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Updates to the "hints and tricks" document.

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<title>Fossil Tips And Usage Hints</title>
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- 1. Click on nodes of any timeline graph to see diffs between the two
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- selected versions.
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+A collection of useful hints and tricks in no particular order:
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+
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+ 1. Click on two nodes of any timeline graph in succession
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+ to see a diff between the two versions.
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2. Add the "--tk" option to "[/help?cmd=diff | fossil diff]" commands
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to get a pop-up
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window containing a complete side-by-side diff. (NB: The pop-up
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window is run as a separate Tcl/Tk process, so you will need to
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10. When editing documentation to be checked in as managed files, you can
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preview what the documentation will look like by using the special
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"ckout" branch name in the "doc" URL while running "fossil ui".
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See the [./embeddeddoc.wiki | embedded documentation] for details.
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+ 11. Use the "[/help?cmd=ui|fossil ui /]" command to bring up a menu of
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+ all of your local Fossil repositories in your web browser.
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+ 12. If you have a bunch of Fossil repositories living on a remote machine
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+ that you are able to access using ssh using a command like
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+ "ssh login@remote", then you can bring up a user interface for all
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+ those remote repositories using the command:
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+ "[/help?cmd=ui|fossil ui login@remote:/]". This works by tunneling
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+ all HTTP traffic through SSH to the remote machine.
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--- www/hints.wiki
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1 <title>Fossil Tips And Usage Hints</title>
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3 1. Click on nodes of any timeline graph to see diffs between the two
4 selected versions.
 
 
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6 2. Add the "--tk" option to "[/help?cmd=diff | fossil diff]" commands
7 to get a pop-up
8 window containing a complete side-by-side diff. (NB: The pop-up
9 window is run as a separate Tcl/Tk process, so you will need to
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59 10. When editing documentation to be checked in as managed files, you can
60 preview what the documentation will look like by using the special
61 "ckout" branch name in the "doc" URL while running "fossil ui".
62 See the [./embeddeddoc.wiki | embedded documentation] for details.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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--- www/hints.wiki
+++ www/hints.wiki
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1 <title>Fossil Tips And Usage Hints</title>
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3 A collection of useful hints and tricks in no particular order:
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5 1. Click on two nodes of any timeline graph in succession
6 to see a diff between the two versions.
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8 2. Add the "--tk" option to "[/help?cmd=diff | fossil diff]" commands
9 to get a pop-up
10 window containing a complete side-by-side diff. (NB: The pop-up
11 window is run as a separate Tcl/Tk process, so you will need to
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61 10. When editing documentation to be checked in as managed files, you can
62 preview what the documentation will look like by using the special
63 "ckout" branch name in the "doc" URL while running "fossil ui".
64 See the [./embeddeddoc.wiki | embedded documentation] for details.
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66 11. Use the "[/help?cmd=ui|fossil ui /]" command to bring up a menu of
67 all of your local Fossil repositories in your web browser.
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69 12. If you have a bunch of Fossil repositories living on a remote machine
70 that you are able to access using ssh using a command like
71 "ssh login@remote", then you can bring up a user interface for all
72 those remote repositories using the command:
73 "[/help?cmd=ui|fossil ui login@remote:/]". This works by tunneling
74 all HTTP traffic through SSH to the remote machine.
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