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diff --git a/doc/12_Compiling.md b/doc/12_Compiling.md index 2792f6f8..423cdbdb 100644 --- a/doc/12_Compiling.md +++ b/doc/12_Compiling.md @@ -15,9 +15,17 @@ from the [GTK+ website][]. Additionally you will need the [GNU C compiler][] distribution through its package manager. For example, Ubuntu includes these tools in the `build-essential` package. +If you would like to compile the terminal version of Textadept, you will need +the ncurses and CDK development libraries. Similarly, they should be available +from your package manager. For Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu, the +packages are typically called `libncurses5-dev` and `libcdk5-dev`. Otherwise, +compile and install them from their [respective][] [websites][]. + [GTK+ website]: http://www.gtk.org/download/linux.html [GNU C compiler]: http://gcc.gnu.org [GNU Make]: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ +[respective]: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/#download_ncurses +[websites]: http://invisible-island.net/cdk/#download ### Windows @@ -61,9 +69,9 @@ either run `make win32`, modify the `CROSS` variable in the `win32` block of `src/Makefile` and run `make win32`, or run `make CROSS=i486-mingw32- win32` to build `../textadept.exe` and `../textadeptjit.exe`. -Please note that a `lua51.dll` is produced for Windows platforms because -limitations on external Lua library loading do not allow statically linking -LuaJIT to Textadept. Static linking occurs on all other platforms. +Please note that a `lua51.dll` is produced for _only_ the `textadeptjit.exe` +because limitations on external Lua library loading do not allow statically +linking LuaJIT to Textadept. ### Mac OSX |