Changes between Version 22 and Version 23 of dev/WindowsMinGW

Timestamp:

Mar 3, 2009, 10:01:32 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

landauf

Comment:

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dev/WindowsMinGW

@@ -14 +14 @@
  1. Specify the path of the MinGW directory (most probably this will be {{{c:/mingw}}}).
 
-Switch to the home-directory of your MSYS installation: {{{C:\<msys-install-path>\home\<username>\}}}[[br]]
+Switch to the home-directory of your MSYS installation: {{{c:\<msys-install-path>\home\<username>\}}}[[br]]
 This is your homedirectory in MSYS, this is where the action takes place.
+
+'''In the following, we'll call this directory {{{c:\<msys-homedir>\}}} to make things shorter.'''
 
 
@@ -21 +23 @@
 To use [wiki:SVN] on your system we recommend TortoiseSVN, a very useful GUI-version. [http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads Download]
 
-TortoiseSVN is a shell extension. You can use it within Windows Explorer. Most options are available through the context menu (right mouse button).
+TortoiseSVN is a shell extension. You can use it within Windows Explorer, which is very practical. Most options are available through the context menu (right mouse button).
 
 
 == Get the source ==
-Check out the Orxonox-repository from {{{https://svn.orxonox.net/orxonox/trunk/}}} into a folder named 'trunk', for example {{{c:\<msys-homedir>\trunk\}}}
+Check out the Orxonox-repository from {{{https://svn.orxonox.net/orxonox/trunk/}}} into a folder named 'trunk', for example {{{c:\<msys-homedir>\trunk\}}}. '''It's very important to use a directory inside your MSYS homedirectory, otherwise you can't compile.'''
  * URL: {{{https://svn.orxonox.net/orxonox/trunk/}}}
  * Checkout directory: {{{c:\<msys-homedir>\trunk\}}}
@@ -62 +64 @@
  * While installing check the option to add CMake to the system PATH
 
-Open the MSYS console, change into your trunk folder and create a binary output directory:
+Open the MSYS console, change into your trunk folder and create an output directory for the binaries:
 {{{
 $ cd trunk
@@ -75 +77 @@
 
 == Building Orxonox ==
-Type into the MSYS console:
+Type the following into the MSYS console:
 {{{
 #!html
@@ -83 +85 @@
 </pre>
 }}}
-If you have a multicore CPU, use "make -j3" instead of just "make".
+The first command will check your system (and the dependency directory) for all needed libraries, create the configuration and generate the makefiles. The second command builds Orxonox. If you have a multicore CPU, use "make -j3" instead of just "make". If you get an error while executing one of those steps, report it in the [http://forum.orxonox.net/ Forum] or ask us in [irc://irc.orxonox.net/orxonox IRC].
 
-Compiling will take some time (CMake shows you the percentage). [[br]]
+Compiling will take some time (CMake shows you the percentage). Be patient.[[br]]
 
 If everything worked fine, start Orxonox with {{{c:\<msys-homedir>\trunk\build\run.bat}}}