diff help/a-12.html @ 498:21aa41b62c3a

Add back/forward/home to Help window, and some Help edits

--- a/help/a-12.html	Mon Aug 22 15:19:00 2011 +0100
+++ b/help/a-12.html	Mon Aug 22 18:46:06 2011 +0100
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help.css"/>
-<p><a href="topics.html">Back to Topics</a></p><hr>
 
 
-<h2>I have a Mercurial repository on my local computer and I want to use it with EasyMercurial</h2>
+<h2>I want to start a completely new project using version control</h2>
 
-<p>Just open it:</p>
+<p>To start using version control for an initially empty project, just
+initialise a repository in an empty folder:</p>
 
 <p><b>1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p>
 
-<p><center><img src="images/openlocal50.png"></center></p>
+<p><center><img src="images/openfolder50.png"></center></p>
 
-<p><b>2. Select &ldquo;Local repository&rdquo; as the thing you want to open</b></p>
+<p><b>2. Select &ldquo;File folder&rdquo; as the thing you want to open</b></p>
 
-<p><b>3. Browse to the working folder for your local repository</b></p>
+<p><b>3. Make a new folder in the file dialog and browse to it</b></p>
 
 <p><b>4. Click OK</b></p>
 
-<hr><p><a href="topics.html">Back to Topics</a></p>
+<p>A new repository will be created, stowed into the empty working folder
+you selected.  At first, it will have an empty history.  You can then
+start to add and commit changes to your files.
+<ul><li>Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is <b>hg init</b></li></ul>