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diff --git a/www/INSTALL-windows.rst b/www/INSTALL-windows.rst index 07bf8b0..93460e6 100644 --- a/www/INSTALL-windows.rst +++ b/www/INSTALL-windows.rst @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Prerequisites "Helvetica" and "Times Roman" if these fonts are not available as TrueType fonts. The Ghostscript fonts need to manually installed with administrator privileges in the Ghostscript installation - directory (e.g. as "C:\Program Files\gs\fonts" or "C:Program - Files\gs\gs9.27\fonts"). + directory (e.g. as ``C:\Program Files\gs\fonts`` or ``C:Program + Files\gs\gs9.27\fonts``). The algorithm used to find the fonts consults the Windows registry to learn Ghostscript installation paths, and then looks for a @@ -130,24 +130,17 @@ Select Additional Tasks * Associate supported file extensions with GraphicsMagick - * Install ImageMagickObject OLE Control for VBscript, Visual Basic, - and WSH. - "Creating a desktop icon" and "Update the executable search path" are selected by default. The remaining options default to un-selected. Select the options you prefer. - Think twice before selecting "*Associate supported file extensions with - GraphicsMagick*" since this will set up approximately fifty file - associations, including common formats like JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and - PDF. These file associations will be to the 'gmdisplay' program which - is suitable for displaying images, but currently offers little more - than that. Windows XP seems to handle the file associations pretty - well, allowing you to choose from a list of programs, but older systems - like Windows NT 4.0 and Windows '98 only support a single association - per format, which can be quite annoying. Associations for - GraphicsMagick's native formats (such as `MIFF <miff.html>`_) will - always be made. + Think twice before selecting "*Associate supported file extensions + with GraphicsMagick*" since this will set up approximately fifty + file associations, including common formats like JPEG, GIF, PNG, + TIFF, and PDF. These file associations will be to the 'gmdisplay' + program which is suitable for displaying images, but currently + offers little more than that. Associations for GraphicsMagick's + native formats (such as `MIFF <miff.html>`_) will always be made. Once you have made your selections, click on "*Next>*" to continue. @@ -207,14 +200,9 @@ Uninstall installation directory) will leave behind the registry entries and path settings established at install time. - Under Windows '95 and Windows '98, use the "*Uninstall*" entry in the - GraphicsMagick portion of the Windows start menu to initiate the - uninstall. - - On NT 4.0 and 5.X -based systems, GraphicsMagick should be removed via - the "*Add or Remove Programs*" area of the Windows Control Panel. Select - the GraphicsMagick package from the list, and click on "*Change/Remove*" - to uninstall it. + GraphicsMagick should be removed via the "*Add or Remove Programs*" + area of the Windows Control Panel. Select the GraphicsMagick package + from the list, and click on "*Change/Remove*" to uninstall it. Use From Another Package or Program ----------------------------------- @@ -266,9 +254,10 @@ Applicability ------------- This section provides instructions for building GraphicsMagick - Microsoft Windows using the Visual C++ (Visual Studio, etc.) IDE. For - building using the free Cygwin or MinGW compilers, follow the - instructions in INSTALL-unix.txt. + Microsoft Windows using the Visual C++ (Visual Studio, etc.) + IDE. For building using the free Cygwin or MinGW compilers (e.g. as + part of `MSYS2 <https://www.msys2.org/>`_), follow the instructions + in INSTALL-unix.txt. Important Notes --------------- @@ -281,16 +270,16 @@ Important Notes optimization, and the problem is likely to go away (but with less performance). -Windows XP, Vista, 7 Visual C++ 6.0 through 14.0 Compilation +Windows XP, Vista, 7 Visual C++ 6.0 through 19.0 Compilation ------------------------------------------------------------ The Visual C++ distribution targeted at Windows 2000 through Windows - 8 does not provide any stock workspace (DSW) or project files (DSP) + 10 does not provide any stock workspace (DSW) or project files (DSP) except for those included with third party libraries. Instead, there is a "configure" program that must run to create build environments to satisfy various requirements. - The configure program resides in VisualMagick\configure in the + The configure program resides in ``VisualMagick\configure`` in the GraphicsMagick source tree. A pre-compiled configure.exe is provided, as well as Visual Studio project files to recompile it from source code if needed. @@ -299,8 +288,8 @@ Windows XP, Vista, 7 Visual C++ 6.0 through 14.0 Compilation dialog after proceeding past the initial notifications screen: .. image:: configure-target-setup.png - :height: 485px - :width: 512px + :height: 473px + :width: 498px :scale: 100% :alt: Configure program screen shot :align: center @@ -349,9 +338,9 @@ Windows XP, Vista, 7 Visual C++ 6.0 through 14.0 Compilation multi-threaded support (the only option for DLL's). To do a build for your requirements, simply go to the configure sub- - directory under VisualMagick and open the configure.dsw workspace (for - Visual C++ 6.0) or configure.sln (for Visual C++ 7.X or 8.X). Set the - build configuration to "Release" under the + directory under VisualMagick and open the configure.dsw workspace + (for Visual C++ 6.0) or configure.sln (for Visual C++ 7.X through + 9.X). Set the build configuration to "Release" under the "Build..., Set Active Configuration..." menu. @@ -779,4 +768,4 @@ Windows Distribution Build Procedure .. |copy| unicode:: U+000A9 .. COPYRIGHT SIGN -Copyright |copy| GraphicsMagick Group 2002 - 2019 +Copyright |copy| GraphicsMagick Group 2002 - 2020 |