Index: trunk/doc/windows.txt =================================================================== --- trunk/doc/windows.txt (revision 27872) +++ trunk/doc/windows.txt (revision 27873) @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ -State on windows -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +pcb-rnd on windows +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a pack in beta testing. It should work on any windows version -from 7 up. (It will _not_ work on XP.) +from 7 up. (It does _not_ work on XP.) +IMPORTANT: if you use the windows version of pcb-rnd, please send me +an email to: pcb-rnd-win (at) igor2.repo.hu + +I will use this for sampling user demand. If there are no emails, that +means there are no windows users which means it is not worth investing +time in compiling windows releases. + 1. download the binary pack and install ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -13,7 +20,9 @@ - start a shell (cmd.exe), cd to where you unpacked it, cd bin, pcb-rnd - create a shortcut icon (TODO: what's needed for the exe to find the dlls?) +IMPORTANT: Please make sure there's no space in the full path where you unpack. + 2. limitations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -37,7 +46,7 @@ - there can not be space in the path where the pack is unzipped - UNC paths (\\server\something) may fail randomly - it does not support opengl, it is always doing software rendering - - some of the export formats are not yet supported on windows + - some of the export formats (e.g. png) are not yet supported on windows - there is no fp_wget support because there's no wget in the pack (may work with busybox wget, busybox shipped in the pack, testing required) - gsch2pcb-rnd is not supported