[GRASSweb-list]scott: web/faq cvs_howto.html,1.4,1.5

Wed Mar 3 19:50:08 EST 2004

Author: scott

Update of /grassrepository/web/faq
In directory doto:/tmp/cvs-serv12202/faq

Modified Files:
	cvs_howto.html 
Log Message:
some updating for 5.3 and fixing typos

Index: cvs_howto.html
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RCS file: /grassrepository/web/faq/cvs_howto.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -d -r1.4 -r1.5

--- cvs_howto.html	9 Oct 2003 14:08:58 -0000	1.4
+++ cvs_howto.html	4 Mar 2004 00:50:05 -0000	1.5
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@
 </head>
 <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
 <b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>GRASS: How
-can I download the latest source code version from CVS (yes, I am newbie)?
-Perhaps I have only modem connection to the internet!</font></font></b>
+can I download the latest source code version from CVS (yes, I am a newbie)?
+Perhaps I only have a modem connection to the internet!</font></font></b>
 <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Answer:</font></font></b>
 <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>[The CVS is the Concurrent
 Versioning System which is used to maintain GRASS source code. It is nice
-as only new code is transfered over network which heavily reduces the traffic
+as only new code is transfered over the network, which heavily reduces the traffic
 (and maybe phone costs).]</font></font>
 <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>To access the latest GRASS
 source code from our <a href="../grasscvs.html">CVS repository</a>, do
-following:</font></font>
+following (this assumes you want the latest source code to GRASS 5.3-cvs;  see 
+the page on <a href="../grasscvstags.html">CVS tags</a> for more information on obtaining source for other versions:</font></font>
 <ol>
 <li>
 <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>To reduce download time, get
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Extract this package as described
 <a href="../grass5/source/README.html">here</a>
 (it is the README from the source directory). The full sources of the GRASS
-Project require about 100 MB.</font></font></li>
+Project require about 140 MB.</font></font></li>
 
 <li>
 <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>After extracting the sources,
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@
 
 <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>(Consult your shell or
 cvs client on how to this. Example for unix bash:<br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; export CVSROOT=:pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository</font></font>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; export CVSROOT=:pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository<br>
+or for csh or tcsh:<br>
+setenv CVSROOT :pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository<br></font></font>
 <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>)</font></font>
 <li>
 <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Then do a</font></font><br>
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@
 <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>&nbsp;<tt>cvs login</tt></font></font><br>
 <BR>
 <br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>&nbsp;and type "grass"
-when your are asked for password (note: your system will remember this
+when you are asked for password (note: your system will remember this
 next time).</font></font>
 <li>
 <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Now update the snapshot (as
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@
 <b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Updating the GRASS code
 later on:</font></font></b>
 <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>The snapshot has to be transmitted
-once only. For future updates simply run next command within the main GRASS
+once only. For future updates simply run the following command within the main GRASS
 source directory:</font></font>
 <br><tt><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>&nbsp;&nbsp; cvs up
 -dP</font></font></tt>
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@
 and use above command.</font></font>
 <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Enjoy ongoing GRASS 5 development!
 <hr><a href="index.html">Go back to GRASS GIS FAQ...
-<hr></a><i>Last Modified: 3. Apr. 2001</i></font></font>
+<hr></a><i>Last Modified: 3. Mar. 2004</i></font></font>
 <address>
 <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0><a href="mailto:weblist at grass.itc.it">Markus
 Neteler</a></font></font></address>



