This will automatically create the `build` directory and build everything
inside it.
-NOTE: On Windows, you *must* run this from inside the Visual Studio command
-prompt of the appropriate architecture and version.
+NOTE: On Windows, you *must* run this from [inside the Visual Studio command
+prompt](#running-meson-on-windows) of the appropriate architecture and version.
### External dependencies
from the [git repository](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/) if you want to
use the latest master branch for some reason.
+### Running Meson on Windows
+
+At present, to build with Visual Studio, you need to run Meson from inside the
+VS 2019 command prompt. Press `Start`, and search for `VS 2019`, and click on
+`x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019`, or a prompt named similar to
+that:
+
+![x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019](/data/images/vs-2019-dev-prompt.png)
+
### Setup a mingw/wine based development environment on linux