necessary privileges (or inclination) to properly install the tools
locally. Note that if you do decide to install the package `properly'
at a later date, you have to go through the installation steps that
-follows.
+follow.
</Para>
<Para>
extra-bin/ Support binaries
unlit Remove literate markup
- touch.exe [Win32 only]
+ touchy.exe [Win32 only]
perl.exe [Win32 only]
gcc.exe [Win32 only]
libmingw32.a Standard
..etc.. libraries
- include/*.h Include files
+ *.h Include files
imports/ GHC interface files
std/*.hi 'std' library
StgMacros.h GHC-specific
..etc... header files
- mingw/*.h Mingwin header files
+ mingw/*.h [Win32 only] Mingwin header files
libHSrts.a GHC library archives
libHSstd.a
<para>The GHC executable is the Real Thing (no intervening
shell scripts or <filename>.bat</filename> files).
Reason: we sometimes invoke GHC with very long command lines,
-and <filename>.bat</filename> truncate them. [We assume people won't invoke ghci with very long
+and <filename>cmd.exe</filename> (which executes <filename>.bat</filename> files)
+truncates them. [We assume people won't invoke ghci with very long
command lines.]</para>
<para>On Unix, the user-invokable <filename>ghc</filename> invokes <filename>$(libdir)/extra-bin/ghc</filename>,
</listitem>
<listitem>
-<para> Similarly, we distribute <filename>perl</filename> and <filename>touch</filename>
+<para> Similarly, we distribute <filename>perl</filename> and a <filename>touch</filename>
+replacement (<filaname>touchy.exe</filename>)
with the Win32 distribution of GHC. </para>
</listitem>