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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Manuals - Editing the Handbook</h2>
<h1>Editing the Handbook (2)</h1>

<h2>Handbook and Repository editing</h2>

<p>These pages are for cavers wanting to:
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<li>quickly edit a correction using "<a href="hbmanual1.html">Edit this page</a>", or
<li>edit several pages in <a href="../computing/repos.html">repositories</a> using the <em>expo laptop</em>
<li>edit several pages using your own laptop
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<h3 id="edithandbook">2. Editing this handbook and files in repositories</h3>
<p>The primary and recommended way of editing this handbook, historic expo files and survey data is to use 
a laptop which has the version control software installed and configured. The 
person editing  needs to know how to use this software, and also needs to know how to edit raw HTML files
using a text editor. 

<ul>
<li>The expo server is on a machine far, far away that we only access remotely. 
<li>These instructions apply to editing all files in the version-controlled <a href="../computing/repos.html">repositories</a>
<li>The <em>:expoweb:</em> repository holds this handbook and templates used to display most cave data
<li>The <em>:loser:</em> repository holds the cave survey data in survex files
<li>The <em>:drawings:</em> repository holds cave survey drawings files (therion, tunnel)
</ul>

<p>The <em>Expo laptop</em> has the necessary software installed, so it is best to learn how to do this
when sitting at that laptop.

<p>It's important to understand that the pages you can edit by this method 
are stored in a version control system (see below). This stops us losing data and
makes it very hard for you to screw anything up permanently, so don't
worry about making changes - they can always be reverted if there is a
problem. It also means that several people can work on the site on
different computers at once and normally merge their changes
easily.

<p>The recommended editing workflow is to (a) use the version control software to synchronise your local laptop copy of the 
website files with that on the server ("pull" from the server); (b) edit a set of .html files on your laptop so that all links between them are consistent, 
(c) save the files locally, and (d) "commit" them locally; 
(e) "push" the collection of changes to the expo server.
<p>See the <a href="../computing/repos.html">repositories</a> page.

<h4>What you can't do</h4>
<p>All the scans, photos, presentations, fat documents and videos are
not stored in the version control repositories so you cannot edit or change them using the method described here.</p>

<h3><a id="yourownlaptop">3. Your own laptop</a></h3>
<p>Setting up your own laptop so that it can do everything the <i>expo laptop</i> can do is quite a
complicated process. At a minimum you will be an experienced software nerd already and will have git and a text editor installed and you will know how to use them. 
You will have done the ssh
<a href="keyexchange.html">key-pair setup</a> process - which you can only do entirely on your own if 
you have access to the <i>expo laptop</i>. 
<p>See <a href="basiclaptop.html">setting up a minimal laptop</a> for a short list of software. This assumes you know how to use it all.
<br />See <a href="yourlaptop.html">setting up your own laptop</a> for the full list of software we use and where to get it.
<p>Note that the instructions are primarily for people using Linux with some help for those using Windows. If you are a Mac user then you are on your own.

<h3>Cheat lists and quick reminders</h3>
<p>If you know what you are doing here is the basic info on what's where:<br />

<ul>
<li>Quick <a href="qstart-git.html">reminders for using git</a> at the command line.
<li>Quick <a href="manual.html#quickstart">reminders for using rsync</a> at the command line.
</ul>


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<p>Back to to "<a href="hbmanual1.html">Edit this page</a>"<br />
Forwards to <a href="manual.html">Data Management Manual</a>


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handbook editing manual 2020-04-10 13:09:12 +01:00			`<!DOCTYPE html>`
			`<html>`
			`<head>`
			`<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />`
			`<title>CUCC Expedition Handbook: editing the handbook</title>`
			`<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/main2.css" />`
			`</head>`
			`<body>`
			`<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Manuals - Editing the Handbook</h2>`
			`<h1>Editing the Handbook (2)</h1>`

