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Frequently Asked Questions
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*What is TortoiseHg?*
A Windows shell extension for the Mercurial revision control system,
similar to the Tortoise clients for Subversion and CVS. It also
includes an hgtk application for command line use on many platforms.
*What comes included in the TortoiseHg binary installer for Windows?*
`Mercurial <http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/>`_,
`kdiff3 <http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/>`_,
`TortoisePlink <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/>`_
five bonus extensions: hgfold, hgcr-gui, perfarce, hgeol, mercurial-keyring.
python-svn for hgsubversion and convert extensions
dulwich for hg-git use.
See :file:`extension-versions.txt` in installer root for more details
*Is Mercurial on Windows compatible with the index service and virus scanners?*
No. Like TortoiseSVN, `we recommend <http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2010-January/029680.html>`_
to turn off the indexing service on the working copies and repositories,
and exclude them from virus scans.
*How can I get translations for the Explorer context menu?*
The available translations were stored by the installer under
:file:`C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseHg\\i18n\\cmenu`. Select the
locale you would like to use, double-click on it, and confirm all
requests.
*Can I configure the toolbars in TortoiseHg applications?*
TortoiseHg dialogs are PyGtk applications, so they can be configured by
modifying the gtkrc file that is installed as
:file:`C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseHg\\gtk\\etc\\gtk-2.0\\gtkrc`::
gtk-toolbar-icon-size = GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR
# Pick an icon size from:
# GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU
# GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR
# GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR (default)
# GTK_ICON_SIZE_BUTTON
# GTK_ICON_SIZE_DND
# GTK_ICON_SIZE_DIALOG
gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH
# Pick a toolbar style from:
# GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
# GTK_TOOLBAR_TEXT
# GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH (default)
# GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH_HORIZ
These settings are applied globally to all TortoiseHg applications.
*How do I do merges and arbitrary version checkouts?*
Merges and updates are intended to be done within the
:guilabel:`Repository Explorer`, using changeset context menus
*How do I use TortoiseHg's shelve extension from the hg command line?*
Enable the extension in your Mercurial.ini file::
[extensions]
tortoisehg.util.hgshelve=
*Why can't I connect to an ssh server (TortoisePlink.exe* ``...cannot execute specified...`` *error message)?*
See `ssh <http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/stable/wiki/ssh>`_.
*Why can't I connect to an ssh server (remote: bash: <server name>: command not found)?*
TortoisePlink (and basic Plink) will try to use the :guilabel:`Host
Name` configured in Putty under the :guilabel:`Default Settings`.
It adds this host name to its command line parameters, causing the
hostname to be specified twice, causing this particular error.
Clearing the host name from the :guilabel:`Default Settings` is a
possible workaround.
*How can I use tool X as my visual diff tool?*
Since version 1.0, TortoiseHg should autodetect most popular visual
diff tools and make them available for selection from the
:guilabel:`Visual Diff Tool` item in the settings tool.
*I'm a CLI user, how do I disable the shell extension (overlay icons and context menus)?*
Simply ask the installer to remove the shell extension entirely.
*How is TortoiseHg configured?*
TortoiseHg gets configuration settings from two systems.
1. The Mercurial configuration system, which is three-tiered
1. Site-wide :file:`Mercurial.ini` in :file:`%ProgramFiles%\\TortoiseHg`
2. Per-User :file:`Mercurial.ini` in :file:`%UserProfile%`
3. Per-Repository :file:`Mercurial.ini` in :file:`{repo-root}\\.hg\\hgrc`
2. :file:`%APPDATA%\\Tortoisehg` settings for application state
(window positions, etc)
These are some of the configurables that are stored the Mercurial
configuration system. ::
[tortoisehg]
vdiff = vdiff
editor = gvim
tabwidth = 4
longsummary = True
graphlimit = 500
authorcolor = True
authorcolor.steve = blue
*Is it possible to change fonts?*
In some cases, yes. The gtools based dialogs (commit, status,
shelve) allow some font configuration. ::
[gtools]
# font used in changeset viewer and commit log text
fontcomment = courier 10
# font used for diffs in status and commit tools
fontdiff = courier 10
# font used in file lists in status and commit tools
fontlist = courier 9
# font used in command output window
fontlog = courier 10
*How do I switch GTK themes?*
You can download new themes and copy them into the
:file:`gtk\\share\\themes` directory of your install and then enable
them in :file:`gtk\\etc\\gtk-2.0\\gtkrc`.
*Where do TortoiseHg extensions look for external Python modules on Windows?*
TortoiseHg includes an entire Python distribution bundled up as
DLLs. The standard library modules are all in the
:file:`library.zip` file in :file:`C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseHg`.
If you try to use an extension that imports a non-standard Python
module, you will find that the extension will fail to load because
it can't find the module. For example the ReviewBoard extension
imports the simplejson module, which is not part of the standard
Python distribution.
In order to make it work you need to add a couple of lines to the
top of the extension's .py file, before the line that imports the
foreign module::
import sys
sys.path.append(r'C:\path\to\module')
Note that this will not work for modules distributed as .egg files;
the supplied path must contain the module's .py or .pyc files.
If you have many extensions and/or hooks that all share the same
Python package, you can create an extension which explicitly
modifies sys.path for all the others. Simply name the extension
such that it is loaded first (alphabetically). Something like::
[extensions]
00setSysPath = C:\path\to\setsyspath.py
*How do I fix odd characters in dialogs?*
The default font of the MS-Windows theme may cause problems in some
environments. In order to fix this issue, add following setting to
TortoiseHg's :file:`gtkrc` file::
style "msw-default"
{
font_name = "MS UI Gothic 9"
}
You can find :file:`gtkrc` file in your TortoiseHg install directory:
i.e. :file:`C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseHg\\gtk\\etc\\gtk-2.0\\gtkrc`
Also see the :guilabel:`Fonts` page of the settings tool
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