mismatched input 's' expecting NEWLINE error is raised when I tried to find a region.

it should be Python, but your statements are Java syntax.

Oh! How can I ask Sikuli to look at a region relative to a target?

The above snippet is from a Java program working with Sikuli Java API (from https://code.google.com/p/sikuli-api/), which of course does only have a Java level API, which is to some extent feature compatible, but not on the function level (API level).

the SikuliX equivalent to the first code block:

from sikuli import *
activity = "1395933560122.png"
# ScreenRegion s = new DesktopScreenRegion();
#ScreenRegion ActivityNametext = s.find(new ImageTarget(new File("activity"));
#ScreenRegion right = Relative.to(ActivityNametext).right(150).getScreenRegion();
activityNametext = find(activity);
right = activityNametext.right(150)

the Canvas feature is not yet available in SikuliX, so this cannot be transcripted:
Canvas canvas = new DesktopCanvas();
canvas.addBox(ActivityNametext);
canvas.addBox(right);
canvas.display(3);

... but we have highlight:
activityNametext.highlight(1)
right.highlight(1)

Hi I made slight modification in code as I want to search a an object in that specific region which is as follows, but the script is failing at line 8 and raise error stating "[error] script [ regiontest ] stopped with error in line 8
[error] AttributeError ( 'int' object has no attribute 'right' )"

from sikuli import *
activityRegion = Region(225,489,191,370)
activity = "1395933560122.png"
# ScreenRegion s = new DesktopScreenRegion();
#ScreenRegion ActivityNametext = s.find(new ImageTarget(new File("activity"));
#ScreenRegion right = Relative.to(ActivityNametext).right(150).getScreenRegion();
activityNametext = hover(activityRegion.find(activity));
right = activityNametext.right(500)

activityNametext.highlight(1)
right.highlight(1)

Hi,

You get this error because, in your case, "activityNametext" is integer and not an object. Please read carefully the documentation regarding what "hover" method returns (http://doc.sikuli.org/region.html):

The number 1 if the mousepointer could be moved to the click point. A 0 (integer null) returned means that because of some reason, no move could be performed (in case of PS may be not Found).

I am trying to understand what you are trying to achive. So if what you want is to highlight the area on the rightside of the "activity", do:

activityRegion = Region(225,489,191,370)
activity = activityRegion.find("<pattern.png>).highlight(1) # Will find and highlight activity inside activityRegion
activity.right().highlight(1) #Will highlight everything to the right of "activity".

Cheers,
Eugene