A Quick Howto for Konqueror/Cervisia/CVS
This brief tutoiral will teach you how to check out the rreport module from the Biostat server. You must have installed
Cervisia
if it was not already installed with
Konqueror
(as
root
run
apt-get update
then
apt-get install cervisia
).
First you must open Konquereor:
Notice the icon near the upper right corner that looks like a brick
wall. That's the
Cervisia View. Essentialy Konqueror treats the CVS
functionality as a special View type. The other icons next to Cervisia
are the "Icon View" and the "List view" icons.
Note: If you can't see the
Cervisia View Icon, then click on the
View menu, then the View Mode sub-menue and search for Cervisia as in the
picture below. If Cervisia is not there, then your version of Konqueror
does not have the Cervisia extension. Talk to your administrator about getting this extension.
Now click on the
Cervisia View icon (or select Cervisia from the View mode menu as above).
You should see a benign warning message like the one above. Cervisia
is complaining because the current directory,
/home/hornerjr, is not
controlled by CVS. Click on "OK" to get rid of the messages. *We are
now in Cervisia Mode*.
You should see 2 new menu entries at the top:
Advanced, and
Repository. Click on
Repository and select
Checkout:
You should now see a window like the one above. Make sure and fill out
the
Repository field with the correct
CVSROOT content (refere to
BiostatCvs for more info). Make sure to fill out the
Module field with
rreport. Leave the
Branch Tag field empty. For the
Working Directory field, I have chosen to place the
checked out rreport module
in /home/hornerjr. When I click the
OK button, Cervisia will creat the directory
/home/hornerjr/rreport.
You can choose another working directory by clicking on the
... button . Once you're done, click
OK.
Now, your're probably thinking that the above action didn't work, since nothing changed. However it
did work. You now have
to instruct Konqueror to open the newly created
rreport folder (or directory, same thing). On the left-hand pane, scroll down
and find where you placed
rreport. Once you've found it, you should see the following:
Congratultations! You have successfully checked out the
rreport module. Now, just use your favorite editor to
make your modifications. Once you're done,
right click on the file you were editing and select the
Commit
entry. This will bring up another window for you to write a CVS Log Entry. Click
OK when you're done.
Additional Notes
- You can find additional CVS functionality by clicking on the Advanced and Repository menues at the top of Konqueror. Also, right click on any file or directory within the module and you will find more CVS functionality.
- If you want to use an existing
Xemacs
invocation for editing, you can have cervisia
open a new Xemacs
buffer for editing. Click on Settings ... Configure Cervisia
and under Editor
type gnuclient -q
.
If you have any questions about this tutorial or need more explanation, please contact
JeffreyHorner.