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+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+<title>CUCC Expedition Handbook: Programmers manual</title>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" />
+</head>
+<body>
+<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook - Minimal laptop</h2>
+
+<h1>Setting up a minimal machine to work with Expo data</h1>
+
+<h2>Overview</h2>
+
+<p>You need to do this:</p>
+<ol>
+ <li><a href="#configuration">Register an SSH key</a> with an expo nerd (i.e 'get a login').</li>
+ <li>Install <a href="#software">git version control software</a> to download ("clone"), view and edit caving data.</li>
+ <li>Clone three <a href="../manual.html#repositories">expo repositories</a> so you have the files on your machine.</li>
+ <li>Install survex, and therion or tunnel for editing cave data.
+</ol>
+
+<p>Once you have got this working, and if it doesn't do what you want or you don't understand how to use it,
+look at the <a href="yourlaptop.html">full laptop configuration</a> for everything else.
+And please <b>write some documentation for the next person</b> in your situation.
+
+<h3>Cheat lists and quick reminders</h3>
+<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>
+
+<h2 id="software">Software</h2>
+<p>Download this software (short list):
+<ul>
+<li><a href="https://git-scm.com/">git</a> - version control system</li>
+<li><a href="https://survex.com/download.html">Survex</a>, including the Aven visualisation tool.
+<li><a href="https://github.com/CaveSurveying/tunnelx">Tunnel</a>: 2.5D cave drawing program based on Survex-compatible data which can also read PocketTopo files. (Generally called 'tunnel' even though the project and executable is actually 'tunnelx'.)
+<li><a href="https://therion.speleo.sk/">Therion</a> - Therion processes survey data and generates maps or 3D models of caves.
+</ul>
+
+<h2 id="configuration">Configuration</h2>
+
+<p>Follow this link to <a href="keyexchange.html">register a key with the expo server</a> to get upload (i.e. read/write) access.
+Do this first, Without it none of git, mercurial, scp, ftp or rsync will work.
+
+<p>On a Windows machine you will need to configure pageant (the putty authentication agent)
+to <a href="https://blog.shvetsov.com/2010/03/making-pageant-automatically-load-keys.html">run at startup to load your key</a>.
+Note that you are loading your <em>private</em> key, the .ppk file, into pageant and that this key never leaves your laptop.</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li><a href="../tortoise/tortoise-win.htm">Installing PuTTy</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="winlaptop.html#hard">A Windows laptop for expo</a> - PuTTy and WSL here.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>When using Windows please, please be <a href="http://expo.survex.com/handbook/survey/getin.htm#filenames">excessively
+careful when naming files and survex names</a> and be <a href="../manual.html#quickstart">exceptionally careful when using rsync</a>.
+
+<h3>Learning how to use this software</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Using Survex, Tunnel and Therion, see the <a href="http://expo.survex.com/handbook/survey/">Expo Handbook - Surveying section</a>.
+<li>For more detailed configuration, explanations and help see the <a href="yourlaptop.html#configuration">full laptop</a> instructions
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+<hr />
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/handbook/computing/qstart-git.html b/handbook/computing/qstart-git.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+<title>Handbook placeholder page</title>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" />
+</head>
+<body>
+<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook - Git Quick</h2>
+
+<h1>Quick Reminder - Git</h1>
+<h2>Version Control Software Reminders</h2>
+<p>This is NOT a tutorial. This is a set of reminders for people who already know all this stuff.
+
+<p>Since 2019 all use of version control software requires that you
+have <a href="keyexchange.html">key-pair setup</a> already set up before any of this will work on your own machine.
+
+<p><font style="font-size: big; color:red"><b>NOT CHECKED _ TO BE EDITED BY A git NERD TO MAKE IT WORK. DO NOT DO THIS UNTIL THAT HAS BEEN DONE</b>
+- check that you can get ssh working before trying to run git too</font>
+
+<p>If you can get to the <i>expo laptop</i> try these commands on that first as the key exchange has already been done.
