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#### Windows
-On windows you will need to have the `{architecture}-pc-windows-msvc` toolchain installed as well as [Clang 3.9 or greater](http://releases.llvm.org/download.html).
+On windows you will need to have the `{architecture}-pc-windows-msvc` toolchain
+installed as well as [Clang 3.9 or greater](http://releases.llvm.org/download.html).
#### Other
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ filling in this section of the README.
## Building
-### Linux
+### Linux / Windows
Once all the prerequisites are installed, compiling Alacritty should be easy:
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ cargo build --release
```
If all goes well, this should place a binary at `target/release/alacritty`.
+On Windows this directory should also contain the `winpty-agent.exe`.
#### Desktop Entry
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ To choose a default terminal app, use Debian's `update-alternatives`.
```sh
update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
-```
+```
## Manual Page