On Windows, you'll need to install Python to run `configure.py`, and
run everything under a Visual Studio Tools Command Prompt (or after
running `vcvarsall` in a normal command prompt). See below if you
-want to use mingw or some other compiler instead using Visual Studio.
+want to use mingw or some other compiler instead of Visual Studio.
### Adjusting build flags
I am very wary of changes that increase the complexity of Ninja (in
particular, new build file syntax or command-line flags) or increase
-the maintenance burden of Ninja. Ninja is already successfully in use
+the maintenance burden of Ninja. Ninja is already successfully used
by hundreds of developers for large projects and it already achieves
(most of) the goals I set out for it to do. It's probably best to
discuss new feature ideas on the mailing list before I shoot down your
## Testing performance impact of changes
If you have a Chrome build handy, it's a good test case. Otherwise,
-[the github downoads page](https://github.com/martine/ninja/downloads)
+[the github downoads page](https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases)
has a copy of the Chrome build files (and depfiles). You can untar
that, then run