[gcompris-devel] Invitation to test new activity: "Mining for gold"

[Peter Albrecht]

Hi list,

I have programmed a new activity for GCompris:

    "Mining for gold"

It is intended to teach children how to use the mouse wheel
or touchpad to zoom in and out.


** How to get it **

There are two ways to test:

(a) download the tgz-bundle from:
> https://github.com/downloads/palbr/GCompris/mining-acitiviy_2012-09-25.tgz
and add its contents to

 - "/usr/share/gcompris" (if installed gcompris with your
   package distribution system)

 - "/usr/local/share/gcompris" (if you compiled gcompris
   yourself)

(b) or checkout my git branch
> https://github.com/palbr/GCompris/tree/mining-activity
and compile yourself. ;)


** How to start **

After adding the activity, start GCompris with:
 # gcompris --reread-menu

So GCompris will find the new activity and provide it in the
menu.

The activity can be found in the section:
  computer -> mouse


** How to play **

For usage instructions, have a look at the manual in the
activity ("(?)" Button in the GCompris bar) or click
professor tux to show you, what to do.


** Feedback **

I would be very happy, to get some feedback from you!
Does it work? Do you like it? Did you find bugs? Do you have
ideas for improvement?

Best way to provide feedback, is the mailing list.

For further details, also see the running pull request at
github:
> https://github.com/bdoin/GCompris/pull/4

Regards,
	Peter