Preparing the Environment

Before you can use the Purdue Penumbra environment to start working on your projects or labs, you need to make sure that all configuration settings suit your needs. If you do not verify the preference settings, it is probable that Penumbra will not function correctly.

Verifying the Preference Settings

1. Open the Penumbra preferences by selecting Window > Preferences > Penumbra > Checkout/Submit. You should now see the following window.

Preference Window

2. The Project Name Prefix should be project and the Number of Projects should be 8.

3. This semester we will be using CVS in CS180 to submit projects for grading. Make sure that the selected Submit Mode is CVS. Do not worry about the meaning of CVS at this time.

4. The CVS Host should be set to lore.cs.purdue.edu and the CVS Root to /homes/cs180/cvs .

5. Finally, you should specify your User Name. You will have to use your CS login assigned by the Department.

6. Click OK to save the preference settings. This will close the window. You are now ready to check out your first project.