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4 <title>Mercurial for Windows</title>
4 <title>Mercurial for Windows</title>
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17 <h1>Mercurial version 0.9.1 for Windows</h1>
17 <h1>Mercurial version 0.9.1 for Windows</h1>
18
18
19 <p>Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!</p>
19 <p>Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!</p>
20
20
21 <p>Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from
21 <p>Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from
22 the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a
22 the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a
23 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> shell).</p>
23 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> shell).</p>
24
24
25 <p><div class="indented"><i>Note: the standard <a
25 <p><div class="indented"><i>Note: the standard <a
26 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> msys startup script uses
26 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> msys startup script uses
27 rxvt which has problems setting up standard input and output.
27 rxvt which has problems setting up standard input and output.
28 Running bash directly works correctly.</i></div>
28 Running bash directly works correctly.</i></div>
29
29
30 <p>For documentation, please visit the <a
30 <p>For documentation, please visit the <a
31 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>.</p>
31 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>.</p>
32
32
33 <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>. The
33 <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>. The
34 Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.</p>
34 Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.</p>
35
35
36 <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1>
36 <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1>
37
37
38 <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to
38 <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to
39 just type the following at the command prompt:</p>
39 just type the following at the command prompt:</p>
40
40
41 <pre>
41 <pre>
42 hg
42 hg
43 </pre>
43 </pre>
44
44
45 <p>This command should print a useful help message. If it does,
45 <p>This command should print a useful help message. If it does,
46 other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p>
46 other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p>
47
47
48 <h1>Configuration notes</h1>
48 <h1>Configuration notes</h1>
49 <p>The default editor for commit messages is 'vi'. You can set the EDITOR
49 <p>The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set the EDITOR
50 (or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your preference or set it in
50 (or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your preference or set it in
51 mercurial.ini:</p>
51 mercurial.ini:</p>
52 <pre>
52 <pre>
53 [ui]
53 [ui]
54 editor = whatever
54 editor = whatever
55 </pre>
55 </pre>
56
56
57
57
58 <h1>Reporting problems</h1>
58 <h1>Reporting problems</h1>
59
59
60 <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a
60 <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a
61 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and
61 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and
62 see if your question is already in our list of <a
62 see if your question is already in our list of <a
63 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ">Frequently
63 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ">Frequently
64 Answered Questions</a> (the "FAQ").
64 Answered Questions</a> (the "FAQ").
65
65
66 <p>If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel
66 <p>If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel
67 free to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a
67 free to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a
68 href="mailto:mercurial@selenic.com">mercurial@selenic.com</a>.
68 href="mailto:mercurial@selenic.com">mercurial@selenic.com</a>.
69 <b>Remember</b>, the more useful information you include in your
69 <b>Remember</b>, the more useful information you include in your
70 report, the easier it will be for us to help you!</p>
70 report, the easier it will be for us to help you!</p>
71
71
72 <p>If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get
72 <p>If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get
73 help. Go to <tt>#mercurial</tt> on
73 help. Go to <tt>#mercurial</tt> on
74 <tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>.</p>
74 <tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>.</p>
75
75
76 <h1>Author and copyright information</h1>
76 <h1>Author and copyright information</h1>
77
77
78 <p>Mercurial was written by <a href="http://www.selenic.com">Matt
78 <p>Mercurial was written by <a href="http://www.selenic.com">Matt
79 Mackall</a>, and is maintained by Matt and a team of
79 Mackall</a>, and is maintained by Matt and a team of
80 volunteers.</p>
80 volunteers.</p>
81
81
82 <p>The Windows installer was written by <a
82 <p>The Windows installer was written by <a
83 href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan
83 href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan
84 O'Sullivan</a>.</p>
84 O'Sullivan</a>.</p>
85
85
86 <p>Mercurial is Copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall and others. See the
86 <p>Mercurial is Copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall and others. See the
87 <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.</p>
87 <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.</p>
88
88
89 <p>Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
89 <p>Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
90 modify it under the terms of the <a
90 modify it under the terms of the <a
91 href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
91 href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
92 License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
92 License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
93 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
93 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
94 version.</p>
94 version.</p>
95
95
96 <p>Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
96 <p>Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
97 but <b>without any warranty</b>; without even the implied
97 but <b>without any warranty</b>; without even the implied
98 warranty of <b>merchantability</b> or <b>fitness for a
98 warranty of <b>merchantability</b> or <b>fitness for a
99 particular purpose</b>. See the GNU General Public License for
99 particular purpose</b>. See the GNU General Public License for
100 more details.</p>
100 more details.</p>
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1 ; System-wide Mercurial config file. To override these settings on a
1 ; System-wide Mercurial config file. To override these settings on a
2 ; per-user basis, please edit the following file instead, where
2 ; per-user basis, please edit the following file instead, where
3 ; USERNAME is your Windows user name:
3 ; USERNAME is your Windows user name:
4 ; C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Mercurial.ini
4 ; C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Mercurial.ini
5
5
6 [ui]
7 editor = notepad
8
6 ; By default, we try to encode and decode all files that do not
9 ; By default, we try to encode and decode all files that do not
7 ; contain ASCII NUL characters. What this means is that we try to set
10 ; contain ASCII NUL characters. What this means is that we try to set
8 ; line endings to Windows style on update, and to Unix style on
11 ; line endings to Windows style on update, and to Unix style on
9 ; commit. This lets us cooperate with Linux and Unix users, so
12 ; commit. This lets us cooperate with Linux and Unix users, so
10 ; everybody sees files with their native line endings.
13 ; everybody sees files with their native line endings.
11
14
12 [extensions]
15 [extensions]
13 ; The win32text extension is available and installed by default. It
16 ; The win32text extension is available and installed by default. It
14 ; provides built-in Python hooks to perform line ending conversions.
17 ; provides built-in Python hooks to perform line ending conversions.
15 ; This is normally much faster than running an external program.
18 ; This is normally much faster than running an external program.
16 hgext.win32text =
19 hgext.win32text =
17
20
18
21
19 [encode]
22 [encode]
20 ; Encode files that don't contain NUL characters.
23 ; Encode files that don't contain NUL characters.
21
24
22 ; ** = cleverencode:
25 ; ** = cleverencode:
23
26
24 ; Alternatively, you can explicitly specify each file extension that
27 ; Alternatively, you can explicitly specify each file extension that
25 ; you want encoded (any you omit will be left untouched), like this:
28 ; you want encoded (any you omit will be left untouched), like this:
26
29
27 ; *.txt = dumbencode:
30 ; *.txt = dumbencode:
28
31
29
32
30 [decode]
33 [decode]
31 ; Decode files that don't contain NUL characters.
34 ; Decode files that don't contain NUL characters.
32
35
33 ; ** = cleverdecode:
36 ; ** = cleverdecode:
34
37
35 ; Alternatively, you can explicitly specify each file extension that
38 ; Alternatively, you can explicitly specify each file extension that
36 ; you want decoded (any you omit will be left untouched), like this:
39 ; you want decoded (any you omit will be left untouched), like this:
37
40
38 ; **.txt = dumbdecode:
41 ; **.txt = dumbdecode:
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