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Author: Abhik

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 # Table of contents
 
 * [Introduction](README.md)
-* [Getting Medley Up and Running](getting-medley-up-and-running.md)
+* [Medley Online and Medley Local](medley-online-and-medley-local.md)
 * [Understanding and Navigating the Interface](understanding-and-navigating-the-interface.md)
 * [Reading LISP Syntax](reading-lisp-syntax.md)
 * [Atoms, Functions and Lists](atoms-functions-and-lists.md)

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+# Medley Online and Medley Local
+
+#### When to choose which?
+
+You can run Medley either online or locally. Both are fully capable environments so rest assured you don't have to compromise on the featuers available to you. Choose the online version if you want quick and easy access to Medley. You can login as a guest and start poking around right away. When you're ready to dive deeper and want to keep track of files and the state of your environment across sessions, you can create a free account. Use that to log in for your next sessions. Check out [Access Medley Online](https://interlisp.org/software/access-online/) if you have more questions.
+
+If you prefer a more hands-on, web-independent approach, you can build Medley on your computer. Refer to the documentation here: [Install and Run](https://interlisp.org/software/install-and-run/), to learn more about how to get Medley installed in your specific operating system. 
+
+Both the online and local versions of Medley, lets you create, save and edit files and save the current state of your Medley environment. But the process of doing so differs slightly. Medey's `SYSOUT`\
+function saves the current state of Medley's virtual memory in a "sysout file". The section titled _Saving Virtual Memory State_ in the [Interlisp Reference Manual](https://interlisp.org/documentation/IRM.pdf) can tell you more about SYSOUT's possibilities.
+
+**Accessing Files**
+
+Once inside Medley Online, to your very left, you'll find a side bar expandable to a left-arrow icon. 
+
+<img src=".gitbook/assets/image.png" alt="" data-size="original"> &#x20;
+
+We'll talk about the other useful options this sidebar provides. For now, lets focus on the first one, a useful virtual file manager. Click and you should see a warning that the file manager will open in a new window. Go ahead and press Ok. A new tab should appear in your browser with the following window:
+
+<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/filemanagerscreen.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
+
+Right above, the text "Name", you'll notice that all our important files are stored inside a folder titled "il".&#x20;
+
+If you're running Medley locally, your system files are also inside a folder titled "il" but your saved files will be in a nested subfolder titled "home". So, when you save files in Medley Online, it's saved to the path `il/`
+
+When you save files in Medley Local, your files are saved to the path: `il/home/username/`
+
+{% hint style="info" %}
+"username" will of course be replaced by your username.
+{% endhint %}
+
+As we learn to use `LOAD` , `MAKEFILES` and other helpfule function related to handling files in Medley Interlisp, we don't need to change our filepaths for either versions of Medley but it's good to be aware where they are located so we can use that information later!

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 # Temporary Notes
 
+#### Using Medley Online vs Using Medley Locally
+
+* Why choose one over the other?
+
+#### How to Install Medley
+
+* What installation options are available? Which one should you choose and why?
+* What do you need to download and install before installing Medley?
+* How do you install Medley in your OS?
+* How can you find your installation directory?
+* How can you change your installation directory?
+
+#### Running Medley Locally
+
+* How can you run Medley locally after installing?
+* Flags
+
+#### Running Medley Online
+
+* What do the Medley Online starter options mean?
+* Key points to remember when using Medley Online.
+
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 #### Breaking down the interface
 
 * What are the components making up the interface you see on screen when you first start Medley?

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 To expand a menu item: While holding right-click, with the cursor on the item you want to expand, hold left-click and slide right- the expanded menu should appear! You can let go the left mouse button once the expanded menu appears, but keep the right button pressed and select any one of the new options just like any other menu item. 
 
-<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/image.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
+<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/image (1).png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
 
 When you right-click on a window instead of an empty area, a slightly different menu appears. This is the context menu for that window. You can use this to close, resize, clear, or shrink the window!
 
-<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/image (1).png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
+<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/image (1) (1).png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
 
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