
>
> Lots of thanks.
>
>
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[Tuxmath-devel] bug asteroid mode identified

[tita g. <tit...@fr...>]

Dear all,

lost of thanks for your amazing work on tuxmath !

I'm running tuxmath on ubuntu12.04, this is the version 1.8.0 of tuxmath.

I can reproduce a bug in the asteroid mode :

If I hit 6 times the space bar in less than one second : the game stop 
with a double free or memory corruption error interruption (see the 
attached log file)

This bug didn't exist before (with the previous LTS ubuntu 10.04 and its 
associated tuxmath).

I would be pleased to give you any information you need to fix that bug.

My children love your way of doing math :)

Lots of thanks.

[Tuxmath-devel] Idea for tux - (New Direction + New Concept)

[Shalin S. <sha...@gm...>]

Hello ,

                I am Shalin Shah, a sophomore at
DAIICT<http://www.daiict.ac.in> having
some knowlledege of android  and windows as well as languages like C, C++,
JAVA , Python ,C#. After seeing the ideas list of tux4kids I am really
interested in working with tux and I have an idea in my mind  for tux which
is a new concept and direction for tux.

               I am from India and here we have around 500k villages here
and there are many developing countries where there are numerous villages
.Now recently I did my rural internship at a village whre I worked with an
NGO so now I know what problems they face.So what I want is we could
develop an a logo quiz game for kids which will basically motivate them to
do things which are good and make them avoid doing things that are wrong.
Eg - Beating your wife or daughter-in-law is wrong. So the game should have
these kind of pool of questions( for which I have the material  :) ) where
in if the kids selects correct answer should give him points and if wrong
then decrease his points.So what I want is could you please give some
comment on this idea and whether tux is ready for this new direction which
is working for upliftment of society.

               Initially I would like to develop it for android platform
and later port it to windows.If you are not ready for this idea could you
please suggest me which application to start working on improving features
etc.I have recently made my windows application called city
buddy<https://github.com/shalinshah1993/AppsDreamer.git>which is a
utility application giving you all the details of the city you
want.For android recent application was
I-job<https://github.com/shalinshah1993/Location-Alarm.git>.Please
do comment on my idea.

-- 
Yours Sincerely,
Shalin Shah

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxpaint-devel] Chat with Aaditya Maheshwari

[deepak a. <dee...@gm...>]

Hi Pere

You can add me as a mentor.

Deepak


On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Pere Pujal i Carabantes <
per...@gm...> wrote:

> El dj 21 de 03 de 2013 a les 18:47 -0500, en/na David Bruce va escriure:
>
> > So if Tux4Kids is going to be in GSoC this year, anyone who can mentor
> > needs to step forward right away.  As for GSoC admin (which very largely
> > means writing the organization proposal and grading the student
> proposals),
> > I *really* would prefer for someone else to do it, as I know I'm not
> going
> > to be able to put the proper time into it.  However, if we have mentors
> but
> > no other admin, and the application won't get submitted any other way, I
> > will do it "for the team".
>
> Just created the ideas list page copied from last year and added all
> people from last year plus Aaditya as owners, feel free to edit there,
> also if somebody wants to mentor and is not listed as owner, please
> request access.
> http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2013-tux4kids/wiki/IdeasList
>
> As from my knowledge we have two potential mentors right now: Jesus and
> Aaditya, somebody else?
>
> Looking now how to apply as org, would be nice if I could get an view
> over our previous applications...
>
> Pere
>
>
>
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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tux4kids-discuss] [Tuxpaint-devel] Chat with Aaditya Maheshwari

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

El dj 21 de 03 de 2013 a les 18:47 -0500, en/na David Bruce va escriure:

> So if Tux4Kids is going to be in GSoC this year, anyone who can mentor
> needs to step forward right away.  As for GSoC admin (which very largely
> means writing the organization proposal and grading the student proposals),
> I *really* would prefer for someone else to do it, as I know I'm not going
> to be able to put the proper time into it.  However, if we have mentors but
> no other admin, and the application won't get submitted any other way, I
> will do it "for the team".

