diff --git a/handbook/tortoise/expoPuttyscreen.png b/handbook/tortoise/expoputtyscreen.png similarity index 100% rename from handbook/tortoise/expoPuttyscreen.png rename to handbook/tortoise/expoputtyscreen.png diff --git a/handbook/tortoise/expoPuttyscreen2.png b/handbook/tortoise/expoputtyscreen2.png similarity index 100% rename from handbook/tortoise/expoPuttyscreen2.png rename to handbook/tortoise/expoputtyscreen2.png diff --git a/handbook/tortoise/expoPuttyscreen2b.png b/handbook/tortoise/expoputtyscreen2b.png similarity index 100% rename from handbook/tortoise/expoPuttyscreen2b.png rename to handbook/tortoise/expoputtyscreen2b.png diff --git a/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm b/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm index 9277049e8..45446884e 100644 --- a/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm +++ b/handbook/tortoise/tortoise-win.htm @@ -1,42 +1,46 @@
+Struggling to get TortoiseHg to work on Windows (Service Pack 1, -32-bit)? Here’s a quick guide which I hope explains how to sort it all +
+Struggling to get TortoiseHg to work on Windows (v7 or v10)? Here’s a quick guide which I hope explains how to sort it all out.
-You first want to ascertain that both TortoiseHg and Putty are nicely installed. Then run Putty;
+First download and install both TortoiseHg +and PuTTy. Then run PuTTy;
-Upon opening putty, you’ll be greeted with a screen similar to this;
+Upon opening PuTTy, you’ll be greeted with a screen similar to this;
-Putty Configuration Screen
+PuTTy Configuration Screen
Type expo@expo.survex.com into the box under Host Name, and type a name into the box under 'Saved Sessions' then click 'Save' (in the above case called 'Expo' – this means you don’t have to type in -expo@expo.survex.com each time you use Putty. You simply click on +expo@expo.survex.com each time you use PuTTy. You simply click on 'Expo' then 'Load'). Then click 'Open'.
-Please note that when connecting to the tatty hut in Austria, you will need to log onto a different server. In this case, type:expo@expo.potato.hut, and follow the instructions above.
- -You will then see the following screen:
- -
-Putty Login Screen
Don’t worry if you can’t see anything happening onscreen as you type in the password, this is what’s supposed to happen; so just type in the password and press the return/enter key.
+Don’t worry if you can’t see anything happening onscreen as you type in the password, +this is what’s supposed to happen; so just type in the password and press the return/enter key.
Done! At some point you may come across a Windows popup which asks you to verify the address you're attempting to log into (at which -point you select 'hells-to-the-yeah', or equivalent). You have now made sure that your computer is happy to log on using TortoiseHg. To log out of Putty, type 'logout', then press the return/enter key.
+point you select 'hells-to-the-yeah', or equivalent). + +You have now made sure that your computer will be happy to log on using TortoiseHg. +To log out of PuTTy, type 'logout', then press the return/enter key.
+ +Note that when connecting in the potato hut in Austria, you now use exactly the same procedure. +
Again, if logging on from the tatty hut, type:ssh://expo@expo/loserto get things to work.
Voila! If you're now looking at the following screen or similar,
@@ -66,9 +69,22 @@ need to edit anything in the box where it says 'Hg command'. Click 'Clone'!
Hg Workbench Linked
-All is well.
+That will have cloned the /loser/ repository to your laptop. +
+If you want to update the handbook or other parts of the website you will also need to clone the /expoweb/ repository. +You can scan what's in the repositories (read only) using your web browser: -
If anything seems unclear, please email me at elmo2058@gmail.com, and I will reinstall things on my own machine to see where things get confusing. Watch this space for another webpage/update with how to install/use WINSCP for straightforward file transfers.
+If anything seems unclear, please email me at elmo2058@gmail.com, and I will reinstall things +on my own machine to see where things get confusing. +