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If you are on Windows then <shameless plug> there is a Windows installer for ViewCvs that takes care of everything and gets it running with CVSNT: http://w1.858.telia.com/~u85831169/ViewCvsSetup.html </shameless plug> HTH, Bo On Tue, 18 May 2004 16:53:50 +0100, Jay <j.javed at sherara.com> wrote: >I did, but I had problems installing it. I can't remember exactly what >the problem was now, I've tried so many things and come up against so >many errors it's all a haze. I do remember that I didn't manage to get >it working at all though (and yes, I did install the relevant stuff for >it too). I did manage to get CVSWeb working, but the annotate feature on >that was broken. However, I will go through the script for ViewCVS to >see how its generating the annotate page and hopefully see if there's a >clue as to what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for the help > >Bo Berglund wrote: >> Did you also look at ViewCvs? >> This I know from personal experience works with CVSNT and it displays an annotate >> screen too. Here is a link to annotate on a ViewCvs source file at sourceforge: >> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/viewcvs/viewcvs/lib/config.py?annotate=1.62 >> >> The main page is at: >> http://viewcvs.sourceforge.net/ >> >> and the browsable base page at: >> http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=18760 >> >> HTH >> >> Bo >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org]On Behalf >> Of Jay >> Sent: den 18 maj 2004 16:08 >> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook >> Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Re: Annotate Commands? >> >> >> Bo Berglund wrote: >> >> >>>Since you are writing advanced cvs command scripts it was assumed you knew >>>about the meaning of "sandbox".... >>> >>>The "sandbox" is s short word for a working file set checked out of CVS. >>>In each of the file set folders there is a hidden CVS subfolder containing >>>vital administrative files for the management of the file set. >>> >>>Any cvs command issued within a sandbox folder will see by the existence >>>of the CVS subfolder that this is a sandbox and go there to pick up all >>>the needed extra data like which server to connect to using which protocol etc. >>> >>>HTH >>> >>>Bo >>> >> >> Fair comment, you are right, and thanks for explaining it. Yes, I have >> all that (the hidden CVS folder within each directory). Just for the >> record though, I'm not actually writing these scripts myself. I'm trying >> to use Chora, but it's not working. I know next to nothing about CVS and >> hence I'm just starting off now. However, I do know my way around PHP >> like the back of my hand, so I've gone through the code to find out >> where the errors are. It is quite buggy (especially on a windows >> platform, which is cause for all the bugs, I'd imagine it works fine on >> Unix). >> >> Anyway, to cut a long story short, I'm stuck at this point now where it >> sends the request to the cvs executable to return the results of an >> annotation for a particular file. I've also checked out CVSWeb which >> uses an almost identical approach. Both use 'annotate' as opposed to >> 'rannotate', and both reference the repository. There is no reference at >> any time to the sandbox or working directory. The file paths it sends to >> the executable are completely messed up, and hence I'm not sure exactly >> what they're supposed to be or what they're supposed to represent, hence >> I'm trying to work out what it's supposed to be and how to get it to >> work on Windows. >> >> What's supposed to happen is that the temporary file location is >> supposed to contain the output of the annotation, for further parsing >> into a web readable format. But nothing is being written to the file. I >> could change the paths to point to the sandbox (C:/Web Sites/Cinema/ is >> the folder containing everything), but I'm not sure where this would >> need to be specified. >> >> Just in case I'm not understanding what annotate is actually supposed to >> do, or perhaps not explained clearly, this script is supposed to display >> a specific file (specific to version number too) and basically display >> it line by line with comments on the side as to who inserted any >> particular line, and in what version it was inserted/changed. You can >> see an example of this here: >> http://res1.stddev.appstate.edu/horde/chora/annotate.php/phpwebsite/index.php?rev=1.71 >> >> That's not my site btw, just some random one which allowed public access >> and used Chora. >> >> Thanks >> >> Jay >> _______________________________________________ >> cvsnt mailing list >> cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook >> http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)