Just created the ideas list page copied from last year and added all
people from last year plus Aaditya as owners, feel free to edit there,
also if somebody wants to mentor and is not listed as owner, please
request access.
http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2013-tux4kids/wiki/IdeasList

As from my knowledge we have two potential mentors right now: Jesus and
Aaditya, somebody else?

Looking now how to apply as org, would be nice if I could get an view
over our previous applications...

Pere

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tuxpaint-devel] [Tux4kids-discuss] Chat with Aaditya Maheshwari

[arshpreet s. <ar...@gm...>]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:17 AM, David Bruce <dav...@gm...>wrote:

> The problem is very much that of lack of time, at least on my part.  In
> the "real world", I'm the senior-most surgeon in the busiest liver
> transplant program in the United States for 2012.   I'm not a trained
> engineer or anything like that.  Tux4Kids is a labor of love for me, but it
> is very much just a hobby, and my actual career has become even more busy
> and stressful than it was a few years ago. To make matters worse (for GSoC
> availability, that is), I've been named by our medical center to be one of
> the main physician/IT liasons for this enormous EMR transition we are going
> through (Brendan knows what I am talking about).  So, any "hacking" time I
> have is getting sucked up by making the computers at my real job serve our
> needs better.


so happy to find out that we are working with very grool (grool=great+cool)
people.  :)


So if Tux4Kids is going to be in GSoC this year, anyone who can mentor
> needs to step forward right away.  As for GSoC admin (which very largely
> means writing the organization proposal and grading the student proposals),
> I *really* would prefer for someone else to do it,
>


i really wanted to apply as student and introduce some new concepts to make
TuxMath more sticky and enjoyable but as according to the situation our
community really need someone to step forward and should care about
presence of Tux4Kids at GSoC because i think if we all make our life bit
uncomfortable we can create e new milestone for Tux4Kids.more than that
applying for GSoC is gift for the students to encourage them to generate
new ideas and meeting with grool minds as i discussed above ;) if my
presence really matters for the organization i am on it with all of your
support.so friends lets do it... yeeaahhh......... :)


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Thanks
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http://arshpreetsingh.wordpress.com/

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tuxpaint-devel] [Tux4kids-discuss] Chat with Aaditya Maheshwari

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

The problem is very much that of lack of time, at least on my part.  In the
"real world", I'm the senior-most surgeon in the busiest liver transplant
program in the United States for 2012.   I'm not a trained engineer or
anything like that.  Tux4Kids is a labor of love for me, but it is very
much just a hobby, and my actual career has become even more busy and
stressful than it was a few years ago. To make matters worse (for GSoC
availability, that is), I've been named by our medical center to be one of
the main physician/IT liasons for this enormous EMR transition we are going
through (Brendan knows what I am talking about).  So, any "hacking" time I
have is getting sucked up by making the computers at my real job serve our
needs better.  Finally, my family thinks I spend all my time "playing on
the computer" and ignoring them.

So if Tux4Kids is going to be in GSoC this year, anyone who can mentor
needs to step forward right away.  As for GSoC admin (which very largely
means writing the organization proposal and grading the student proposals),
I *really* would prefer for someone else to do it, as I know I'm not going
to be able to put the proper time into it.  However, if we have mentors but
no other admin, and the application won't get submitted any other way, I
will do it "for the team".

Cheers,
David




On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:03 PM, arshpreet singh <ar...@gm...> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Pere Pujal i Carabantes
> <per...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > El dt 19 de 03 de 2013 a les 06:15 -0500, en/na David Bruce va escriure:
> > > I saw it opened yesterday.  We can see who has time and interest.  I'm
> not
> > > going to be able to do it myself this year, much as I would like to
> spend
> > > time on OSS.
> >
> > So, Who is going to be the admins/mentors?
> > I have a couple of days right now, so I could fill the application but
> > really I don't want/will not be able to be the main admin.
> >
> well why our admins are not or don't want to go for it?is there any
> kind of time problem or something else..
> --
>
> Thanks
> Arshpreet singh
> http://arshpreetsingh.wordpress.com/
>



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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tuxpaint-devel] [Tux4kids-discuss] Chat with Aaditya Maheshwari