			`<h2>Handbook and Repository editing</h2>`

			`<p>These pages are for cavers wanting to:`
			`<ol>`
			`<li>quickly edit a correction using "<a href="hbmanual1.html">Edit this page</a>", or`
All links to repos now go to new page 2020-04-26 21:41:21 +01:00			`<li>edit several pages in <a href="../computing/repos.html">repositories</a> using the <em>expo laptop</em>`
handbook editing manual 2020-04-10 13:09:12 +01:00			`<li>edit several pages using your own laptop`
			`</ol>`



			`<h3 id="edithandbook">2. Editing this handbook and files in repositories</h3>`
			`<p>The primary and recommended way of editing this handbook, historic expo files and survey data is to use`
			`a laptop which has the version control software installed and configured. The`
			`person editing needs to know how to use this software, and also needs to know how to edit raw HTML files`
			`using a text editor.`

			`<ul>`
			`<li>The expo server is on a machine far, far away that we only access remotely.`
All links to repos now go to new page 2020-04-26 21:41:21 +01:00			`<li>These instructions apply to editing all files in the version-controlled <a href="../computing/repos.html">repositories</a>`
handbook editing manual 2020-04-10 13:09:12 +01:00			`<li>The <em>:expoweb:</em> repository holds this handbook and templates used to display most cave data`
			`<li>The <em>:loser:</em> repository holds the cave survey data in survex files`
			`<li>The <em>:drawings:</em> repository holds cave survey drawings files (therion, tunnel)`
			`</ul>`

			`<p>The <em>Expo laptop</em> has the necessary software installed, so it is best to learn how to do this`
			`when sitting at that laptop.`

			`<p>It's important to understand that the pages you can edit by this method`
			`are stored in a version control system (see below). This stops us losing data and`
			`makes it very hard for you to screw anything up permanently, so don't`
			`worry about making changes - they can always be reverted if there is a`
			`problem. It also means that several people can work on the site on`
			`different computers at once and normally merge their changes`
			`easily.`

			`<p>The recommended editing workflow is to (a) use the version control software to synchronise your local laptop copy of the`
			`website files with that on the server ("pull" from the server); (b) edit a set of .html files on your laptop so that all links between them are consistent,`
			`(c) save the files locally, and (d) "commit" them locally;`
			`(e) "push" the collection of changes to the expo server.`
All links to repos now go to new page 2020-04-26 21:41:21 +01:00			`<p>See the <a href="../computing/repos.html">repositories</a> page.`
handbook editing manual 2020-04-10 13:09:12 +01:00
			`<h4>What you can't do</h4>`
			`<p>All the scans, photos, presentations, fat documents and videos are`
			`not stored in the version control repositories so you cannot edit or change them using the method described here.</p>`

			`<h3><a id="yourownlaptop">3. Your own laptop</a></h3>`
			`<p>Setting up your own laptop so that it can do everything the <i>expo laptop</i> can do is quite a`
de-mercurialising handbook 2020-04-24 22:33:51 +01:00			`complicated process. At a minimum you will be an experienced software nerd already and will have git and a text editor installed and you will know how to use them.`
handbook editing manual 2020-04-10 13:09:12 +01:00			`You will have done the ssh`
			`<a href="keyexchange.html">key-pair setup</a> process - which you can only do entirely on your own if`
			`you have access to the <i>expo laptop</i>.`
			`<p>See <a href="basiclaptop.html">setting up a minimal laptop</a> for a short list of software. This assumes you know how to use it all.`
			`<br />See <a href="yourlaptop.html">setting up your own laptop</a> for the full list of software we use and where to get it.`
			`<p>Note that the instructions are primarily for people using Linux with some help for those using Windows. If you are a Mac user then you are on your own.`

			`<h3>Cheat lists and quick reminders</h3>`
			`<p>If you know what you are doing here is the basic info on what's where:<br />`

			`<ul>`
			`<li>Quick <a href="qstart-git.html">reminders for using git</a> at the command line.`
			`<li>Quick <a href="manual.html#quickstart">reminders for using rsync</a> at the command line.`
			`</ul>`


			`<hr/>`

			`<p>Back to to "<a href="hbmanual1.html">Edit this page</a>"<br />`
			`Forwards to <a href="manual.html">Data Management Manual</a>`


			`<hr />`
			`</body>`
			`</html>`