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author | starkos <none@none> | 2009-08-27 20:23:20 +0400 |
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committer | starkos <none@none> | 2009-08-27 20:23:20 +0400 |
commit | 7ed3f3f304f8b1023def0e2f4b2333ccdae50421 (patch) | |
tree | 44db20b31e70b7ef1261255818ed0325912d35f0 /BUILD.txt | |
parent | 471740f68eb1bce364ec55f30355d352aa334f6b (diff) |
Updated the build instructions
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ PREMAKE BUILD INSTRUCTIONS complicated. If you downloaded a source code package from SourceForge, you will - find project files for Visual Studio, Code::Blocks, CodeLite, and - GNU make in the build/ directory. Build the release configuration - (the default for the makefiles) and you will find the executable in - bin/release ready to go. + find project files for all of the currently supported toolsets in + the build/ directory. Build the release configuration (the default + for the makefiles) and you will find the executable in bin/release + ready to go. If you want to use a debug build instead, or if you downloaded the source code from Subversion instead of a SourceForge release, read - the next section for more information. + the next section for more information on working with the scripts. - Visual Studio 2002 and 2003 users: these version of Visual Studio + VISUAL STUDIO 2002 AND 2003 USERS: these versions of Visual Studio are unable to build Premake due to string size limitations. Use one the newer, free versions of Visual Studio C++ Express instead. If you find all of this very confusing and need some help, see the - end of this document for contact information. + end of this document for contact information. I'll be glad to help. GENERATING THE PROJECT FILES @@ -29,22 +29,17 @@ GENERATING THE PROJECT FILES next section. If you downloaded the sources from Subversion, you'll need to generate new projects files before you can build. - In order to generate the project files, you need a working version of - Premake, either 3.x or 4.x versions, installed on your system. You can - get it as source code or a prebuilt binary from the SourceForge - download page. + In order to generate the project files, you need to have a working + version of Premake 4.x installed on your system. You can get it as a + source code (with project files ready to build) or a prebuilt binary + from the SourceForge download page. - Once you have a working Premake installed, use it to generate the - project files. For Premake 4.x, type a command like: + Once you have a working Premake 4.x installed, use it to generate the + project files. Type a command like: premake4 gmake -- for GNU makefiles using GCC premake4 vs2005 -- for a Visual Studio 2005 solution - For Premake 3.x, use the old command line format: - - premake --target gnu - premake --target vs2005 - Use the "--help" option to see all of the available targets. |