+<dl>
+ <dt>expoweb (The data management system)</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/expoweb</tt> (read/write)<br />
+ <tt>git clone http://expo.survex.com/repositories/home/expo/expoweb/</tt> (read-only checkout)
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>troggle (The data management system backend)</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/troggle</tt> (read/write)<br />
+ <tt>git clone http://expo.survex.com/repositories/home/expo/troggle/</tt> (read-only checkout)
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>loser (The survey data)</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/loser</tt> (read/write)<br />
+ <tt>git clone http://expo.survex.com/repositories/home/expo/loser/</tt> (read-only)
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>drawings</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/drawings</tt> (read/write)<br />
+ <tt>git clone http://expo.survex.com/repositories/home/expo/drawings/</tt> (read-only)
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+<h3><a id="gitwindows">Using git in Windows</a></h3>
+
+
+<p>Once you've downloaded and installed a git client, the first step is to create what is called a checkout of the data management system. This creates a copy on your machine which you can edit to your heart's content. The command to initially check out ('clone') the entire expo data management system is:</p>
+
+<p><tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/expoweb</tt></p>
+
+<p>for subsequent updates</p>
+
+<p><tt>git update</tt></p>
+
+<p>will generally do the trick.</p>
+
+<p><tt>ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/expoweb</tt></p>
+
+<p>After you've made a change, commit it to you local copy with:</p>
+
+<p><tt>git commit</tt> (you can specify filenames to be specific)</p>
+
+<p>The first time you do this on a Windows machineit will probably not work as it does not recognise the server.
+Fix this by running putty (downloading it from <a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</a>), and connecting to the server 'expo@expo.survex.com' (on port 22). Confirm that this is the right server.
+If you succeed in getting a shell prompt then ssh connection are working and git should be able to clone the repo, and send changes back.</p>
+
+
+<hr />
+</ul>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/handbook/computing/qstart-hg.html b/handbook/computing/qstart-hg.html
index 6297c0ce2..42ddeddcd 100644
--- a/handbook/computing/qstart-hg.html
+++ b/handbook/computing/qstart-hg.html
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ have <a href="keyexchange.html">key-pair setup</a> already set up before any of
<tt>hg clone http://expo.survex.com/repositories/home/expo/loser/</tt> (read-only)
</dd>
- <dt>tunneldata (The Tunnel drawings)</dt>
+ <dt>drawings</dt>
<dd>
- <tt>hg clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/tunneldata</tt> (read/write)<br />
- <tt>hg clone http://expo.survex.com/repositories/home/expo/expoweb/</tt> (read-only)
+ <tt>hg clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/drawings</tt> (read/write)<br />
+ <tt>hg clone http://expo.survex.com/repositories/home/expo/drawings/</tt> (read-only)
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a id="Mercurialinwindows">Using Mercurial/TortoiseHg in Windows</a></h3>
@@ -84,13 +84,6 @@ then restart nautilus <tt>nautilus -q</tt>. If it works, you'll be able to see t
<hr />
-
-<div id="menu">
-<ul id="links">
-<li><a href="index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a>
-</li>
-<li><a href="../../infodx.htm">Main index</a></li>
-
</ul>
</div>
</body>
diff --git a/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html b/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html
index 2ad4471f5..ce70c3f02 100644
--- a/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html
+++ b/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html
@@ -176,12 +176,5 @@ a wiki on github discussing workflows to generate centerlines, GEOTIFF and QGIS
<hr />
-<div id="menu">
-<ul id="links">
-<li><a href="../index.htm">Handbook</a>
-
-<li><a href="../../infodx.htm">Main index</a></li>
-</ul>
-</div>
</body>
</html>
diff --git a/handbook/index.htm b/handbook/index.htm
index 998e24ace..df7260d89 100644
--- a/handbook/index.htm
+++ b/handbook/index.htm
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ This is a scientific expedition - the Austrian government allows us to wander ar
<li><a href="survey/newcave.html">Recording newly found caves</a> - What and how to record. (important!)</li>
<li><a href="logbooks.html">Logbook</a> - Adding trip notes and cave descriptions.</li>
- <li><a href="computing/yourlaptop.html">Configuring a new laptop</a> - Experts only: software and configuration.</li>
+ <li><a href="computing/basiclaptop.html">Using your own laptop</a> - Minimal setup to download and upload stuff.</li>
+ <li><a href="computing/yourlaptop.html">Configuring everything on a new laptop</a> - It's a lot. This is not the place to start</li>
<br>
diff --git a/handbook/manual.html b/handbook/manual.html
index d98da954d..8d9ae6c95 100644
--- a/handbook/manual.html
+++ b/handbook/manual.html
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ complicated process. At a minimum you will be an experienced software nerd alrea
You will have done the
<a href="computing/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="computing/yourlaptop.html">setting up your own laptop</a> for the full list of software we use and where to get it.
+<p>See <a href="computing/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="computing/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.
@@ -209,31 +210,21 @@ see if you are logged into troggle. In general the dynamically-generated pages,
caves which are generated from the cave survey data, can not be edited in this way, but forms are provided
for some types of these like 'caves'.</p>
-<p><tt>
-[ui]<br/>username = Firstname Lastname <myemail@example.com>
-</tt></p>
+<h3>Cheat lists and quick reminders</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Quick <a href="computing/qstart-git.html">reminders for using git</a> at the command line.
