From 1a3976795b2e3758ccec121771b890b6b10a648e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mtklein Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 16:18:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Rephrase Windows gyp instructions The existing instructions seem misleading. BUG=skia: NOTRY=true DOCS_PREVIEW= https://skia.org/?cl=1275753002 Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/1275753002 --- site/user/quick/windows.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/site/user/quick/windows.md b/site/user/quick/windows.md index 53eb5d9..fa00376 100644 --- a/site/user/quick/windows.md +++ b/site/user/quick/windows.md @@ -45,10 +45,16 @@ files. You can generate the Visual Studio projects by running gyp_skia, as follows: + (setup GYP_GENERATORS, see just below) cd %SKIA_CHECKOUT_DIR% python gyp_skia -This will produce Visual Studio projects in the `%SKIA_CHECKOUT_DIR%\out` directory. +If you like to develop from a fully-integrated Visual Studio, set +GYP_GENERATORS=ninja,msvs-ninja before running gyp_skia to generate +Visual-Studio-compatible project files that still ultimately build using ninja, +or set it to msvs to use Visual Studio's own (slower) build system. If you are +comfortable with and prefer running ninja yourself, GYP_GENERATORS=ninja is +considerably faster than the other two options. Build and run tests from the command line ----------------------------------------- -- 2.7.4