--- manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex	2001/10/18 18:44:14	1.6
+++ manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex	2001/10/21 04:19:40	1.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex,v 1.6 2001/10/18 18:44:14 adcroft Exp $
+% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex,v 1.7 2001/10/21 04:19:40 cnh Exp $
 % $Name:  $
 
 %\section{Getting started}
@@ -36,10 +36,37 @@
 on the newsgroup. A users email list will be established at some time
 in the future.
 
-
 \section{Obtaining the code}
 \label{sect:obtainingCode}
 
+MITgcm can be downloaded from our system by following
+the instructions below. As a courtesy we ask that you send e-mail to us at
+\begin{rawhtml} <A href=mailto:support@mitgcm.org> \end{rawhtml}
+support@mitgcm.org
+\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml}
+to enable us to keep track of who's using the model and in what application.
+You can download the model two ways:
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item Using CVS software. CVS is a freely available source code managment
+tool. To use CVS you need to have the software installed. Many systems
+come with CVS pre-installed, otherwise good places to look for
+the software for a particular platform are
+\begin{rawhtml} <A href=http://www.cvshome.org/ target="idontexist"> \end{rawhtml}
+cvshome.org
+\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml}
+and
+\begin{rawhtml} <A href=http://www.wincvs.org/ target="idontexist"> \end{rawhtml}
+wincvs.org
+\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml}
+.
+
+\item Using a tar file. This method is simple and does not
+require any special software. However, this method does not
+provide easy support for maintenance updates.
+
+\end{enumerate}
+
 If CVS is available on your system, we strongly encourage you to use it. CVS
 provides an efficient and elegant way of organizing your code and keeping
 track of your changes. If CVS is not available on your machine, you can also
@@ -51,13 +78,13 @@
 % setenv CVSROOT :pserver:cvsanon@mitgcm.org:/u/u0/gcmpack
 \end{verbatim}
 
-To start using CVS, "login" to the server using:
+To start using CVS, register with the MITgcm CVS server using command:
 \begin{verbatim}
 % cvs login ( CVS password: cvsanon )
 \end{verbatim}
 You only need to do ``cvs login'' once.
 
-To obtain the source for the release:
+To obtain the sources for release1 type:
 \begin{verbatim}
 % cvs co -d directory -P -r release1 MITgcmUV
 \end{verbatim}
@@ -66,24 +93,25 @@
 exists this command updates your code based on the repository. Each
 directory in the source tree contains a directory \textit{CVS}. This
 information is required by CVS to keep track of your file versions with
-respect to the repository. Don't edit the files in \textit{CVS}! To obtain a
-different \textit{version} that is not the latest source:
-\begin{verbatim}
-% cvs co -d directory -P -r version MITgcm
-\end{verbatim}
-or the latest development version:
-\begin{verbatim}
-% cvs co -d directory -P MITgcm
-\end{verbatim}
+respect to the repository. Don't edit the files in \textit{CVS}!
+You can also use CVS to download code updates.  More extensive
+information on using CVS for maintaining MITgcm code can be found 
+\begin{rawhtml} <A href=http://mitgcm.org/usingcvstoget.html target="idontexist"> \end{rawhtml}
+here
+\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} 
+.
+
 
 \paragraph*{Conventional download method}
 \label{sect:conventionalDownload}
 
 If you do not have CVS on your system, you can download the model as a
 tar file from the reference web site at:
+\begin{rawhtml} <A href=http://mitgcm.org/download target="idontexist"> \end{rawhtml}
 \begin{verbatim}
 http://mitgcm.org/download/
 \end{verbatim}
+\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml}
 The tar file still contains CVS information which we urge you not to
 delete; even if you do not use CVS yourself the information can help
 us if you should need to send us your copy of the code.
