Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of CompilationGuide/MinGW

Timestamp:

May 6, 2015, 8:55:11 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

Stefano Sabatini

Comment:

add more notes about setting up the MinGW environment

CompilationGuide/MinGW

@@ -34 +34 @@
 
 Once you install MinGW you should see in the Windows menu the "MinGW"
-entry with the option "MinGW shell".
-Click on it and it will launch a terminal with a bash shell. This is
+entry with the option "MinGW shell". Click on it and it will launch a terminal with a bash shell. This is
 supposed to be a GNU/Unix environment, and you're supposed to know a
-bit of UNIX commands for getting through it.
+bit of UNIX commands for getting through it. Alternatively, or in case the MinGW entry is missing, you need to manually
+launch the MINGW_PATH/msys/1.0/msys.bat file.
 
 MinGW adopts a mounting mechanism to make Windows directories appear like
@@ -44 +44 @@
 guide, when not explicitly specified, we'll use the UNIX mapped
 paths.
+
+Note that by default the user home will be placed in MINGW_PATH/msys/1.0/home/USER,
+and that will be your working directory of the msys shell.
+
+Finally, you need to edit the system environment {{{Path}}} variable, adding the MINGW_PATH/bin directory. This will allow both the system
+and the msys shell to find programs provided by MinGW. This can be done for example with: 
+{{{
+Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Edit Environment Variables   
+}}}
 
 === mingw-w64 ===