Temporary patch GIP

[C E Macfarlane]

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>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org]On
>     Behalf Of Andy Wedge
>     Sent: 14 January 2016 09:25
>     To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>     Subject: Temporary patch GIP
>     
>     
>     Thanks to DP for making a quick patch to GIP and providing 
>     some notes for downloading that from GitHub. If, like me, you 
>     use Windows then those notes may not be fully understood. I 
>     have worked out a simple process to get the latest version of 
>     the get_iplayer.pl code and save it so it can be used with 
>     the --pid option as DP indicated.  I offer these notes as is 
>     and do not propose to respond to questions. These are the 
>     steps I went through and if someone has a simpler way of 
>     doing the same then feel free to say so. I refer to Notepad 
>     as the text editor as most people will have that. If you 
>     decide to use another editor then you may have to modify 
>     these steps. Before you start, understand where get_iplayer 
>     is installed on your system. On my Windows 7 64-bit system 
>     its in c:\program files (x86)\get_iplayer  and the file that 
>     will be changed is the main get_iplayer script called get_iplayer.pl.
>     
>     Here are the steps I went through:
>     
>     1  Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the get_iplayer 
>     installation folder (c:\program files (x86)\get_iplayer on my system)
>     2  Rename file get_iplayer.pl to get_iplayer.pl.keep  (so you 
>     can back to it later if needed)
>     3  Open your web browser and go to 
>     https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/deve
>     lop/get_iplayer   (this displays the patched version of the 
>     get_iplayer script)
>     4  Click any line of code to ensure you activate the correct 
>     area of the browser window
>     5  Use CTRL+A to select all the lines of code (look for the 
>     colour change)
>     6  Use CTRL+C to copy the selected lines to the clipboard
>     7  Open Notepad (by clicking start and typing Notepad to 
>     locate it or by using the Windows Key+R and typing Notepad in 
>     the Run command window)
>     8  Use CTRL+V to paste the get_iplayer script on the 
>     clipboard into Notepad

In Linux before saving at this point, you may have to copy the shebang (first line beginning #!) from your old script to replace that in the new one.

>     9  Click File > Save As to open the Save As dialog window
>     10  Navigate to the get_iplayer installation folder so it 
>     shows in the address bar at the top (or just type in the 
>     location and press enter)
>     11  Type get_iplayer.pl in the filename box (without the quotes)
>     12  In Save As Filetype select All Files (*.*)  (to prevent 
>     notepad adding .txt extension after the .pl)
>     --
>     13  If you have missed step 12  just rename file 
>     get_iplayer.pl.txt to get_iplayer.pl   ?
>     
>     Thats it. Job done.

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