README for Win32
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-LyX has been ported to Win32 using the Cygwin environement.
-See README.Cygwin for details.
-
-In addition, Ruurd Reitsma has created a native port of LyX on Win32
-using the binary Qt/Win32 2.3.0 library. It is not clear whether we
-are legally allowed to distribute this library. Certainly, using it
-goes against the spirit of Open Source software and we have chosen,
-therefore, not to provide formal support for Ruurd's port.
-
-Having said that, you'll find the executable, together with lots of
-useful tips, on Ruurd's site: http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/
-The Win32 pages on the LyX wiki will also be useful:
-http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/LyX
-Finally, you'll find lots of friendly help on the lyx users'
-mailing list: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
-
-Trolltech has stated that they do not intend to release
-Qt/Win under the GPL. However, it is likely that a native port of LyX
-to Windows will be supported formally in the future, for two reasons:
-
-* A frontend for LyX using the Gtk libraries is under active
-development. The Gtk libraries for Win32 are indeed released under
-the GPL.
-
-* Some success has been reported compiling LyX on Win32 using the
-GPL-ed port of qt/x11 to Win32 by the kde-cygwin project. See
-http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/qt3-win32/index.php
+If you just want to use LyX, get the official Windows installer and
+use that. More detailed help can be found on the wiki at
+http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows.
+
+If you want to compile LyX yourself, there are a number of ways to do
+that.
+
+LyX has been ported to Win32 using three different compilers:
+Microsoft Visual Studio C++ compiler (VC). MinGW gcc, or Cygwin gcc.
+
+There are also three different build solutions avaiable: Scons, Cmake
+or using the traditional Unix autoconf machinery.
+
+INSTALL.scons covers how to build using SCons, using any of the three
+compilers.
+
+development/cmake/README.cmake explains how to build using CMake. This
+is especially good with VC, because it produces real .sln files.
+
+See INSTALL.win32 for info about how to build using Cygwin.
+
+Joost has prepared a .zip package with most of the stuff that you'll
+need to compile LyX yourself. Get that from
+ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc.zip.
+Unzip in c:\program files\ and rename the directory to gnuwin32, and
+you will find that the CMake solution works almost out of the box,
+if you have Visual Studio.
+
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