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We have noticed that the german translation is not complete at all, and on German Windows systems the GUI is quite mixed up with several languages. Solution: delete all but the en locale directory from C:\Program Files\Bazaar\locale. | We have noticed that the german translation is not complete at all, and on German Windows systems the GUI is quite mixed up with several languages. Solution: delete all but the en locale directory from C:\Program Files\Bazaar\locale. | ||
See also [http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/explorer/en/visual-tour-windows.html Visual Tour of Bazaar Explorer on Windows]. | |||
= Setup your environment = | = Setup your environment = | ||
Start Bazaar Explorer from the Start menu. | Start Bazaar Explorer from the Start menu. | ||
[[File:BzrExplorer1.png|center|thumb| | [[File:BzrExplorer1.png|center|thumb|500px|First screen of Bazaar Explorer]] | ||
Go to Settings|Configuration|User Configuration to set your user name and email address: | Go to Settings|Configuration|User Configuration to set your user name and email address: | ||
[[File:BzrExplorer2.png|center|thumb| | [[File:BzrExplorer2.png|center|thumb|300px|User Configuration of Bazaar Explorer]] | ||
If you prefer to use WinMerge for showing the diff of files, you can configure it in the same window as well: | If you prefer to use WinMerge for showing the diff of files, you can configure it in the same window as well: | ||
[[File:BzrExplorer3.png|center|thumb| | [[File:BzrExplorer3.png|center|thumb|300px|Configure WinMerge]] | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 15 December 2010
Alternative: use Bazaar from the command line
If the GUI is not your prefered way of doing things, please see How to work with bazaar on the command line
Download Bazaar for Windows
You find the downloads for Bazaar for Windows here: http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/WindowsDownloads
We currently recommend to use the Standalone 2.2 Stable Release. This includes the core Bazaar distribution and several GUIs for Bazaar.
We have noticed that the german translation is not complete at all, and on German Windows systems the GUI is quite mixed up with several languages. Solution: delete all but the en locale directory from C:\Program Files\Bazaar\locale.
See also Visual Tour of Bazaar Explorer on Windows.
Setup your environment
Start Bazaar Explorer from the Start menu.
Go to Settings|Configuration|User Configuration to set your user name and email address:
If you prefer to use WinMerge for showing the diff of files, you can configure it in the same window as well:
