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- | BitTorrent++ |
- | |
- | Latest Version: http://sf.net/projects/btplusplus/ |
- | |
- | Copyright (c) 2003 Florian "SirElvis" Wagner |
- | and |
- | Joshua "xamphear" Cantara |
- | |
- | Contact: sir.elvis@gmx.de |
- | jcantara@grappone.com |
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- | This file is part of BitTorrent++. |
- | |
- | BitTorrent++ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
- | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published |
- | by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, |
- | or (at your option) any later version. |
- | |
- | BitTorrent++ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but |
- | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
- | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
- | GNU General Public License for more details. |
- | |
- | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
- | along with BitTorrent++; if not, write to the |
- | |
- | Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
- | 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
- | |
- | The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Florian Wagner. |
- | All Rights Reserved. |
- | |
- | A copy of the license can be found in the file 'LICENSE.rtf'. |
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- | All files contained in the 'core' subdirectory of BitTorrent++ are |
- | directly copied (and sometimes modified) from the original |
- | BitTorrent client and thus are licensed under "The MIT License" and |
- | are |
- | |
- | Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Bram Cohen |
- | |
- | A copy of the license can be found in the file 'LICENSE.rtf'. |
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- *** INTRODUCTION ***
- ************************
-
- BitTorrent++ is a client for the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing
- solution. Based on the original BitTorrent software it is also written
- in Python using wxPython for the GUI, thus allowing it to run on Win32
- as well as Linux like platforms(hopfully). It improves(or will improve)
- many parts of the original software, like downloading of multiple files
- at once, configuration of upload and download speeds as well as other
- behaviours. The GUI and usability is also to be improved greatly.
-
- ************************
- *** INSTALLATION ***
- ************************
-
- Windows:
- Use the installer!!
-
- Unix / Linux:
- 1 - Install Python(http://www.python.org)
- 2 - Install wxWindows + wxPython(http://www.wxpython.org)
- 3 - Unpack the tar.gz / tar.bz
- either
- 4 - go to the src directory and use 'python BT++.py' to start BT++
- (on some systems with both python 1.x and 2.x you might have to use
- 'python2' instead of 'python')
- or
- 4 - make BT++.py in the src directory executable ('chmod +x BT++.py')
- 5 - go to the src directory and use './BT++.py' to start BT++
- (be sure the first line in BT++.py points to your python 2.x executable)
-
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- *** USAGE ***
- ************************
-
- When starting the tool the first time it will create four subdirectories.
- In the one called 'torrent', you have to put the downloaded torrent
- files. Files that are currently downloaded are put in the 'temp' dir and
- moved to 'incoming' after they are finished. 'history' will contain all
- the torrents of finished files.
-
- Depending on your settings BT++ will start new downloads and background
- hashing automatically.
-
- There is some kind of priority implemented. If set to auto download BT++
- will start the downloads at the top of the list first. You can move items
- by using the 'Move Up/Down' options in the right-click-popup.
-
- If you want to use BT++ for seeding torrents simply put the torrent you
- want to seed into the history directory and the finished file in the
- incoming directory. This will make the torrent appear in the history tab
- in BT++. Resume the file to start uploading.
-