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run-tests.py: make tests use same python interpreter as test harness. this is wanted because some tests run python interpreter directly. must use same python interpreter in tests as in main harness or problems will happen because of e.g. different python abi if run-tests.py run with python 2.5 but system python is 2.4. fix is to see if system python is used and is named python. if no, put symlink called python at front of shell search path.
author Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com>
date Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:09:24 -0700
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    <h1>Mercurial version 0.9 for Windows</h1>

    <p>Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!</p>

    <p>Mercurial is a command-line application.  You must run it from
      the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a
      href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> shell).</p>
    
    <p><div class="indented"><i>Note: the standard <a
      href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> msys startup script uses
      rxvt which has problems setting up standard input and output.
      Running bash directly works correctly.</i></div>

    <p>For documentation, please visit the <a
      href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>.</p>

    <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>.  The
      Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.</p>

    <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1>

    <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to
      just type the following at the command prompt:</p>

    <pre>
hg
</pre>

    <p>This command should print a useful help message.  If it does,
      other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p>

    <h1>Configuration notes</h1>
    <p>The default editor for commit messages is 'vi'. You can set the EDITOR
    (or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your preference or set it in
    mercurial.ini:</p>
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[ui]
editor = whatever
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    <h1>Reporting problems</h1>

    <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a
	href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and
      see if your question is already in our list of <a
	href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ">Frequently
	Answered Questions</a> (the "FAQ").

    <p>If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel
      free to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a
	href="mailto:mercurial@selenic.com">mercurial@selenic.com</a>.
      <b>Remember</b>, the more useful information you include in your
      report, the easier it will be for us to help you!</p>

    <p>If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get
      help.  Go to <tt>#mercurial</tt> on
      <tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>.</p>

    <h1>Author and copyright information</h1>

    <p>Mercurial was written by <a href="http://www.selenic.com">Matt
	Mackall</a>, and is maintained by Matt and a team of
	volunteers.</p>

    <p>The Windows installer was written by <a
	href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan
	O'Sullivan</a>.</p>

    <p>Mercurial is Copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall and others.  See the
      <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.</p>

    <p>Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
      modify it under the terms of the <a
	href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
	License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
      version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
      version.</p>

    <p>Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
      but <b>without any warranty</b>; without even the implied
      warranty of <b>merchantability</b> or <b>fitness for a
      particular purpose</b>.  See the GNU General Public License for
      more details.</p>
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