From 7ed3f3f304f8b1023def0e2f4b2333ccdae50421 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: starkos Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:23:20 +0000 Subject: Updated the build instructions --- BUILD.txt | 31 +++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'BUILD.txt') diff --git a/BUILD.txt b/BUILD.txt index 9aa696f..82acdc3 100644 --- a/BUILD.txt +++ b/BUILD.txt @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3