X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~yarrgweb/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=yarrg%2Fweb%2Fupload;h=db82c6910c88caf468fd3f93ded34a1019ce0d0b;hb=8fee58133cf27c9d024b9fc42ef0e45e7b2591af;hp=6995b9bbfc67da82c39ca51a7fdb18405d0da93c;hpb=aecbbcbe68e6f59fe9319f307ac49f4e616cc351;p=ypp-sc-tools.main.git diff --git a/yarrg/web/upload b/yarrg/web/upload index 6995b9b..db82c69 100755 --- a/yarrg/web/upload +++ b/yarrg/web/upload @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ %doc> <& docshead &> +<%perl> +my $url_base_base= 'http://yarrg.chiark.net/download/jpctb'; +my $download_version= 'test'; +my $url_base= "$url_base_base/$download_version"; +%perl>
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ Puzzle Pirates game client and uploads it to the database. You will need to upload data yourself if there is no data for your ocean or island, or the data that is there is too old. You should -also upload when preparing trade run, as market conditions change and +also upload when preparing a trade run, as market conditions change and you want a plan based on recent data.
@@ -74,20 +79,20 @@ YPP client. Then press "Upload" in the JPCTB window.
The JPCTB integration is done via fully supported Java Accessibility -interfaces and without modifying the Puzzle Pirates client, and should -not disturb the normal running of Puzzle Pirates. However, please -make sure that if your YPP client misbehaves at all, you try running -it in the vanilla way (without JPCTB integration) before asking for -help. In particular, if the JPCTB startup does not work, but the -ordinary Puzzle Pirates startup does, report the problem to us, not to -Three Rings. +interfaces, and should not disturb the normal running of Puzzle +Pirates. However, please make sure that if your YPP client misbehaves +at all, you try starting it in the vanilla way (without JPCTB +integration) before asking for help. In particular, if the JPCTB +startup does not work, but the ordinary Puzzle Pirates startup does, +report the problem to us, not to Three Rings.
cd
) to the top level jpctb
directory
+which was created when you unpacked the tarball, and then run
./jpctb /path/to/yohoho/yohoho@@ -98,41 +103,42 @@ ordinary Puzzle Pirates startup script, which is normally
- Essentially, JPCTB is a specialised "screen reader" which instead of reading information out loud, uploads it to the YARRG and PCTB databases.
+YARRG JPCTB uses the Java Accessibility API, which is a part of the +Java platform. It's a facility in Java, available for all Java +programs, intended to help make applications available to users with +disabilities: for example, it permits hooking in screen readers. The +use of the Java Accessibility API was helpfully suggested by a Ringer +in the forums (to another developer of a third-party tool, wanting +help getting information out of Duty Reports). + +
+ Installing YARRG JPCTB does not modify any game files, and does not hook into the game itself. It makes no permanent or global changes to your overall computer, operating system or Java configuration. And it @@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ core game functionality which would make cheating possible.
-JPCTB works by running any unmodified copy of the YPP client but with +JPCTB works by running an unmodified copy of the YPP client but with a separate JVM (Java Virtual Machine) configured to use the appropriate accessibility plugin. We do this (rather than configuring the computer's main JVM to use the JPCTB accessibility plugin) so that @@ -149,13 +155,14 @@ it is still possible to launch Puzzle Pirates without JPCTB (for example, in case the JPCTB client should cause any kind of problem). -
@@ -168,11 +175,18 @@ the MIT-style two-clause licence.
+The download directory can contains other versions (eg unreleased test +versions), which you can see here: + <% $url_base_base %>/ . + +
+
The source code for the downloadable released binaries is in the
-Linux
+Linux
tarball. We maintain YARRG JPCTB in git, and you can get
-recent and perhaps unreleased versions from
-git://git.yarrg.chiark.net/jpctb.git
.
+source code for recent and perhaps unreleased versions from
+git://git.yarrg.chiark.net/jpctb.git
and/or
+git://git.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/jpctb.git
.