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                       THIS IS SOFTWARE!

       IT MAY HARM YOU, YOUR COMPUTER, SOFTWARE AND DATA!

                     USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

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* Introduction
  This Readme gives a short overview over the available online
  documentation for rmtoo.

* Content

  This file contains the following chapters:

  o Conventions
  o Operating System Support
  o Installation
    - Dependencies
  o First Project
  o Debian Squeeze (.deb package)
    - Installation
    - First Project
    - Man Pages
  o Using tar package
    - Installation
    - First Project
    - Man Pages
  o Additional Documentation
  o Emacs Mode for Editing Requirements
  o Footer

* Conventions 

  'YY' 
    names the version of rmtoo.  You have to replace this with the
    real version number.

  '$ cmd'
    This is a command you have to type in.  The "$" is a replacement
    for the shell prompt - do not enter it as a part of the command.

* Operating System Support

  rmtoo is fully supported under Linux.  Nevertheless, because it is
  written in computer independent programming languages (such as
  python), is also works on other operating systems. 

  Mac OS X users might want to read Readme-OS-X.txt.

  Windows users might want to read the Readme-Windows.txt.


* Installation

  A .deb package is available for Debian 6 (Squeeze) only.  On all
  other systems, including Ubuntu, the provided tar package should be
  used. 

  The following sections assume, that you are using Linux.  Please
  refer to the appropriate Readme file for your operating system for
  more information if you do not use Linux.

** Dependencies
   To use rmtoo, other software packages must be installed.

   rmtoo is written in python.  At least version 2.6 of python is
   needed. 

   When you want to create LaTeX or PDF documentation, LaTeX is
   needed.

   For the requirements dependency graph, graphviz is used.

   For statistics plot gnuplot is used.  For the estimation module the 
   python-scipy package is needed. 

   Typically the packages from your distribution will work.

* First Project

  The recommended way of starting is to copy the provided template
  project.

  Using the provided template projects depends whether you use the deb
  package or the tar package.  Please consult the appropriate sections
  how to use the template project.

  Nevertheless the basic steps are:
  1) Copy over the template project to some other directory.
  2) Set up the environment
  3) Run 'make'
  4) Check, if everything worked
  5) Start changing / adapting things to your needs

  Note that during this document the project will be called
  'MyNewProject'.  Please adapt the name for your needs.

* Debian Squeeze (.deb package)

** Installation
   When you use Debian Squeeze, you can use the provided .deb package. 
   To install it, you need to be root:
     # dpkg -i rmtoo_YY_all.deb
   
** First Project
   Change to a directory where you want to create the new project.
   $ cp -r /usr/share/doc/rmtoo/examples/template_project MyNewProject
   $ cd MyNewProject
   $ source ./setenv.sh DEB
   $ make
   $ ls artifacts
   In the artifacts directory there are all the generated files.

** Man Pages
   The rmtoo man pages are installed in the system.  Please use 
   $ man rmtoo
   to get an overview over all available man pages.  Those other man
   pages you can read also with just 'man [name_of_the_page]', like
   $ man rmtoo-analytics

** Additional Documentation
   Additional documentation can be found in the directory:
   /usr/share/doc/rmtoo
   Please consult the chapter 'Additional Documentation' below
   for a list of available additional documentation.

* Using tar package

** Installation
   Just untar the downloaded package.  You need not to be root to do
   this.
   Change to the directory where you want to install rmtoo to.
   To refer to the current directory, it is called RMTOO_BASE_PATH. 
   $ export RMTOO_BASE_PATH=$PWD
   $ tar -xvf rmtoo-YY.tar.gz

   To use rmtoo, you have to include
   '${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY/bin' to your path,  include
   '${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY' to your PYTHONPATH. 
   When you use the template project (see section 'First Project' some
   lines below), the shell script 'setenv.sh' is doing this for you.

** First Project
   Change to a directory where you want to create the new project.
   $ cp -r ${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY/contrib/template_project MyNewProject
   $ cd MyNewProject
   $ source ./setenv.sh ${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY
   $ make
   $ ls artifacts
   In the artifacts directory there are all the generated files.

** Man Pages
   The man pages are located in the sub-directory doc/man.  Please use
   the command
   $ man -l ${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY/doc/man/rmtoo.7
   to get an overview over all available man pages.
   Those other man pages you can read also with man. Replace the
   file name with the appropriate manual page, like:
   $ man -l ${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY/doc/man/rmtoo-analytics.7

** Additional Documentation
   Additional documentation can be found in the directories
   ${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY (especially the Readme files)
   ${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY/doc/other
   Please consult the chapter 'Additional Documentation' below
   for a list of available additional documentation.
   Please note: some documentation is in a 
  
* Other Documentation

** FAQ
   Frequently asked questions
   A collection of questions which were ask in the past - including
   the answers.

** Presentations
   There are also two presentations about the design and features of
   rmtoo. Theese presentations can be found in the download section of
   the sourceforge project page.  Please visit the projects home page
   http://www.flonatel.de/projekte/rmtoo for appropriate links. 

** Readme-Overview.txt
   Description of the features of rmtoo.

** Readme-Hacking.txt
   Small (and yet unfinished) document how to develop functionality
   and modules for rmtoo.

** Readme-OS-X.txt
   Hints for Mac Users.

** Readme-Windows.txt
   Hints for Windows users.

** Readme-RmtooOnRmtoo.txt
   Run rmtoo to get the documentation for rmtoo itself.

** Readme-GitPython.txt
   Some note about the (internal) use of GitPython.

* Emacs Mode for Editing Requirements
  
  When using the deb package, files with end on '.req' are
  automatically recognized as requirements files.

  When using the tar package, emacs mode can be loaded in emacs by: 
  M-x load-file
  point to ${RMTOO_BASE_PATH}/rmtoo-YY/contrib/req-mode.el
  All files with suffix .req will now use the requirements editing
  mode. 

* Footer 

  If you have some problems, remarks or feature request, you're welcome
  to visit the project home page
      http://www.flonatel.de/projekte/rmtoo
  or the sourceforge project page
      http://sourceforge.net/projects/rmtoo
  or write a mail.

  Andreas Florath
  [email protected]
  2011-11-26


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