Re: Proposed change to nt/INSTALL

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 01:35, Ben Key <address@hidden> wrote:

> I would appreciate any input on this change.

At the start:

>   You may also use the --cflags option to specify additional include
>   directories (via the -I option) and the --ldflags option to specify
>   additional library directories (via the -L option).

this is too specific. GCC, for example, has tons of options, many of
which allow directories and filenames. So I think it would be better
something like this:

  You may also use the --cflags and --ldflags options to pass
  additional parameters to the compiler and linker, respectively; they
  are frequently used to pass -I and -L flags to specify supplementary
  include and library directories.

Two minor stylistic points:

>   if a directory
>   name includes spaces, you will need to enclose the directory name in
>   quotes,

I would remove the second "directory".

> as follows -I"C:/Program Files/GnuTLS-2.10.1/include."

I know the silly typographical convention about the position of the
dot, but that is not a quotation, is an argument for program. So
please use

  -I"C:/Program Files/GnuTLS-2.10.1/include".

Hope this helps,

    Juanma