Changeset 4600 in josm


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2011-11-19T23:48:18+01:00 (13 years ago)
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stoecker
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fix #7069 - update README

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    1 This is a readme.txt to the Java OpenStreetMap Editor
     1Supplemental information for JOSM -- the Java OpenStreetMap Editor
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    4 Install Notes
    5 -------------
    6 
     4Installation notes
     5------------------
    76To run JOSM, you need:
    87
    9 * The jar file (e.g. josm.jar)
    10 * The latest Java Runtime Environment 1.6.
     8* The JOSM .jar file, e.g., josm-tested.jar or josm-latest.jar
     9* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6, or later.
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    1211
    13 How to get Java
    14 ---------------
     12How to get Java Runtime Environment
     13-----------------------------------
     14You need JRE Version 1.6 (also called Java6), or later.
    1515
    16 You need at least Version 1.6 (called Java6).
     16Microsoft Windows users should visit
     17http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html
     18and download the latest Java6 executable for Windows systems.
    1719
    18 Microsoft Windows people should just visit java.sun.com and
    19 download the latest Java6 executable.
     20Linux users should visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html
     21There is a Linux binary installer, which you must execute from a console, or
     22use the mechanism of your distribution's packaging system.
    2023
    21 To get Java under linux, either download the environment
    22 directly from Sun at http://java.sun.com (there is a linux
    23 binary installer which you have to execute from a console) or
    24 use the mechanisms of your distributions packaging system.
    2524
    2625How to launch
    2726-------------
     27Microsoft Windows users launch by double-clicking on the .jar file.
     28If this does not work, open a command shell and type
     29"java -jar josm-latest.jar"  in the directory that holds the file. (Please
     30replace josm-latest.jar with the name of your .jar file, if you aren't using
     31the latest version.)
    2832
    29 Microsoft Windows people launch by double clicking on the jar file.
    30 If this does not help, open a command shell and type
    31 "java -jar josm-latest.jar" in the directory that holds the file.
    32 (Please replace josm-latest.jar with the name of your jar file, if
    33 you don't used the latest version.)
     33Under Linux, open a shell, go to the file directory and type
     34"java -jar josm-latest.jar" to launch. If this does not work, try to set
     35your JAVA_HOME variable to the java executable location (the root location,
     36not the bin).
    3437
    35 Under Linux open a shell, go to the file directory and type
    36 "java -jar josm-latest.jar" to launch. If this don't help, try to set
    37 your JAVA_HOME variable to the java location (the root location, not
    38 the bin)
    39 
    40 MacOS people just click on the jar-file.
     38MacOS users just click on the .jar file icon.
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    43 How to get the Source
    44 ---------------------
    45 
     41How to get the source code
     42--------------------------
    4643Download it directly from the subversion at
    47 https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk. To use the command line
    48 subverion client, type
     44https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk. To use the command line subversion
     45client, type
    4946
    5047svn co https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
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