diff --git a/doc/gettingstarted.rst b/doc/gettingstarted.rst index 0b0d743..f30e1e7 100644 --- a/doc/gettingstarted.rst +++ b/doc/gettingstarted.rst @@ -54,22 +54,25 @@ used as described above. .. _libtool: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ +Windows +------- + +Jansson can be built with Visual Studio 2010 (and probably newer +versions, too). The solution and project files are in the +``win32/vs2010/`` directory in the source distribution. + + Other Systems ------------- -On Windows and other non Unix-like systems, you may be unable to run -the ``./configure`` script. In this case, follow these steps. All the -files mentioned can be found in the ``src/`` directory. +On non Unix-like systems, you may be unable to run the ``./configure`` +script. In this case, follow these steps. All the files mentioned can +be found in the ``src/`` directory. -1. Create ``jansson_config.h``. This file has some platform-specific +1. Create ``jansson_config.h`` (which has some platform-specific parameters that are normally filled in by the ``./configure`` - script: - - - On Windows, rename ``jansson_config.h.win32`` to ``jansson_config.h``. - - - On other systems, edit ``jansson_config.h.in``, replacing all - ``@variable@`` placeholders, and rename the file to - ``jansson_config.h``. + script). Edit ``jansson_config.h.in``, replacing all ``@variable@`` + placeholders, and rename the file to ``jansson_config.h``. 2. Make ``jansson.h`` and ``jansson_config.h`` available to the compiler, so that they can be found when compiling programs that