Re: [AD] /docs MSVC7 specific makefile target

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Evert Glebbeek wrote:
there is a makefile target definition for MSVC7 compiler
it needs to be documented.

i am not familiar with how the documentation gets generated but here is
what needs to appear in the  /doc/html/allegro045.html

<li>COMPILER_MSVC7=1
<br>Selects MSVC7 specific optimisations.


just under the UNIXTOOLs one would be a good place.
can someone add this please.


What is the --msvc7 flag used for in the fix.bat script? Isn't this what
it's supposed to do? If that's documented it should be fine I think.
> Evert


oh yes, forgot about that one !
in that case, im still in favour of adding the above suggestion. unless you can think of reasons why not. i dont feel strongly about it, just thought it would be kind of handy to know.

point2: the documentation in the /docs/build/msvc.txt

currently say this:

If you are using MSVC 7 or higher you can specify "msvc7" instead of "msvc" which will enable better optimalization. However it can make the compilation slower especially for the statically linked version.


i dont like the word 'optimalization'. its not proper! even google says this: "Did you mean: optimization"

and

the note about compile speed will be slower is trivial, and rather irrelevant, what is an extra minute anyway, when your compiling something like allegro ?




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