changeset 18:562c313f14f4

some minor updates for 2022
author David A. Holland
date Tue, 31 May 2022 02:03:50 -0400
parents 12171da8943f
children db7ff952e01e
files doc/install/install.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/install/install.txt	Tue May 31 01:56:37 2022 -0400
+++ b/doc/install/install.txt	Tue May 31 02:03:50 2022 -0400
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 There are essentially two supported builds: the Unix command-line-only
 build and the Windows GUI build.
 
-The Unix build currently requires gcc 3.x or 4.x. Reasonable patches
-for other Unix compilers (e.g. the Intel compiler on Linux, or Sun's
-payware compiler) will probably be accepted. If you have gcc set up as
-a cross-compiler, you can cross-compile AnaGram. See below.
+The Unix build currently requires gcc; explicit support for clang
+should arrive shortly. Reasonable patches for other Unix compilers
+will probably be accepted. If you have gcc set up as a cross-compiler,
+you can cross-compile AnaGram. See below.
 
 The Windows GUI build requires IBM Visual Age for C++ version 3.5,
 because the GUI uses that compiler's semi-proprietary GUI class
-library. You also need Wine 1.0 or later. See below.
+library. You also need Wine. See below.
 
 Note that the source, though not the build system, has some support
 for a number of other Windows compilers (including Borland, Watcom,
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
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-These all come with teTeX, so no unusual steps should be necessary.
+These all come with popular TeX distributions, so no unusual steps
+should be necessary.
 
 
 1a. Notes on Wine (Windows build only)
@@ -63,10 +64,6 @@
 f48f0aace7c6f247bae015b43f16969a. Wine has improved a good deal since
 then, however, and this may no longer be necessary.
 
-Because of problems with Wine on NetBSD, you can only compile the
-Windows build on NetBSD with some combinations of versions of NetBSD
-and of Wine. Linux works, however.
-
 
 2. Configuring