From d22da1691d1f19b3315f9fce1fa540b208b37ffd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Sargent 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. 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.
+
Windows 7 How-to No.1:
+
TortoiseHg and PuttyCUCC Expedition Handbook
-Windows: TortoiseHg and PuTTy
+
+Putty:
-PuTTy:
+
-
+
-TortoiseHg:
@@ -58,7 +62,6 @@ choose where you want the repository to be created by clicking
'Browse' next to the 'Destination' box. As far as I recall, you don't
need to edit anything in the box where it says 'Hg command'. Click 'Clone'!
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. +