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1 ============
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2 Installation
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3 ============
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5 This are the instructions to install Cagou (SàT) using Python.
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6 Note that if you are using GNU/Linux, Cagou may already be present on your distribution.
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8 Cagou is a Salut à Toi frontend, the SàT backend must be installed first (if you
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9 haven't installed it yet, it will be downloaded automatically as it is a dependency of
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10 Cagou). Cagou and SàT backend must always have the same version.
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12 We recommend to use development version for now, until the release of 0.7 version which
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13 will be "general public" version.
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15 Also note that Cagou as all SàT ecosystem is still using Python 2 (this will change for
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16 0.8 version which will be Python 3 only), so all instructions below have to be made using
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17 python 2.
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19 Development Version
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20 -------------------
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22 *Note for Arch users: a pkgbuild is available for your distribution on
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23 AUR, check sat-cagou-hg (as well as other sat-\* packages).*
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25 You can install the latest development version using pip. Please check backend documentation
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26 to see the system dependencies needed.
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28 You can use the same virtual environment as the one used for installing the backend. If
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29 you haven't installed it yet, just select a location when you want to install it, for
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30 instance your home directory::
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32 $ cd
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34 And enter the following commands (note that *virtualenv2* may be named
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35 *virtualenv* on some distributions, just be sure it's Python **2** version)::
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37 $ virtualenv2 env
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38 $ source env/bin/activate
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39 $ pip install hg+https://repos.goffi.org/cagou
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41 If you haven't done it for the backend, you need to install the media::
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43 $ cd
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44 $ hg clone https://repos.goffi.org/sat_media
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46 Usage
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47 =====
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49 To launch Cagou enter::
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51 $ cagou
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53 If you want to connect directly a profile::
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55 $ cagou -p profile_name
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57 Once started, you can use ``F11`` to switch fullscreen mode.
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59 You can show/hide the menu with ``ALT + M`` and show/hide the notification bar with ``ALT + N``.
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61 In Cagou, notifications appear on the top of the screen, in the *notification bar*. They
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62 appear for a few seconds, but you can click on the left Cagou icon to see them entirely
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63 and take your time to read them.
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65 There is no focus stealing pop-up in Cagou, when some event requires a user action, a Cagou
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66 icon will appear on the right of notification bar, so user can click and interact with it
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67 when it is suitable.
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69 Cagou has a concept of **activities**. An activity is some kind of communication tool
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70 (chat, file sharing, remote control, etc.). On top left of each activity you have an icon
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71 representing the activity selected. Click on it to select something else.
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73 You may have noticed the 3 small dots on top and left border of each activity. You can
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74 click (or touch) them, and drag to the bottom or right to create a new activity. This way
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75 you can do several things on the same screen (e.g. check several chat rooms, or use the
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76 file sharing and the chat at the same time). To close this extra activity, click again on
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77 the 3 dots and drag in the opposite direction until the top or left line become red, then
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78 release your mouse.