+<li>Quick <a href="computing/qstart-hg.html">reminders for using mercurial</a> at the command line.
+<li>Quick <a href="../manual.html#quickstart">reminders for using rsync</a> at the command line.
+</ul>
-<p>The commit has stored the changes in your local Mercurial DVCS, but it has not sent anything back to the server. To do that you need to:</p>
+<p>Simple changes to static HTML files will take effect immediately (or as soon as the hg update hack is done, but this will disappear when we move entirely to git),
+but changes to dynamically-generated files - cave descriptions, QM lists etc. -
+will not take effect, until a nerd runs the expoweb-update script on the server.</p>
-<p><tt>hg push</tt></p>
+<h3><a id="expowebupdate">The expoweb & drawings import scripts</a></h3>
-<p>Before pushing, you should do an <tt>hg pull</tt> to sync with upstream first. If someone else has edited the same files you may also need to do:</p>
-
-<p><tt>hg merge</tt></p>
-
-<p>(and sort out any conflicts if you've both edited the same file) before pushing again</p>
-
-<p>Simple changes to static files will take effect immediately, but changes to dynamically-generated files (cave descriptions, QM lists etc) will not take effect, until the server runs the expoweb-update script.</p>
-
-
-
-
-
-<h3><a id="expowebupdate">The expoweb-update script</a></h3>
-
-<p>The script at the heart of the data management system update mechanism is a makefile that runs the various generation scripts. It is run every 15 minutes as a cron job (at 0,15,30 and 45 past the hour), but if you want to force an update more quickly you can run it he</p>
-
-<p>The scripts are generally under the 'noinfo' section of the site just because that has (had) some access control. This will get changed to something more sensible at some point</p>
+<p>The import scripts for the cave data are currently (Feb.2020) run manually by a nerd. So if you enter cave data,logbooks or survey scans you won't see the result
+until a nerd has been placated.</p>
<h3><a id="cavepages">Updating cave pages</a></h3>
@@ -243,7 +234,9 @@ cave files in noinfo/cave_data/ and noinfo/entrance_data/. These files
are named <area>-<cavenumber>.html (where area is 1623 or 1626). These
files are processed by troggle. Use <tt>python databaseReset.py
caves</tt> in /expofiles/troggle/ to update the site/database after
-editing these files.</p>
+editing these files.
+Use <tt>python databaseReset.py
+</tt> on its own to get a list of command options and brief explanations.</p>
<p>Clicking on 'New cave' (at the bottom of the cave index) lets you enter a new cave. <a href="caveentry.html">Info on how to enter new caves has been split into its own page</a>.</p>
@@ -258,7 +251,9 @@ superseded in 2012).</p>
<tt>/expoweb/years/</tt>
-<p>which contains a number of files used to manage and record that year's expo. Have a look at expoweb/years/2018/ for a recent well-documented expo (the weather was good). Files are added and edited using the version control system for the expoweb repository.</p>
+<p>which contains a number of files used to manage and record that year's expo. Have a look at
+expoweb/years/2018/ for a recent well-documented expo (the weather was good).
+Files are added and edited using the version control system for the expoweb repository.</p>
<p>To create a new 'year' for next year's expo see <a href="computing/newyear.html">adding a new year</a>.
@@ -267,13 +262,6 @@ superseded in 2012).</p>
<h3><a id="surveystatus">Maintaining the survey status table</a></h3>
<p>See the <a href="survey/onlinewallet.html">documentation</a> on updating the online surveyscans folders using the lever-arch file of plastic wallets.
-<p> This below is obsolete:
-<ul>
-<li>There was a table in the survey book which has a list of all the surveys and whether or not they have been drawn up, and some other info.
-
-<li>This used to be generated by the script tablizebyname-csv.pl from the input file Surveys.csv
-</ul>
-
<h3><a id="menu">Cave pages and handbook menu design</a></h3>
<p>See the <a href="computing/menudesign.html">menu design history and proposals</a>
page on where we are and what we might do to improveand fix menus.
diff --git a/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm b/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm
index 3e467ab43..b37040e02 100644
--- a/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm
+++ b/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
<body>
<h1>Windows: TortoiseHg and PuTTy</h1>
+<p> THIS ARTICLE TO BE SPLIT - PuTTy STUFF VALID BUT Hg SHORTLY TO BE OBSOLETE</p?
<p>Struggling to get TortoiseHg to work on Windows (v10)? Here’s a quick guide which I hope explains how to sort it all
out.</p>