Jeff Zaroyko : Update the AppDB general help page, also make it valid html.
Chris Morgan
cmorgan at winehq.org
Mon May 5 22:08:30 CDT 2008
Module: appdb
Branch: master
Commit: 95a38adbdc8d9c0f6647db2720c3722653430061
URL: http://source.winehq.org/git/appdb.git/?a=commit;h=95a38adbdc8d9c0f6647db2720c3722653430061
Author: Jeff Zaroyko <jeffzaroyko at gmail.com>
Date: Tue May 6 12:54:43 2008 +1000
Update the AppDB general help page, also make it valid html.
---
help/generic.help | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/help/generic.help b/help/generic.help
index 160fda3..eb8e04b 100644
--- a/help/generic.help
+++ b/help/generic.help
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
<!--TITLE: General help on running appliations under Wine -->
-This is meant as generic instructions in case an AppDB entry
-for a certain program doesn't exist.
+<center>This is meant as a general guide in case an AppDB entry
+for a certain program hasn't been created.</center>
<ol>
-<li> Make sure your Wine release is recent.</li><p>
+<li> Make sure your Wine release is recent.<p>
<ul>
- <li><a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/download"> Official WineHQ builds</a>
- for Linux Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Slackware and FreeBSD, hosted by
+ <li><a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/download"> Official WineHQ builds</a>
+ for all the popular platforms and distributions, hosted by
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6241">SourceForge.net</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/cvs">Official WineHQ Source</a> for information on how to
- build and install Wine via source read over the
- <a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/howto"> Wine HowTo</a>.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>
+ <li>Consult <a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/git">the git instructions</a> for information on obtaining the latest source.
+ <p>For how to build and install Wine via source consult the README or for building Wine on a 64bit GNU/Linux read over the
+ <a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit">WineOn64bit wiki entry</a>.</li>
+ </ul>
+</li>
+<li><p>Run your program by changing into the directory where it is located, and then type 'wine yourprogram.exe'.
+ <br>Alternately your file manager should know to open .exe files with 'wine').</li>
-<li> Run your program (something like ‘wine yourprogram.exe’, or tell your file manager to open .exe files with 'wine').</li><p>
+<li><p>If there is an an error about missing files, or does not start at all, make sure you are in the directory where it was installed.</li>
-<li> If it gives an error about missing files, or does not start at all, try running it from the directory where it was installed.</li><p>
+<li><p> Many newer games contain copy protection, which is sometimes not supported in Wine. <br>Third party applications may be able to circumvent this,
+ when this is required an application cannot be rated higher than Gold</li>
-<li> Many newer games contain copy protection, which is often not supported in Wine. Cracks are available from sites such as <a href="http://www.megagames.com/trainers.html" target="_blank">MegaGames</a>.</li><p>
-
-<li> In case of failure, try different builtin, native DLL settings:
-Run Wine with ‘WINEDEBUG=+loaddll wine yourprogram.exe’ to find out which
+<li><p> In case of failure, try different builtin, native DLL settings:
+Run Wine with 'WINEDEBUG=+loaddll wine yourprogram.exe' to find out which
DLLs are loaded as native or builtin.
-Then make sure appropriate native versions are in the
-c:\windows\system32 directory as configured in Winecfg’s DLL overrides tab. There are four options you can choose from when setting
-dll overrides.</li><p>
+<br>Then make sure appropriate native versions are in the
+c:\windows\system32 directory as configured in winecfg's DLL overrides tab.
+<br>There are four options you can choose from when setting
+dll overrides.<p>
<pre>
(native, builtin)
@@ -36,20 +38,19 @@ dll overrides.</li><p>
(native)
(builtin)
</pre>
+</li>
+<li><p> For sound problems, run ‘winecfg’ and look at the audio tab.</li>
-<li> For sound problems, run ‘winecfg’ and look at the audio tab.</li><p>
-
-<li> In case of persisting failure, you may want to read over the
+<li><p> In case of persisting failure, you may want to read over the
<a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/documentation">Wine Documentation</a>
and you may also want to read the
-<a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-faq/index">Wine FAQ</a>.</li><p>
+<a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-faq/index">Wine FAQ</a>.</li>
-<li> The Wine <a href="http://winehq.org/site/getting_help">'Getting Help'</a> page shows the current methods of getting help with Wine.</li><p>
+<li><p> The Wine <a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/getting_help">'Getting Help'</a> page shows the current methods of getting help with Wine.</li>
-<li> If you have more questions, please contact us
-at <a href="mailto:appdb at winehq.org">appdb at winehq.org</a>.</li></p>
+<li><p> If you have more questions, please contact us
+at <a href="mailto:appdb at winehq.org">appdb at winehq.org</a>.</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
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