From 6df7bd63e48adaf05be47cc2b86ea20fa7b802a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tierney Cyren Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 15:53:50 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: improve Windows build variable documentation (#20548) * docs: improve Windows build variable documentation Documents an additional and possibly unclear variable, `DRIVE:`, in the example global variables for building with Windows * docs: update formatting in build-instructions-windows.md to align with styleguide --- docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md index 1b8fd1520b1a..80c6f2542ed6 100644 --- a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md +++ b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md @@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ Follow the guidelines below for building Electron on Windows. components are required. * If your Visual Studio is installed in a directory other than the default, you'll need to set a few environment variables to point the toolchains to your installation path. - * `vs2019_install = DRIVE:\path\to\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community` - (replace `2019` and `Community` with your installed versions) - * `WINDOWSSDKDIR = DRIVE:\path\to\Windows Kits\10` + * `vs2019_install = DRIVE:\path\to\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community`, replacing `2019` and `Community` with your installed versions and replacing `DRIVE:` with the drive that Visual Studio is on. Often, this will be `C:`. + * `WINDOWSSDKDIR = DRIVE:\path\to\Windows Kits\10`, replacing `DRIVE:` with the drive that Windows Kits is on. Often, this will be `C:`. * [Python 2.7.10 or higher](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/) * Contrary to the `depot_tools` setup instructions linked below, you will need to use your locally installed Python with at least version 2.7.10 (with