TermHire Installation Notes, version 1.05

WARNING :

If you don't really understand what a .profile is, it's better to contact someone that know how unix and bash work, because if you do some mistakes you could become unable to launch a Terminal.

Automatic Installation :
Double click on TermHire executable corresponding to your hardware and select "Do it"

Alternative : Use the "Install" shellscript included into this archive directly.
Notice:
A copy of the original files that are updated by the script will be stored in the /boot/var/log/termhire folder. You can delete/move this directory if you don't notice problems after some reboots.
Automatic Uninstallation :
If you have problems, you can uninstall all the stuff by launching the "Uninstall" script. This will remove lines containing the sentence "TERMHIRE STUFF" from your .profile and remove TermHire files. Copies of all things are done in /boot/var/log/termhire, and errors are logged in install.log and uninstall.log files.

Manual Installation Steps :

The TermHire.BeMac is the PowerPC version of TermHire, and the TermHire.BePC is the Intel version. Pick the one you need.
Copy "TermHire" executable into the folder $HOME/config/add-ons/Tracker
If you update from an old version of TermHire, you can play with it now, otherwise you need to update the .profile file of your system :

Copy the following section at the end of your current $HOME/.profile (the "pwd" line is optional), or copy it from the profile.example file.

--------- Cut Here -------------------------------
export $HOME=/boot/your_home       #TERMHIRE STUFF
if [ "$FOLDER_PATH" != "" ] ; then #TERMHIRE STUFF
        cd "$FOLDER_PATH"          #TERMHIRE STUFF
        unset -v FOLDER_PATH       #TERMHIRE STUFF
else                               #TERMHIRE STUFF
        cd "$HOME"                 #TERMHIRE STUFF
fi                                 #TERMHIRE STUFF
pwd                                #TERMHIRE STUFF
--------- Cut Here -------------------------------

Now, the add-on will be activated by Option-Alt-T, when you select it from the File/Add-ons menu of Tracker windows or with a right click everywhere on a Tracker window, followed by Add-Ons menu selection.

That's all!

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