Windows Tools for IDEA Development


HINT HINT: Most of the files referred to below are in ~karla/siemens/install/win_tools/
HINT HINT: You only need to download from the websites to get recent releases.


1.  If they aren't installed yet, install WinSCP (free, available at 
    http://www.winscp.com) and 7Zip (free, available at http://www.7-zip.org)

    a) For 7-zip, the relevant executable is the "File Manager", 7zipFM.exe.
       To unzip a file, right-click on the file, select "Open with..."
       and 

2.  Emacs (also available at http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows)

    a)  Extract emacs .zip file to c:/Program Files
    b)  Create an environment variable called "HOME" and point it to a convenient 
	directory (e.g., c:/home), creating a new folder if necessary
    c)  Move the _emacs file to this directory
    d)  You'll probably want to create a shortcut since nothing shows up on the desktop
        or in the start menu... the binary is c:/Program Files/emacs-21.3/bin/runemacs.exe
  
     
3.  WinCVS (some files available at http://www.wincvs.com)

    Be warned, the documentation for WinCVS is very poor!

    a)  Install Python from binary python-2.4.3.msi
    b)  Install ssh from ssh-1_2_14-win32bin.zip (e.g., into Program Files/ssh/)
    c)  Unzip WinCvs2_0_2-4.zip to temporary location
    d)  Run WinCvs_setup.exe from temporary location and go with all defaults 
       (including installation of CVSNT)
    e)  Admin setup: Start WinCVS, under Admin -> Preferences:
           * deselect "Prune empty directories"
           * enter a directory under HOME (e.g., c:/home)
    f)  Test and configure example session
           * Remote -> Checkout module
           * set "Module name and path" (e.g., siemens/product_vb13a)
           * set "Local folder to checkout to" (e.g., c:/temp)
           * set CVSROOT to :ssh:user@jalapeno.fmrib.ox.ac.uk:/usr/local/share/sources 
             (where user is your username)