MSVC 2022 cannot build this project

[Pomax]

Using MSVC 2022 Community Edition:

PS  D:\temp\cmark-gfm> nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.38.33134.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

makefile(4) : fatal error U1001: syntax error : illegal character '?' in macro
Stop.

[mklabs]

Hi @Pomax I got the exact same error when running the VS command line using powershell.

If you did the same, try using cmd.exe for the shell, I was able to build via cmd:

choosing the command prompt for Visual Studio instead of powershell.

[Pomax]

Ah! Yes, of course, powershell doesn't support normal shell things like &&.

Hopefully the readme can be edited to point out that Windows users need to use cmd

[mklabs]

I ended up using the x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022 from the Windows Start Menu, instead of the one from Visual Studio Tools menu. This should come with a visual studio install.

I needed to compile the static lib for x64 architecture and couldn't get nmake to do so with the developer command prompt out of the tools menu in VS.

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In summary:

1. From windows start menu, search for and open x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022. This should start a windows terminal with cmd shell and environment set to x64.
2. cd to the root of cmark-gfm repo
3. Run nmake
4. The binaries and static lib can be found in build/src and build/extensions

Hope that helps :)

[Pomax]

awesome sleuthing, thanks! Hopefully others will find this information too.