From 5c63bd7ce29feae57ee1252bf7626c6bc599cdcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William McBrine Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 06:22:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Windows compatibility notes. --- win32/README.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/win32/README.md b/win32/README.md index 0870d236..d917d2ba 100644 --- a/win32/README.md +++ b/win32/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ PDCurses for Windows console ============================ This directory contains PDCurses source code files specific to the -Microsoft Windows console. +Microsoft Windows console. Although called "Win32" for historic reasons, +this port can just as easily be built for 64-bit systems. Windows 95 +through Windows 10 are covered. (Some features require later versions.) Building @@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ Building - Choose the appropriate makefile for your compiler: - bccwin32.mak - Borland C++ 4.0.2+ + bccwin32.mak - Borland C++ 7.0+ dmcwin32.mak - Digital Mars gccwin32.mak - Cygnus GNU Compiler mingwin32.mak - MinGW @@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ Building Another option, "UTF8=Y", makes PDCurses ignore the system locale, and treat all narrow-character strings as UTF-8. This option has no effect unless WIDE=Y is also set. Use it to get around the poor support for - UTF-8 in the Win32 console: + UTF-8 in the Windows console: make -f mingwin32.mak WIDE=Y UTF8=Y