[cairo-commit] [cairo-www] src/download.mdwn

[Carl Worth]

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 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit 35417e10d428f040b70d0e1b1b2e4778183dc4fe
Author: Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org>
Date:   Fri Jan 18 12:09:59 2008 -0800

    Add mention of pixman to download page

diff --git a/src/download.mdwn b/src/download.mdwn
index 4100ce9..4978bd6 100644
--- a/src/download.mdwn
+++ b/src/download.mdwn
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 ## Releases
 
 Please download one of the latest [releases](/releases) in order to
-get an API-stable version of cairo. 
+get an API-stable version of cairo. You'll need both the cairo and
+pixman packages.
 
-See In-Progress Development ([below](#development)) for details on getting and building the latest source.
+See In-Progress Development ([below](#development)) for details on
+getting and building the latest pre-release source code if that's what
+you're looking for.
 
 ## Binary Packages
 
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@ and full of rough edges, then we have several things you might enjoy:
 
 We may from time to time create a [snapshot](/snapshots) of the
 current state of cairo. These snapshots do not guarantee API stability
-as the code is still in an experimental state.
+as the code is still in an experimental state. Again, you'll want both
+cairo and pixman packages from that directory.
 
 ## Browsing the latest code
 
@@ -113,10 +117,11 @@ code. The following git commands are provided for your cut-and-paste
 convenience.
     
 	git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/cairo
+	git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/pixman
 
-followed by periodic updates: 
+followed by periodic updates in each resulting directory:
     
-	git pull origin
+	git pull
 
 Once you have a clone this way, you can browse it locally with
 graphical tools such as gitk or gitview. You may also commit changes
@@ -140,16 +145,18 @@ check for a git-core package as well), you can get tar files from
 
 ### Git on Windows
 
-There is a port of git to the [Cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/) environment.
-
-There is also a [new port](http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/) based on MSYS, which makes for a somewhat more "native" Windows port.
+See the [msysgit project](http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/) for the
+latest information about git for Windows. You'll find a .exe installer
+for git there, as well as pointers to the cygwin port of git as well.
 
 For users new to Cygwin, it's fairly straight forward to install.
-Simply download and run the Cygwin Setup.exe from its site.
-Walk through the initial dialog boxes until you reach the "Select Packages" page.
-Click the "View" button to display an alphabetical list of packages and select the 'git' package.
+Simply download and run the Cygwin Setup.exe from its site.  Walk
+through the initial dialog boxes until you reach the "Select Packages"
+page.  Click the "View" button to display an alphabetical list of
+packages and select the 'git' package.
 
-If you want to build using gcc, you will also need to select the following packages:
+If you want to build using gcc, you will also need to select the
+following packages:
 
 * 'automake' ( anything >=1.7 )
 * 'gcc-core' 
@@ -160,12 +167,17 @@ If you want to build using gcc, you will also need to select the following packa
 
 Whether you build with gcc or not:
 
-Click 'Next' and Cygwin setup will download all you need.
-After downloading, go to the directory where Cygwin is installed, and run "cygwin.bat". This will open a command prompt.
-[Mount](http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount) an existing directory on your hard drive,
-cd to that directory, and then follow the "Downloading with git" instructions [above](#git).
-
-If you want to build using Visual Studio and still want the latest source, you *will* need cygwin, but you will only need to select the 'git' package.  See the [Visual Studio](http://cairographics.org/visualstudio/) page for more details.
+Click 'Next' and Cygwin setup will download all you need.  After
+downloading, go to the directory where Cygwin is installed, and run
+"cygwin.bat". This will open a command prompt.
+[Mount](http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount) an
+existing directory on your hard drive, cd to that directory, and then
+follow the "Downloading with git" instructions [above](#git).
+
+If you want to build using Visual Studio and still want the latest
+source, you *will* need cygwin, but you will only need to select the
+'git' package.  See the [Visual
+Studio](http://cairographics.org/visualstudio/) page for more details.
 
 ## CVS repository for supporting modules
 Previously, cairo was maintained with cvs. Some of the supporting