From 16708b174ceded0cc259cff7bd9117c5856371db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fiddlosopher Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:13:29 +0000 Subject: Added README-WINDOWS with instructions to be included with the binary distribution of Pandoc. Still to be completed. Perhaps this should also be hidden in a subdirectory eventually. git-svn-id: https://pandoc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@275 788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b --- README-WINDOWS | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README-WINDOWS (limited to 'README-WINDOWS') diff --git a/README-WINDOWS b/README-WINDOWS new file mode 100644 index 000000000..495d70ce0 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-WINDOWS @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +These instructions pertain to the Windows binary distribution of Pandoc. +If you are installing from source on Windows (using Cygwin), you can ignore +these instructions and go directly to README. + +The Windows binary distribution contains the following files: + + - `README-WINDOWS.txt` - this file + - `README.txt` - instructions for using Pandoc + - `COPYING.txt` - the license under which Pandoc is distributed + - `COPYRIGHT.txt` - copyright information + - pandoc.exe - the Pandoc program + +To use Pandoc, copy `pandoc.exe` to a directory that is in your PATH, +or to the directory you wish to work in. + +Open up a command shell. Change to the directory you wish to work in. +Try typing + + pandoc -h + +If you get a usage message, then you're ready to start using Pandoc. +See `README.txt` for further instructions. + +Note: the wrapper scripts `markdown2pdf` and `web2markdown` are not +included with the Windows distribution. If you want to use them, install +[Cygwin] and ... + +((better idea: put these in a subdirectory so people can get to them, +optionally, if they have cygwin)) + +((also put in a note about links. I suppose they could just copy pandoc +to all the others; this would waste disk space, but it would work.)) + + -- cgit v1.2.3