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diff --git a/source/pippy.markdown b/source/pippy.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index b0df55d..0000000 --- a/source/pippy.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -% Pippy -% -% - -About -===== - -Pippy allows the student to examine, execute, and modify simple Python -programs. In addition it is possible to write Python statements to play -sounds, calculate expressions, or make simple text based interactive -games. - -Where to get Pippy -================== - -Pippy is included in the standard releases of the OLPC software. It is -available for download -[here](http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=pippy&cat=all) - -Using -===== - -The left column is a list of python programs, which can be viewed, and -modified in the upper left window, and where the results of execution -are displayed in the lower right window. - -Learning with Pippy -=================== - -Etoys and Turtle art provide easy introduction to programming. Pippy -introduces a more traditional view of programming a computer, wherein -the instructions are first written to a text file, and then executed -with a "run" command. - -In particular, it is instructive to play with the sounds: - -1. Get the list of sounds by executing the Getsoundlist program -2. Copy the name of one of the sounds and replace the "digeridu" sound - name in Playwave program. - -Extending Pippy -=============== - -If Pippy is used in parallel with the Write Activity, it is possible to -develop larger programs. Copy the program that you develop in the Write -Activity by selecting all (\<ctl\>a) and copying it to the clipboard -(\<ctl\>c), then switch to the Pippy Activity, and paste (\<ctl\>v) it -into the code window. If there are errors that you want to correct, you -can make the changes in the code window, and immediately see the results -of your changes. Then by copying the changed program back to the -clipboard, you can paste it back into the Word Activity, and save the -changes to the Journal. - -Modifying Pippy -=============== - -The student can add small programs, and have them show up in the left -column of Pippy by adding files to -/home/olpc/Activities/Pippy.activity/data. There is a large number of -suggested examples of programs for Pippy at -[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pippy\#Examples](http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pippy#Examples). - -Where to report problems -======================== - -There's a range of ways to report problems. The easiest is to email to -the sugarlabs email list at -[sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org](mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org). -Someone on the list will respond to you, and perhaps also put a formal -bug report at [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/](http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/). - -Or you can register at -[http://bugs.sugarlabs.org](http://bugs.sugarlabs.org)/ and enter a bug -report yourself. - -:author: - -> G Hunt 2012 |