Feature #241
closedFeature #151: Missing DoudouLinux tools
A tool to easily change the user name in Empathy
Description
The initial user name in Empathy is “Tux” plus a random number. As it is quite complicated for children to change it in Empathy, it would be nice to make a tool to do this. Moreover starting Empathy with the random name should start this tool first.
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Updated by Jean-Michel Philippe over 13 years ago
- Due date set to 11/21/2011
- Target version changed from 2011-08 to 2011-11
- Start date changed from 07/18/2011 to 10/01/2011
Updated by Jean-Michel Philippe over 13 years ago
- Assignee set to Gaurav Ashtikar
- Start date changed from 10/01/2011 to 09/05/2011
- Estimated time changed from 2:00 h to 10:00 h
Indeed the user's .profile
script should not change the Empathy user's name anymore. Instead the new tool should be called by an Empathy wrapper script when it detects that the name hasn't been set yet or that the user wants to change it at each Empathy start.
Updated by Jean-Michel Philippe about 13 years ago
Here is a draw of the graphical user interface I've imagined (attached file).
Updated by Gaurav Ashtikar about 13 years ago
- Status changed from New to Resolved
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Jean-Michel Philippe wrote:
The initial user name in Empathy is “Tux” plus a random number. As it is quite complicated for children to change it in Empathy, it would be nice to make a tool to do this. Moreover starting Empathy with the random name should start this tool first.
Updated by Jean-Michel Philippe about 13 years ago
- % Done changed from 100 to 90
We still need to create a wrapper script to make Empathy started after empathy-salut-nickname. I think this script should be part of the Debian package, we'll then change the Empathy icon file to make it run the script instead of launching Empathy directly.
A more elegant way would be to use Debian alternatives, we'll see this later, while repackaging our whole work to ease integration into Debian Junior.
Updated by Jean-Michel Philippe about 13 years ago
- % Done changed from 90 to 100
Updated by Jean-Michel Philippe about 13 years ago
- Status changed from Resolved to Closed