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author | Stuart Rackham <srackham@methods.co.nz> | 2009-05-05 08:59:16 +1200 |
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committer | Stuart Rackham <srackham@methods.co.nz> | 2009-05-05 08:59:16 +1200 |
commit | 02e83e343b668d8c9fead361ba9b39f5ad562b48 (patch) | |
tree | 846fc77543a1082210dfc6380681e430c00faf57 /INSTALL.txt | |
parent | d0f037bc53490cb5b60db34720ea18101f885b35 (diff) | |
download | asciidoc-git-02e83e343b668d8c9fead361ba9b39f5ad562b48.tar.gz |
Partially documented the A-A-P build.
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diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index cf2f6ee..c13b607 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ and filetype detection scripts will be install in the global Vim configuration file directory (`asciidoc.vim` in the `syntax` directory and `asciidoc_filetype.vim` in the `ftdetect` directory). +.Building the distribution +********************************************************************* +The AsciiDoc distribution tarball is built using +http://www.a-a-p.org/[A-A-P] (a software build system written by Bram +Moolenaar) and is installed using a separate autoconf make script. +It's arguable that build and install should be done with a single tool +but I wrote the A-A-P build scripts before the installer (because I +find make/autoconf tedious), the make/autoconf installer was added +much as the canonical installer for packagers and for users who don't +have pre-built AsciiDoc packages and/or don't want to install from the +Mercurial repository. + +The A-A-P build procedure has yet to be documented. + +********************************************************************* + Installing from the Mercurial repository ---------------------------------------- |