- gitclone the main janet repo off of https://github.com/janet-lang/janet.git
- use build_win.bat inside a native tools command prompt for VS 2----
- install VS 2019 community edition
- use build_win.bat inside a native tools command prompt for VS 2019 to build the executable
- run "build_win.bat test" to make sure everything is tucked in place
- run "build_win.bat dist" to create an installer that will install your local version of janet on any computer that runs windows. its an msi file. not there?
- install the, uh: WiX 3.11 Toolset from https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases
- run "build_win.bat dist" to create an installer.
- run the installer
- accept the terms in the License Agreement.
- click on advanced and realize there is not much there and you just click on next until
- realize VS Studio Code is still running an instance of janet
- click on the trash can
- wait for a long time, finally also close VS Code, the, uh WiX installer and then suddenly the Janet installer you just brewed up jolts up to the finish line:
- click Finish
- enjoy pressing alt+e to evaluate the current SEXpression and alt+l for evaling the whole file in VSCode using the vscode-janet extension (https://github.com/janet-lang/vscode-janet) while being served by your very own, personally compiled and put together: janet.exe -s (the -s is so it's using RAW standard input ;D
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