-Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
-===========================
-
-LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005.
-
-Compiling
-=========
-
-1 Install MSVC 2005
-
- If you don't have MSVC 2005 installed, download and install the free
- Express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
-
- You also need to install the Platform SDK, see
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
-
-2 Install Python
-
- Get the latest Python 2.5 version at
- http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/
-
- Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment
- variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced >
- Environment Variables).
-
-3 Install SCons
-
- Download and install SCons 0.96.92 from http://www.scons.org/download.php
-
-4 Install the dependencies
-
- Download ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4.zip
- and extract in the root directory of your LyX files (so you will get
- a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc next to the other directories
- like src, development etc.).
-
-5 Compile
-
- Run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
+Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+==========================================================
+
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and CMake.
+Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
+
+
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+===================================
+
+Follow this Wiki page:
+
+ http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation
+
+If you find there any errors please write a mail to the lyx-devel mailing list.
+
Creating the Installer
======================
-
- To create an installer with LyX and all related components, download
- and install the latest NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
-
- Open development\Win32\packaging\installer\setttings.user.nsh and modify
- the settings depending on your build environment.
-
- Finally, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer
- (in a normal Windows Explorer), right-click on lyx.nsi and click
- "Compile NSIS Script".
+
+ - Get NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
+ - In the LyX source directory, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer
+ - Copy the 3 dll-files from there to the DLL folder of the NSIS installation
+ - Check whether the file locations/paths in settings.nsh match your setup.
+ - Right-click on lyx.nsi and click "Compile NSIS Script".