Re: [mv] Really Dumb Newbie Question

[Hans-Joachim Leidinger <jojo@buchonline.net>]

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John Carroll wrote:
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> Last weekend I downloaded and installed MiniVend 3.14-4 on my old 486,
> with the idea of modifying assorted pages to fit the needs of a catalog I
> plan to put together.  The "simple" catalog worked perfectly (and slowly)
> on the first try.  I read all the docs I could find, subscribed to
> this mailing list, and roamed over every directory and file in the
> minivend-3.14-4 and mvend directories trying to figure out how to go about
> making changes.  This is embarrassing, but I'm lost.  The only way I can
> figure out to modify the "simple" catalog is to start with the
> /minivend-3.14-4/dist/simple directory, make changes there, then reinstall
> the whole minivend program from scratch.  Not good for fine-tuning. :(
> There's gotta be an easier way.  I'm sure it's obvious, but I don't see
> it, and could definitely use a hint at this point.  I realize there are a
> million things to learn before I can field a catalog, but getting a
> starting point would help.  What file, directory, or other thing does one
> start with, say, to change the image "artstore.gif" to "crmlogo.jpg" on
> the splash page?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> John Carroll
> jjc@groveton.com

Hi John,

welcome to the minivend world. ;-)

You donīt need to install minivend from scratch every times.
If you have installed minivend to (for example)

/home/john/minivend
/home/john/minivend/bin
/home/john/minivend/lib
.
etc.
there are a directory like

/home/john/minivend/simple

too. This is the simple catalog to edit. Make any change there. 
Have you a file like /home/john/minivend/simple.cfg ?
If yes, type

"cd /home/john/minivend"
"bin/makecat simple"

Maybe this can show you the right way. Good luck!

Regards,
	Joachim




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