From b0e8651a2a84553d08fbb2f7cb9697bd64fb1b55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Barbato Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 02:19:42 +0100 Subject: doc: Amend the MSYS2 Documentation Explain better which environment is discouraged and mention the shortcuts names. --- doc/platform.texi | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/platform.texi b/doc/platform.texi index 09a38ff9e3..9c2b9bb067 100644 --- a/doc/platform.texi +++ b/doc/platform.texi @@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ Notes: @itemize -@item Native MSYS building is discouraged, MSYS2 provides a full mingw-w64 -environment through @file{mingw64_shell.bat} or @file{mingw32_shell.bat} -that should be used instead of the environment provides by -@file{msys2_shell.bat}. +@item Building for the MSYS environment is discouraged, MSYS2 provides a full +MinGW-w64 environment through @file{mingw64_shell.bat} or +@file{mingw32_shell.bat} that should be used instead of the environment +provided by @file{msys2_shell.bat}. @item Building using MSYS2 can be sped up by disabling implicit rules in the Makefile by calling @code{make -r} instead of plain @code{make}. This @@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ The MSYS2 MinGW-w64 environment provides ready to use toolchains and dependencie through @command{pacman}. Make sure to use @file{mingw64_shell.bat} or @file{mingw32_shell.bat} to have -the correct MinGW-w64 environment. +the correct MinGW-w64 environment. The default install provides shortcuts to +them under @command{MinGW-w64 Win64 Shell} and @command{MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell}. @example # normal msys2 packages -- cgit v1.2.3