ref: c795cfe18e91def226efca69e0af9eef82143e85
parent: 691e8379b596afc52dfc3784bf032d79bce7248b
parent: 2bbf5cb85fe8254fafb3e7e1e0a65d1a3f82704b
author: volvet <[email protected]>
date: Wed Jan 22 11:39:39 EST 2014
Merge pull request #186 from ethanhugg/msvc_readme Add readme instructions for using msvc from developer command prompt.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
To build with gcc, add the MinGW bin directory (e.g. /c/MinGW/bin) to your path and follow the 'For All Platforms' instructions below.
-To build with Visual Studio you will need to setup your path to run cl.exe. Here is an example from a Windows 64bit install of VS2012:
+To build with Visual Studio you will need to set up your path to run cl.exe. The easiest way is to start MSYS from a developer command line session - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229859(v=vs.110).aspx If you need to do it by hand here is an example from a Windows 64bit install of VS2012:
export PATH="$PATH:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0/VC/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0/Common7/IDE"