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Getting svn working on Windows XP

First you need to check out the files. No username or password is required to do this.
To upload corrections and new files you need to have a UserAccount. An alternative is to mail your corrections to bestyrelsen(--at--)itpol.dk

Checking out the files

Step 1
Go to http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads
and download the latest Tortoisesvn installer (or use a direct link to the installer)
Install the program and restart the computer

Step 2
Open My documents or whereever you want to download the svn files.
Create a folder called Polippix translations and right-click on it. Select SVN Checkout... from the menu.
In the URL of Repository field you insert this address:
svn://svn.polippix.dk/texts
Click ok.
Now it downloads the files to your harddisk and you can start doing translations.

Since you will be translating HTML files, you will need a HTML editor. See TranslatingTools.
Remember to write which files you are translating on Danish2English so that two persons don't spend time on the same work.

Updating the files

If you haven't recently checked out the files you will need to update the Polippix translations folder so that you don't work on something that somebody else has already done.

• Right-click on the Polippix Translations folder and select SVN update from the menu.

Warning: You have to upload to svn or save your work somewhere else before updating the files. Otherwise it might reverse your changes and your work is lost.

Uploading to SVN

After having changed one or more files, you will have to save your work on the project server. You need a UserAccount and password for this. Alternatively you can send your work in a mail to bestyrelsen(--at--)itpol.dk

Step 1
Go to the folder where you have changed the file you want to upload. The file has to be in the folder where you got it, or where it is supposed to lie on the server.
Right-click the file and select SVN Commit from the menu

Step 2
Write short in the message field what you have changed in the file. Not more than one or two lines. Remember to write in English so everybody can understand it.
Example: Corrected some spelling mistakes and added paragraph about encryption.
Click the OK button and type your username and password.
Now it will upload the file to the server