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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Tcl 8.4 for Windows
 
-RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.30.2.1 2005/07/29 03:50:51 mdejong Exp $
+RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.30.2.2 2007/12/14 20:55:29 hobbs Exp $
 
 1. Introduction
 ---------------
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ version of Tcl.  This directory also contains source files for Tcl
 that are specific to Microsoft Windows.
 
 The information in this file is maintained on the web at:
+
 	http://www.tcl.tk/doc/howto/compile.html#win
 
 The above URL includes a lengthy discussion of compiler macros necessary
@@ -24,55 +25,47 @@ In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following:
 
 	and
 
-	Visual C++ 5 or newer
+	Visual C++ 6 or newer
 
 	or
 
-	Msys + Mingw
+	Msys + Mingw [http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml]
 
 	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/msys_mingw8.zip
 
-	This Msys + Mingw download is the minimal environment
-	needed to build Tcl/Tk under Windows. It includes a
-	shell environment and gcc. The release is designed to
-	make it as easy a possible to build Tcl/Tk. To install,
-	you just download the zip file and extract the files
-	into a directory. The README.TXT file describes how
-	to launch the msys shell, you then run the configure
-	script in the tcl/win directory.
+	This Msys + Mingw download above is the minimal environment needed
+	to build Tcl/Tk under Windows. It includes a shell environment and
+	gcc. The release is designed to make it as easy a possible to build
+	Tcl/Tk. To install, you just download the zip file and extract the
+	files into a directory. The README.TXT file describes how to launch
+	the msys shell, you then run the configure script in the tcl/win
+	directory.
 
 In practice, this release is built with Visual C++ 6.0 and the TEA
 Makefile.
 
 If you are building with Visual C++, in the "win" subdirectory of the
-source release, you will find "makefile.vc".  This is the makefile for
-the Visual C++ compiler and uses the stock NMAKE tool.  Detailed
-directions for using it, are in the comments of "makefile.vc".  A quick
-example would be:
+source release, you will find "makefile.vc".  This is the makefile for the
+Visual C++ compiler and uses the stock NMAKE tool.  Detailed directions for
+using it, are in the comments of "makefile.vc".  A quick example would be:
+
 	C:\tcl_source\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc
 
 There is also a Developer Studio workspace and project file, too, if you
 would like to use them.
 
-If you are building with Msys or Cygwin, you can use the configure script
-that lives in the win subdirectory. The Msys or Cygwin based configure/build
-process works just like the UNIX one, so you will want to refer to
-../unix/README for available configure options. An error will be
-generated by the configure script if you try to compile Tcl with
-the Cygwin version of gcc instead of the Mingw version. Check your
-PATH if you get this error. Be aware that gcc will generate
-lots of compile time warnings when building Tcl. Warnings are
+If you are building with Msys, you can use the configure script that lives
+in the win subdirectory. The Msys based configure/build process works just
+like the UNIX one, so you will want to refer to ../unix/README for
+available configure options. An error will be generated by the configure
+script if you try to compile Tcl with the Cygwin version of gcc instead of
+the Mingw version. Check your PATH if you get this error. Be aware that gcc
+will generate lots of compile time warnings when building Tcl. Warnings are
 not errors, so please don't file a bug report about them.
 
-In order to use the binaries generated by these makefiles, you will
-need to place the Tcl script library files someplace where Tcl can
-find them.  Tcl looks in one of following places for the library files:
-
-	1) The path specified in the environment variable "TCL_LIBRARY".
-
-	2) Relative to the directory containing the current .exe.
-	   Tcl will look for a directory "..\lib\tcl8.4" relative to the
-	   directory containing the currently running .exe.
+Use the Makefile "install" target to install Tcl.  It will install it
+according to the prefix options you provided in the correct directory
+structure.
 
 Note that in order to run tclsh84.exe, you must ensure that tcl84.dll
 and tclpip84.dll are on your path, in the system directory, or in the 
@@ -83,10 +76,11 @@ Note: Tcl no longer provides support for Win32s.
 3. Test suite
 -------------
 
-This distribution contains an extensive test suite for Tcl.  Some of
-the tests are timing dependent and will fail from time to time.  If a
-test is failing consistently, please send us a bug report with as much
-detail as you can manage.  Please use the online database at
+This distribution contains an extensive test suite for Tcl.  Some of the
+tests are timing dependent and will fail from time to time.  If a test is
+failing consistently, please send us a bug report with as much detail as
+you can manage.  Please use the online database at
+
 	http://tcl.sourceforge.net/
 
 In order to run the test suite, you build the "test" target using the