> I encourage you to start using the bzr trunk instead of the stable
> version.

Attempting to install Bazaar, I go to the Leo docs (Chapter 1,
Tracking the development version) and see:

>First, you need to get Bazaar (bzr) from http://bazaar-vcs.org. For
>windows users we recommend the standalone installer - the python
>installer may have problems pushing to Launchpad.

Being a newbie, I go with the recommendation of using the Windows
standalone installer. That sounds simple. I shudder at reading, "the
python installer MAY HAVE PROBLEMS..." A chill and cold sweat go down
my spine. I flip a coin. Heads. Great -- I can skip problematic Python
installers tonight. I downloaded the latest version, 2.1.1, from the
above URL.

>Plain bzr installer only contains the command line version, so you might
>want to augment that with a friendly GUI - qbzr is recommended as it’s
>the easiest one to install. It provides command like bzr qlog, bzr
>qannotate etc.

On running the setup, I accept all defaults and it automatically
installs Bazaar Explorer. Great, thinks I, newer Bazaar installs
already come with "a friendly GUI." Newbie friendly, I like it! I
shouldn't have to worry about things called qbzr, qlog, qannotate --
whatever those are.

I launch Bazaar Explorer and choose the Open Location option. I type
in: lp:leo-editor

It does its thing for several seconds, and then a new window opens
that says, "This branch has no working tree. Latest revision is 3265."

Bazaar waits patiently for me to do something next. We both have a
good, long, blank stare at each other. I'm not sure what I should do,
so I go back to the docs and read: "And that’s it! You can run leo/
core/leo.py directly."

I don't see where to go to "run leo/core/leo.py directly." So I keep
reading: "When you want to refresh the code with latest modifications
from Launchpad, run bzr pull."

Aha! Says I. I see a Pull icon/button in Bazaar Explorer. That must be
what I need to do next! I click on it and it says, "Sorry, action not
yet supported by current app_suite." There's a button for Details and
when clicked it shows, "Profile name is: qbzr  Action identifier is:
pull"

There's an icon/button called "All" that when I hover over it, it
says, "Run an arbitrary Bazaar command."

Aha! Says I. I'll try what the Leo docs say above: "run bzr pull." So
I click on the All button and get a new window with focus set to
"Command" where I can type something in. I type "pull" (without the
quotes) and click OK.

It gives me:

-----

Run command: bzr pull
bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "C:/".

-----

So now I'm stuck. And I don't know why it's trying to use C:/, an
illegal path, when it seems like it should be C:\.

I can't seem to, simply, "run leo/core/leo.py directly" because I
don't know what step does that in Bazaar Explorer.

I can't get the latest modifications using Pull because I get an
error, probably because I don't have something set up right, but I
don't know what that might be.

Are there any Bazaar Explorer 2.1 users out there who could help a
poor Leo newbie get the latest development version before he pulls out
his last hairs, and while he still only just =contemplates= drinking
hard liquor? :DDD

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