[3/5] docs: Mention that libraries for MSVC can be built with a cross compiler

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On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 11:21:12AM +0300, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> 
> --- a/doc/general.texi
> +++ b/doc/general.texi
> @@ -934,6 +934,9 @@ make install
>  Your install path (@file{/usr/local/} by default) should now have the
>  necessary DLL and LIB files under the @file{bin} directory.
>  
> +Alternatively, build the libraries with a cross compiler, according to
> +the instructions below in "Cross compilation for Windows with Linux".
> +
>  To use those files with MSVC++, do the same as you would do with
>  the static libraries, as described above. But in Step 4,
>  you should only need to add the directory where the LIB files are installed

This should be a link to the section/subsection.

Diego

On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 11:21:12AM +0300, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> > 
> > --- a/doc/general.texi
> > +++ b/doc/general.texi
> > @@ -934,6 +934,9 @@ make install
> >  Your install path (@file{/usr/local/} by default) should now have the
> >  necessary DLL and LIB files under the @file{bin} directory.
> >  
> > +Alternatively, build the libraries with a cross compiler, according to
> > +the instructions below in "Cross compilation for Windows with Linux".
> > +
> >  To use those files with MSVC++, do the same as you would do with
> >  the static libraries, as described above. But in Step 4,
> >  you should only need to add the directory where the LIB files are installed
> 
> This should be a link to the section/subsection.

Yes, I wanted to do that, but a quick 3 second browse of the rest of the 
file didn't reveal any examples on how to do that, so I settled for this 
form for now. :-)

How do I do a proper cross-reference in texinfo?

// Martin

On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 01:35:18PM +0300, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 11:21:12AM +0300, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> > > 
> > > --- a/doc/general.texi
> > > +++ b/doc/general.texi
> > > @@ -934,6 +934,9 @@ make install
> > >  Your install path (@file{/usr/local/} by default) should now have the
> > >  necessary DLL and LIB files under the @file{bin} directory.
> > >  
> > > +Alternatively, build the libraries with a cross compiler, according to
> > > +the instructions below in "Cross compilation for Windows with Linux".
> > > +
> > >  To use those files with MSVC++, do the same as you would do with
> > >  the static libraries, as described above. But in Step 4,
> > >  you should only need to add the directory where the LIB files are installed
> > 
> > This should be a link to the section/subsection.
> 
> Yes, I wanted to do that, but a quick 3 second browse of the rest of the 
> file didn't reveal any examples on how to do that, so I settled for this 
> form for now. :-)
> 
> How do I do a proper cross-reference in texinfo?

@ref in this case, there are also @xref and @pxref.

Doublecheck to make sure it looks and works right.

Diego