diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index 5925ba2..fbd42fe 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -18,15 +18,32 @@ currently supported by Microsoft). It will probably also function on the following, but no testing is done on them: Windows 8, Windows 8.1. +In general **we only support this application on OS installs, and +configurations, that are *still* supported by their vendor**. + Versions from 5.0.0 onwards do **not support Windows 7**. See [Release 5.0.0 notes](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/releases/tag/Release%2F5.0.0). +You might still be able to get it to work by running from source (see below), +using Python 3.8, **but we make no guarantee that this will work, or +continue to work**. macOS, Linux, and possibly other platforms able to run a Python 3 program, are supported by [running from source](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Running-from-source). +You can also run from source on Windows, but it will generally be easier to +use our [provided installers](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/releases/latest) +instead. Once you have the application installed follow instructions on [Installation & Setup](Installation-&-Setup.md) for your platform. +We will generally track the latest stable release of +[CPython](https://www.python.org/) ('Core Python'), but will only start +using a new Major or Minor version in our next Major or Minor release. We +will probably also avoid ".0" releases of a new Major or Minor version. +This is also contingent on [py2exe](https://github.com/py2exe/py2exe/) +supporting any new version, as we rely on that for creating the Windows +packages. + You can run the application on the same PC on which you're running Elite Dangerous or on another PC connected via a network share of the Game Journal files. @@ -58,7 +75,7 @@ Consoles, i.e. PS4 and Xbox, are not supported. These are just a few of the third-party tools that have built up around the game. The [Elite Dangerous Community Developers](https://edcd.github.io/) -("EDCD" website lists some more, and we're sure there are others. +("EDCD") website lists some more, and we're sure there are others. ## Contributing If you think you have a good idea for extending or improving EDMC then please read [Contributing.md](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/blob/main/Contributing.md). @@ -108,6 +125,7 @@ all the way into the game* then: know this. EDMC has multi-account/commander support, and doesn't assume it should use the last Commander. * No 'Ship' name will be displayed. + * 'Suit' may be shown as ``. * No 'System' name will be displayed. * No 'Station' name will displayed. * You might not be able to click the 'Update' button. @@ -123,7 +141,9 @@ filled in. --- -The user-interface is deliberately minimal - your choice of data is automatically downloaded, transmitted and/or saved when you start Elite: Dangerous, land at a station, jump to a system or scan a body. +The user-interface is deliberately minimal - your choice of data is +automatically downloaded, transmitted and/or saved when you start Elite +Dangerous, land at a station, jump to a system or scan a body. ![labelled UI image](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/raw/main/img/UI-annotated.png)