85 lines
2.4 KiB
Python
85 lines
2.4 KiB
Python
TITLE = ICEBALL_W_VER + " - Command line tutorial"
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# this is just a conversion of the guide in READ_THIS_FIRST.txt.
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BODY = m_html(m_head(m_title(TITLE)), m_body(
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m_h1(TITLE),
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m_hr(),
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m_p(
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"Now, the first thing you will need to know is how to use the commandline.",
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"If you don't know THAT, here's a quick guide:"
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),
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m_p("Stuff on the commandline takes the form:"),
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m_p(m_tt("command argument argument \"argument with spaces in it\" argument")),
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m_p(
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"If the command you're running has no arguments,",
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"you can run it like so:"
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),
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m_ul(
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m_li("On MS-DOS systems, like Windows: ", m_tt("cls")),
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m_li("On UNIX based systems, like Linux: ", m_tt("clear"))
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),
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m_p(
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"Basically, the only built-in command you'll need is \"cd\". ",
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"Let's say you were dropped into where you extracted Iceball to on startup, ",
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"and you want to go to the pkg/base/pmf folder, ",
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"you would do this:"
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),
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m_ul(
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m_li("MS-DOS: ", m_tt("cd pkg\\base\\pmf")),
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m_li("UNIX: ", m_tt("cd pkg/base/pmf"))
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),
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m_p(
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"(MS-DOS / Windows users only) "
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"If for some reason you extracted Iceball to C:\Program Files\Iceball, ",
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"and you got dropped into some random location on, say, the D: drive, ",
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"you would do this: "
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),
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m_ul(
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m_li(m_tt("c:")),
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m_li(m_tt("cd \"\Program Files\Iceball\"")),
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),
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m_p(
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"I'm assuming people using UNIX based systems can work out how it works on ",
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"their system. (Also, typing some of something then pressing TAB helps, too, ",
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"at least for those of you who are using bash as your shell.)"
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),
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m_p(
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"If you would like to know more about how to use the command line, ",
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"use a search engine."
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),
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m_p(
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"UNIX users: \"man\" is a great program. Try \"man ls\", for instance.",
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"Note, for shell builtins, you might want to use \"help\", e.g. \"help cd\".",
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),
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m_p(
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"Anyhow, with that sorted, and assuming you're in the Iceball directory now,",
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"type this into the commandline for help:"
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),
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m_ul(
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m_li("MS-DOS: ", m_tt("iceball")),
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m_li("UNIX: ", m_tt("./iceball"))
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),
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m_p(
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"You should be fine from there.",
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),
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m_p(
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"NOTE: On Windows, you will need to check stderr.txt for the help you need.",
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"I haven't set it up to make SDL *NOT* do this stupid crap yet."
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),
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m_p("By the way, here's a tip for the Windows users:"),
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m_p("Double-click opencmd.bat. It should get you into the right directory."),
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m_p("If you have any questions, use your preferred search engine.")
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))
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