[cfe-dev] Web page patch for Windows

[John Thompson]

Thanks for the suggestions, Eli.  Let me rework it Monday and get it back to
you.

Let me also try Mingw/Msys and Cygwin again.  I seem to recall the
configuration failing when I tried it a few months ago.
-John
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Eli Friedman <eli.friedman at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:50 PM, John
> Thompson<john.thompson.jtsoftware at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Please find enclosed an attempt at expanding the web pages for Windows
> > developers.
> >
> > At least one thing you might want to edit here is how I labeled the
> sections
> > for non-Windows.  I couldn't think of a better name to name it, but maybe
> > you can.  "Unix/Linux/MaxOSX" or "'nix" were some earlier attempts.
>
> +  <p>To return changes to the Clang team, unless you have checkin
> +  priviledges, the best way is to send patch files to the
> +  cfe-dev mailing list, with an explanation of what the patch is for.
>
> We generally prefer cfe-commits unless the patch is part of some more
> general discussion/query.  Also, you misspelled "privileges".
>
> +  <p>Note that the paths embedded in the patch depend on where you run it,
> +  so changing directory to the llvm directory is recommended.</p>
>
> I would generally expect patches to be based in the "clang" directory,
> but it's not a big deal either way; it's not hard to adjust from
> "patch -p0" to "patch -p2".
>
> For the "Getting started", I would suggest calling them "In a
> Unix-like environment" and "With Visual Studio".  It's also possible
> to build clang on Windows using mingw or cygwin (at least, they should
> work if they aren't bitrotted), and your instructions don't apply
> there.
>
> -Eli
>



-- 
John Thompson
John.Thompson.JTSoftware at gmail.com
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