Initial support for generating Visual Studio solution and project files using GYP

build/README.txt

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--- build/README.txt	(revision 7691)
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 based build system.
 
 To use this a checkout of GYP is needed inside this directory. From the root of
-the V8 project do the following
+the V8 project do the following:
 
 $ svn co http://gyp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk build/gyp
 
 To generate Makefiles and build 32-bit version on Linux:
+--------------------------------------------------------
 
 $ GYP_DEFINES=target_arch=ia32 build/gyp_v8
 $ make
 
 To generate Makefiles and build 64-bit version on Linux:
+--------------------------------------------------------
 
 $ GYP_DEFINES=target_arch=x64 build/gyp_v8
 $ make
 
 To generate Makefiles and build for the arm simulator on Linux:
+---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $ build/gyp_v8 -I build/arm.gypi
 $ make
+
+To generate Visual Studio solution and project files on Windows:
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+On Windows an additional third party component is required. This is cygwin in
+the same version as is used by the Chromium project. This can be checked out
+from the Chromium repository. From the root of the V8 project do the following:
+
+> svn co http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/deps/third_party/cygwin@66844 third_party/cygwin
+
+To run GYP Python is required and it is reccomended to use the same version as
+is used by the Chromium project. This can also be checked out from the Chromium
+repository. From the root of the V8 project do the following:
+
+> svn co http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/tools/third_party/python_26@70627 third_party/python_26
+
+Now generate Visual Studio solution and project files:
+
+> third_party\python_26\python build/gyp_v8 -D target_arch=ia32
+
+Now open build\All.sln in Visual Studio.