How to obtain and install what you need to run tsh.
Updated Tue Mar 22 14:24:31 EST 2005 for tsh 2.800.
You need a copy of Perl, a text editor to edit configuration files, master sheets from which to print score slips and other forms, and the ZIP archive of the complete tsh distribution.
First, you should make sure that you have a recent version of the freely available Perl interpreter installed on your machine. Perl runs under several operating systems, including but not limited to Unix, MacOS, VMS and Windows. If you don't have a copy installed on your machine, you can download one from www.perl.com. Pre-OS/X Macintosh users can download a pre-compiled application from www.macperl.com; OS/X and many other versions of Unix come with Perl. Windows users can find a good Perl interpreter at ActiveState.
You will also need a text editor. You will use it to set up tsh.config, your settings file. You may also use it to edit tournament (".t") files if you find you need to do something in the heat of a tournament that I didn't expect you to need. If you're a Unix user, you know which editor is the One True Editor and don't need to be told. (It's vim, of course.) If you're a Classic MacOS user, SimpleText will do in a pinch, but BBEdit is much better. Mac OS/X users can use vim, vi, pico, or TextEdit, but they should be careful not to use a Classic mode editor like BBEdit unless they are careful to specify Unix line breaks. Windows users can use Notepad.
Score slips should be prepared to work best with tsh's workflow. They should contain the following information in the following layout:
Winner: WINNER'S-NUMBER WINNER'S INITIALS WINNING SCORE WINNER'S NEW CUME Loser: LOSER'S-NUMBER LOSER'S INITIALS LOSING SCORE LOSER'S NEW CUME
If you use a self-posting wall chart, it should be set up so that the player names read down the left side and the round numbers across the top.
I have master sheets for stickers and score slips available for download in PDF format.
All of the files you need to use tsh, except for configuration files specific to your event, can be downloaded in one zip archive. When you have downloaded and expanded the archive, you then need to set up those configuration files.
If you are reinstalling a new version of tsh in the middle of an event, don't forget to copy your "tsh.config" file and all your ".t" files to your new tsh folder.