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Preface
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.. module:: preface
:synopsis: About this manual
Audience
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This book is written for computer literate folk who want to use
Mercurial to manage their data, but are uncomfortable using the command
line client to do so. Since TortoiseHG is a windows shell extension it's
assumed that the user is familiar with the windows explorer and knows
how to use it. TortoiseHG comes with a simple python application, hgtk,
which allows you to launch the TortoiseHg dialogs on any platform that
supports Mercurial, and PyGtk. This is the easiest way to start using
TortoiseHg on Linux and Mac OS X.
Reading guide
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This Preface explains a little about the TortoiseHG project, the
community of people who work on it, and the licensing conditions for
using it and distributing it.
The :doc:`intro`, explains what TortoiseHG is, what it does, where it
comes from and the basics for installing it on your PC.
The remaining chapters describe the tools that are part of TortoiseHg.
TortoiseHG is free!
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TortoiseHg is released under
`GPLv2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>`_. You are free to
install it on as many computers as you like, and to redistribute it
according to the GPLv2 license.
Community
=========
Mailing Lists:
* `Users <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss>`_
* `Developers <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop>`_
Our `wiki <http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/stable>`_ is on BitBucket.
Acknowledgement
===============
Thanks to the many people who contribute to the TortoiseHg project. It
take a community of developers, translators, and users to build a
truly useful tool. Especially users who care enough to report bugs and
file feature requests.
Conventions used in this manual
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The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:
:kbd:`CTRL-A`
Indicates a key, or combination of keys, to press.
:guilabel:`Commit`
Indicates a label, button or anything that appears in user interfaces.
:menuselection:`TortoiseHG... --> About`
Indicates a menu choice, or a combination of menu choice, tab
selection and GUI label. For example
:menuselection:`TortoiseHG... --> Global settings --> Commit --> User name`
means do something in :guilabel:`User name` label under
:guilabel:`Commit` tab selectable from the menu choice
:menuselection:`TortoiseHG... --> Global settings`.
:file:`.hg/hgrc`
Indicates a filename or directory name.
:command:`hgtk log`
Indicates a command to enter into command window.
.. note::
This is a note.
.. warning::
An important note. Pay attention.
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