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diff --git a/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/start.html b/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/start.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8ad8c2ae18f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/start.html @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +<html><head><title>PgAccess - Getting Started</title></head> +<body bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> +<h1>PgAccess - Getting Started</h1> +<a name="getpga"><h2>How to get PgAccess</h2> +If you have this HTML help system, you have probably already downloaded +PgAccess. If not, or you wish to download the latest version, it is available +from the URL:<p> +<samp>http://www.flex.ro</samp><p> +The home page will contain instructions on which files to download for your +operating system. Download the file to a directory where the program will +eventually reside (see below).<p> +<a name="uncpga"><h2>How to uncompress PgAccess</h2> +PgAccess, like most applications available for download, is usually downloaded +in compressed format to save download time. You must uncompress these files in +order to use the application.<p> +<h3>UNIX (Linux, BSD, IRIX, Solaris, etc.)</h3> +The files will be compressed using "gzip" and packaged using "tar", and have +filenames like this:<p> +<samp>pgaccess-n.nn.tar.gz</samp><p> +Note that "n.nn" will be the version number in an actual file.<p> +First decide where you want to have the program. A typical location on UNIX +systems is <samp>/usr/local/src/<name></samp>, where <name> is the name of +the program. To use this location, download or move the "tar.gz" file to the +directory <samp>/usr/local/src</samp>. Change to that directory, and +uncompress the file with the command:<p> +<samp>tar -zxvf pgaccess-n.nn.tar.gz</samp><p> +You should see the files listed as they are uncompressed and placed in the new +directory, and now have a directory named:<p> +<samp>/usr/local/src/pgaccess</samp><p> +In that directory will be all of the files that were packaged in the downloaded +file. When you have PgAccess working, you can delete the file with the ".tar" +or ".tar.gz" extension. +<h3>Windows</h3> +The files will be compressed so that "WinZip" will uncompress the package. Just +open the file with "WinZip" and the program files will be extracted.<p> +<a name="putpga"><h2>Putting PgAccess where it will be found</h2> +<h3>UNIX</h3> +In order to run PgAccess easily, the program file "pgaccess.tcl" should be in a +location on the "PATH" of the system. You can find out what the PATH is by +entering:<p> +<samp>echo $PATH<br> +/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:./:/usr/local/pgsql/bin +</samp><p> +Usually the directory <samp>/usr/local/bin</samp> will be in your PATH, and that +is a fairly common place to put programs like PgAccess. Other common +directories in the PATH are <samp>/usr/bin</samp> and <samp>/usr/sbin</samp>. +Simply move the file "pgaccess.tcl" to the directory where you want it.<p> +<h3>Windows</h3> +You will usually link PgAccess to an icon, so just specify the full path to the +program when you create the icon. +<a name=startpga"><h2>Starting PgAccess</h2> +The easiest way to start PgAccess is to simply invoke the program by name:<p> +<samp>pgaccess.tcl</samp><p> +If the program has been placed in a directory listed in the PATH, the PgAccess +window should appear.<p> +<h3>Starting from a menu</h3> +Most users will want to link the program to a menu or icon so that it can be +started using the mouse or other pointing device. Here is a method that will +work on most Linux X-Windows systems. Create a file named "pgaccess" in the directory +<samp>/etc/X11/wmconfig</samp> with the following contents:<p> +<samp>pgaccess name "PgAccess"<br> +pgaccess description "postgreSQL frontend"<br> +pgaccess mini-icon "mini-pgaccess.xpm"<br> +pgaccess group "Applications"<br> +pgaccess exec "pgaccess.tcl &"</samp><p> +This assumes that you have an "Applications" sub-menu. You may prefer +"Programs" or some other place. Also, you will have to create the +"mini-pgaccess.xpm" icon if you want it to appear. You can edit an existing +icon from the <samp>/usr/share/icons/mini</samp> directory in XPaint and rename +it. When you next start an X-Windows session, there should be a "PgAccess" item +on the menu that you have chosen. Clicking on this item should start +PgAccess.<p> +<a href="index.html#start">Back to index</a> +</body></html> |