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+Instructions for building librsvg using Visual Studio
+========
+
+Please do not compile librsvg in a path with spaces to avoid potential
+problems during the build and/or during the usage of the librsvg
+library.
+
+Please refer to the following GNOME Live! page for more detailed
+instructions on building librsvg and its dependencies with Visual C++:
+
+https://live.gnome.org/GTK%2B/Win32/MSVCCompilationOfGTKStack
+
+This set of NMake Makefiles is intended to be used in a librsvg source tree
+unpacked from a tarball.  For building, you will need the following
+libraries (headers, .lib's, DLLs, EXEs and scripts), with all of their
+dependencies:
+
+*  libxml2
+*  GLib
+*  Cairo (The included cairo-gobject integration library is also needed)
+*  Pango
+*  Gdk-Pixbuf
+*  GObject-Introspection (optional, for building/using introspection files)
+
+You will also need the following tools:
+*  Visual Studio 2013 or later, with C/C++ compilation support (MSVC).
+*  The Rust Compiler and tools with the msvc toolchain(s) installed, that
+   matches the architecture that is being built.  It is recommended to use
+   the `rustup` tool from https://www.rust-lang.org/ to install and
+   configure Rust, which will install Rust in `%HOMEPATH%\.cargo` by
+   default.
+*  `pkg-config` tool (or something that is compatible, set via
+   `PKG_CONFIG` in the NMake command line if cross-compiling, or if in a
+   non-standard location).  `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` in the NMake command line is
+   also supported, for similar reasons.
+*  Python (optional, recommended, to generate the pkg-config files and
+   build the introspection files; if building the introspection files, the
+   Python installation must match the version, architecture and
+   configuration of the Python installation that was used to build your
+   copy of GObject-Introspection).  Note that introspection files cannot
+   be built in for builds that produce binaries that are not compatible
+   with the running system where the build is being carried out.  This
+   means, specifically, introspection files for ARM64 builds are not
+   currently supported also due to a lack of an official native ARM64
+   Python build.
+*  For introspection builds, the introspection files and pkg-config
+   files for the dependent libraries (if applicable) are also needed.
+   You will need to set or pass in PKG_CONFIG_PATH if the pkg-config
+   files cannot be found from the default locations that pkg-config will
+   look for.
+*  For building documentation, in addition to the items needed for
+   introspection, the `gi-docgen` tool that can be installed for your
+   Python installation via `pip`.  Documentation can only be built if the
+   introspection files are being built.
+
+It is now possible to cross-compile librsvg for ARM64 Windows, as well
+as for x64 Windows on 32-bit or ARM64 Windows systems, using this set of
+NMake Makefiles.  You will need to ensure that the Visual Studio ARM64
+and/or x64 cross compiler appropriate for your system is installed, and
+you have installed the `aarch64-pc-windows-msvc` and/or
+`x86_64-pc-windows-msvc` target (rust-std library)
+via `rustup` for your Rust toolchain.  Similarly, you may choose to use an 
+x86-to-x64 Visual Studio cross compiler, even on an x64 Windows system, so
+this will also require that you have installed the
+`x86_64-pc-windows-msvc` target for your currently-active
+Rust toolchain (see `rustup default`).  Such builds can be carried out on
+a normal x86/x86-64 Windows 7+ or on Windows 10 ARM64.
+
+It is recommended that the dependent libraries are built with the same
+version of Visual Studio that is being used to build librsvg, as far as
+possible.
+
+If building from a git checkout is desired, you will need to run in this directory (not supported in an unpacked release tarball):
+```
+nmake /f generate-msvc.mak generate-nmake-files
+```
+You may need to pass in `PYTHON=<path_to_python_interpreter>` in the
+NMake command line above if your Python interpreter is not in your
+`%PATH%`.  Run `nmake /f generate-msvc.mak remove-generated-nmake-files`
+to remove any generated files.
+
+From this directory in a Visual Studio command prompt, run the following:
+```
+nmake /f Makefile.vc CFG=<CFG> <target> <path_options> <other_options>
+```
+Where:
+*  `<CFG>` is the build configuration, i.e. release or debug.  This is
+   mandatory for all targets.
+
+*  `<target>` is as follows:
+    *  (not specified), or `all`: builds the librsvg DLL and tools and
+       GDK-Pixbuf SVG loader.  If `INTROSPECTION=1` is specified, this
+       will also build the introspection files (.gir/.typelib) for librsvg.
+
+    *  `tests`: Same as `all`, but also builds the test programs in
+       $(srcroot)\tests.  You will need the FreeType and HarfBuzz headers,
+       libraries and DLLs (if applicable) to build and run this
+       successfully, even if you are building without PangoFT2.
