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Re: Problem building docs on Windows

 

I don't think anyone really tested it on windows before. There are
probably some subtle issues.

Sort of related is the wish to ditch asciidoc in favor of asciidoctor only.

https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/-/issues/638

On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 at 15:52, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Anyone have tips for building the documentation on Windows?
>
> I have tried the following in msys2 (from a ./build directory)
>
> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DLANGUAGES=en -DBUILD_FORMATS=html
> make
>
> Both cmake and make run with no errors, but no output is present in the build folder.
> Make exits very quickly with little output:
>
> $ make
> Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.804]
> (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> The above workflow is working fine for me on Linux (using -GNinja instead of makefiles)
> Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
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