[cfe-dev] Web page patch for Windows

[John Thompson]

Here's a revised patch with the suggested changes.  (Or should I be posting
to cfe-commits?)

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM, John Thompson <
john.thompson.jtsoftware at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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John Thompson
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