Mercurial is a version control system., sort of like Git and Subversion. You only need the plugin to pull the code from the site. Actually you can install Mercurial, pull the code and put it in your project without the plugin but the plugin pulls it directly into eclipse.
AFAIK there are no books covering andengine. Thanks On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to get started with AndEngine, and even after reading the > "Getting Started" doc, I still have an unanswered question: what is > Mercurial (for Eclipse), and do I need it to do projects with > AndEngine, or is that just for pulling code from their site? > > Also, I might (and hope I will NOT---tests which I should be getting > next week will confirm/deny) be spending some more time in the Cancer > Care Center in a week or so...does anyone know of a book (real book, > not e-book...until I can get an Android tablet[1], e-books are too > difficult to read) on coding with AndEngine that I could read IF I > end up back in the whole cancer nightmare? > > Thanks, > --jim > > [1] and the ones I'd be interested in are far beyond my budget, > especially in the next week or two..... > > -- > 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > > [email protected] ICBM/Hurricane: 30.44406N 86.59909W > Point Lobos Photography Set 1 (Photo-posters): http://jdgapps.com > > Do not look into waveguide with remaining eye! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Raghav Sood http://www.raghavsood.com/ http://wiki.androidappcheck.com/ http://www.telstop.tel/ https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Raghav+Sood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