[arshpreet s. <ar...@gm...>]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Pere Pujal i Carabantes
<per...@gm...> wrote:
>
> El dt 19 de 03 de 2013 a les 06:15 -0500, en/na David Bruce va escriure:
> > I saw it opened yesterday.  We can see who has time and interest.  I'm not
> > going to be able to do it myself this year, much as I would like to spend
> > time on OSS.
>
> So, Who is going to be the admins/mentors?
> I have a couple of days right now, so I could fill the application but
> really I don't want/will not be able to be the main admin.
>
well why our admins are not or don't want to go for it?is there any
kind of time problem or something else..
-- 

Thanks
Arshpreet singh
http://arshpreetsingh.wordpress.com/

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] [Tux4kids-discuss] Chat with Aaditya Maheshwari

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

El dt 19 de 03 de 2013 a les 06:15 -0500, en/na David Bruce va escriure:
> I saw it opened yesterday.  We can see who has time and interest.  I'm not
> going to be able to do it myself this year, much as I would like to spend
> time on OSS.

So, Who is going to be the admins/mentors?
I have a couple of days right now, so I could fill the application but
really I don't want/will not be able to be the main admin.

In another related thing, can we "sponsor" librecad to gsoc?
Last year, for reasons of work I had to use their software a lot, they
quickly fixed some bugs I found and accept some patches I submit. They
even gave me permissions to their pootle server. 
Their gsoc application last year was rejected because too many great
applications for to few org slots, so I think if they get sponsor from
another org they could have more luck.

Cheers
Pere

[Tuxmath-devel] GSOC-2013

[arshpreet s. <ar...@gm...>]

are we going for this on this year? i think we should do it.

http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013

@all please give feedback and comment on this mail so our admins will
definitely take care about it. :) :)

-- 

Thanks
Arshpreet singh
http://arshpreetsingh.wordpress.com/

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Chat with Aaditya Maheshwari

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

I saw it opened yesterday.  We can see who has time and interest.  I'm not
going to be able to do it myself this year, much as I would like to spend
time on OSS.

Sorry about rapid cross-post and top posting - I'm heading out the door to
work

2013/3/18 Aaditya Maheshwari <aad...@gm...>

>
> These messages were sent while you were offline.
>
> 2:01 PM Aaditya: Organisation Application starts now
>   Someone should take care of this for Tux4kids for GSoC 2013
>



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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] How to choose yor language

[Fòram na G. <fi...@fo...>]

> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Fòram na Gàidhlig
> <fi...@fo... <mailto:fi...@fo...>> wrote:
>
>     Hi everybody,
>
>     I am looking at Open Source games to translate into Scottish Gaelic and
>     I think Tux of Math Command is a worthy candidate.
>
>     I have already found the PO files, but no option to actually choose the
>     language in-game. Since Gaelic is a minority language and most users
>     will have an English language (or even German or Russian language)
>     operating system, Detect Locale Is Evil.
>
>
> Yikes!  I assume you mean it is "Evil" that detection of system locale
> is currently the only way to set one's language, not that it is evil for
> Tuxmath to try to honor locale settings when present :)


Of course, using Detect Locale is fine to preselect a language, as long 
as there is an option available to change it. I often come across 
software though where the devs haven't thought about people wanting to 
use a language other than their OS language, and there is no option to 
change it.

I'm sorry if I went a bit overboard with this, but for minority 
languages this is a constant problem. Operating systems are the least 
flexible software you can get as to language availability, yet other 
software tends to build on it. For example, I have a Gaelic language 
Browser with Gaelic as my preferred browser language set up, and what 
does Google Maps do? That's right, ignore all that and read my system 
locale and give me German ...

A friend of mine has blogged on this problem, if you're interested 
http://akerbeltzalba.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/detect-locale-manna-from-heaven-or-hellspawn/

/rant *lol*



>     Could you please look into adding a menu option somewhere, so users can
>
>     choose their language?
>
>
> That indeed is a very good and repeatedly-requested feature that we have
> never gotten around to implementing.
>
> Also, while I cannot claim to be Scottish given that my family has been
> in North America for several generations, my direct paternal ancestors
> did emigrate from Scotland to Canada around 1790, so I am delighted to
> hear of your interest!

That's great! I am actually not Scottish myself, I just love the 
language to bits :)