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README: Add a screenshot showing how to run meson on windows

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......@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ ninja -C builddir
This will automatically create the `build` directory and build everything
inside it.
NOTE: On Windows, you *must* run this from inside the Visual Studio command
prompt of the appropriate architecture and version.
NOTE: On Windows, you *must* run this from [inside the Visual Studio command
prompt](#running-meson-on-windows) of the appropriate architecture and version.
### External dependencies
......@@ -319,6 +319,15 @@ Note that Meson is written entirely in Python, so you can also run it as-is
from the [git repository](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/) if you want to
use the latest master branch for some reason.
### Running Meson on Windows
At present, to build with Visual Studio, you need to run Meson from inside the
VS 2019 command prompt. Press `Start`, and search for `VS 2019`, and click on
`x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019`, or a prompt named similar to
that:
![x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019](/data/images/vs-2019-dev-prompt.png)
### Setup a mingw/wine based development environment on linux
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data/images/vs-2019-dev-prompt.png

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