win32 build documentation improvements (I know, that's subjective. But it's hard to do any worse than lloyd did)

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Lloyd Hilaiel 2010-10-12 09:55:16 -06:00
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YAJL has been successfully built using Visual Studio 8. CMake, a build file
generator, is used to build the software. CMake provides different build-file
generators, so you may either build using the IDE via the following steps:
YAJL has been successfully built using Visual Studio 8. CMake, a
build file generator, is used to build the software. CMake supports
several different build environments, so you may either build YAJL
using the IDE via the following steps:
1. acquire cmake (http://www.cmake.org)
2. mkdir build
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Or you can build from the command line using nmake:
1. Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Visual Studio > Visual Studio Tools > Visual Studio Command Prompt
for your version of Visual Studio, which will open a command prompt. You may verify that the compiler
is in your path by typing "cl /?" at the prompt.
1. Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Visual Studio > Visual Studio
Tools > Visual Studio Command Prompt -- for your version of Visual
Studio, which will open a command prompt. You may verify that the
compiler is in your path by typing "cl /?" at the prompt.
2. cd C:\path\to\yajl\source\
3. mkdir build
4. cd build
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6. nmake
7. nmake install
Earlier versions of visual studio have not been tested, but should
work without any major issues.
Earlier versions of visual studio and other build generators haven't
been thoroughly tested, but should work without any major issues.