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Turn the win32 README into a HTML file for now.
| author | Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> |
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| date | Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:20:20 -0700 |
| parents | contrib/win32/README.txt@40ccb87dac71 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html Wed Sep 21 00:20:20 2005 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html> + <head> + <title>Mercurial for Windows</title> + </head> + + <body> + <h1>Mercurial version 0.7 for Windows</h1> + + <p>Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!</p> + + <p>Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from + the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a + href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> shell).</p> + + <p>For documentation, please visit the <a + href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web + site</a>.</p> + + <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>. The + Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>. To run this + command, the install directory must be in your search path.</p> + + <h2>Setting your search path temporarily</h2> + + <p>To set your search path temporarily, type the following into a + command prompt window:</p> + + <pre> +set PATH=C:\Mercurial;%PATH% +</pre> + + <h2>Setting your search path permanently</h2> + + <p>To set your search path permanently, perform the following + steps. These instructions are for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.</p> + + <ol> + <li>Open the Control Panel. Under Windows XP, select the + "Classic View".</li> + + <li>Double-click on the "System" control panel.</li> + + <li>Click on the "Advanced" tab.</li> + + <li>Click on "Environment Variables". You'll find this near the + bottom of the window.</li> + + <li>Under "System variables", you will see "Path". Double-click + it.</li> + + <li>Edit "Variable value". Each path element is separated by a + semicolon (";") character. Append a semicolon to the end of the + list, followed by the path where you installed Mercurial + (e.g. <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>).</li> + + <li>Click on the various "OK" buttons until you've completely + exited from the System control panel.</li> + + <li>Log out and log back in, or restart your system.</li> + + <li>The next time you run the Windows command prompt, you will be + able to run the <tt>hg</tt> command without any special + help.</li> + </ol> + + <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1> + + <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to + just type the following at the command prompt:</p> + + <pre> +hg +</pre> + + <p>This command should print a useful help message. If it does, + other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p> + + <h1>Reporting problems</h1> + + <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a + href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and + see if your question is already in our list of <a + href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ">Frequently + Answered Questions</a> (the "FAQ"). + + <p>If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel + free to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a + href="mailto:mercurial@selenic.com">mercurial@selenic.com</a>. + <b>Remember</b>, the more useful information you include in your + report, the easier it will be for us to help you!</p> + + <p>If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get + help. Go to <tt>#mercurial</tt> on + <tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>.</p> + + <h1>Author and copyright information</h1> + + <p>Mercurial was written by <a href="http://www.selenic.com">Matt + Mackall</a>, and is maintained by Matt and a team of + volunteers.</p> + + <p>The Windows installer was written by <a + href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan + O'Sullivan</a>.</p> + + <p>Mercurial is Copyright 2005 Matt Mackall and others. See the + <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.</p> + + <p>Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the <a + href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public + License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation; either + version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later + version.</p> + + <p>Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but <b>without any warranty</b>; without even the implied + warranty of <b>merchantability</b> or <b>fitness for a + particular purpose</b>. See the GNU General Public License for + more details.</p> + </body> +</html>