+    *  `rsvg_rust_tests`: Makes a build of the rust items into an
+       executable to test the rust bits.  You may need to make a copy of
+       `libxml2.lib` (or so) to `xml2.lib` in order to build this
+       successfully.
+    *  `generate-docs`: Build the librsvg HTML documentation, requires the
+       `gi-docgen` tool and must be built in conjunction with
+       introspection.
+    *  `clean`: Removes all build files
+    *  `install`: Same as (not specified) and also copies the built DLLs,
+       `.lib`'s, headers, tools and possibly introspection files and HTML
+       documentation to appropriate locations under `$(PREFIX)`.  This
+	   will also create and copy the `librsvg-2.0.pc` pkg-config file if
+       Python can be found.
+
+*  `<path_options>` is as follows (plase note that paths with spaces
+   should be quoted):
+    *  `PREFIX`: Root directory where built files will be copied to with
+	the `install` target.  This also determines the root directory from
+	which the dependent headers, `.lib`'s and DLLs/`.typelib`'s/`.gir`'s
+    are looked for, if `INCLUDEDIR`, `LIBDIR` and/or `BINDIR` are not
+    respectively specified.  Default is
+	`$(srcroot)\..\vs<vs_short_ver>\<arch>`, where `<vs_short_ver>` is 12
+    for Visual Studio 2013, 14 for VS 2015, 15 for VS 2017 and 16 for VS
+	2019 and 17 for VS2022.
+    *  `INCLUDEDIR`: Base directory where headers are looked for, which
+       is `$(PREFIX)\include` by default.  Note that GLib headers are
+       looked for in `$(INCLUDEDIR)\glib-2.0` and `$(LIBDIR)\glib-2.0\include`.
+    *  `LIBDIR`: Base directory where .lib's and arch-dependent headers
+       are looked for, which is `$(PREFIX)\lib` by default.
+    *  `BINDIR`: Base directory where dependent DLLs and tools (`.exe`'s
+       and scripts) are looked for, which is `$(PREFIX)\bin` by default.
+    *  `PYTHON`: Path to your Python interpreter executable, if not
+       already in your `%PATH%` or using a different installation of
+       Python is desired.  Please see note above on Python usage.  If
+       Python cannot be found, you will not be able to build introspection
+       files and the `librsvg-2.0.pc` pkg-config file will not be generated
+       using the `install` build target.
+    *  `PKG_CONFIG`: Path to your `pkg-config` (or compatible) tool, if not
+       already in your `%PATH%`.  This is required for introspection 
+       builds.
+    *  `LIBINTL_LIB`, `LIBXML2_LIB`, `HARFBUZZ_LIB`, `FREETYPE_LIB`:  
+       Full file name of your gettext-runtime, libxml2, FreeType and/or
+       HarfBuzz library `.lib` file, if not `intl.lib`, `libxml2.lib`,
+       `harfbuzz.lib` and `freetype.lib` respectively.  These should be in
+       the directories indicated by `%LIB%` or in `$(LIBDIR)`, or should
+       be passed in with the full path.  Note that their DLLs, if
+       applicable, should be found in `%PATH%` or in `$(BINDIR)` as well,
+       for building the introspection files or for creating the GDK-Pixbuf
+       loaders cache file.
+    *  `G_IR_SCANNER`, `G_IR_COMPILER`:  Paths to the `g-ir-scanner` script
+       and `g-ir-compiler` program, which are set to be
+	   `$(BINDIR)\g-ir-scanner` and `$(BINDIR)\g-ir-compiler` by default.
+       Used for building introspection files.
+    *  `G_IR_INCLUDEDIR`, `G_IR_TYPELIBDIR`:  Paths to where the
+       dependent .gir and .typelib files, can be found, which are set to
+       be `$(BINDIR)\..\share\gir-1.0` and
+       `$(BINDIR)\..\lib\girepository-1.0` by default.  Used for building
+       introspection files as well as building the HTML documentation.
+    *  `GI_DOCGEN`:  Path to the `gi-docgen` tool, needed if it is not in
+       `%PATH%` and/or is not in `.exe` format (installing `gi-docgen` by
+	   `pip` typically produces `gi-docgen` in `.exe` format).
+
+*  `<other_options>` is as follows, activate the options using
+   `<option>=1`:
+    *  `INTROSPECTION`: Build the introspection files.  Please see notes
+    above.
+    *  `USE_PANGOFT2`: Build the test programs with PangoFT2 support,
+       which will enable more features to be tested.  This will
+       additionally require Pango built with FreeType support, meaning
+       that HarfBuzz, FontConfig and FreeType will also be required for
+       the test programs to run.