[project @ 2001-09-24 14:18:05 by rrt]

Windows port can now handle spaces in filenames, so delete the bit saying it
can't. Also change URL of download page (it was pointing to the now defunct
download.html).

PLEASE MERGE PLEASE, GO ON, PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR

(this also necessitates the site's copy of the docs being updated. Sorry)

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml
index b3bbc10..d75dbec 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml
@@ -544,21 +544,14 @@ To run GHC comfortably, your machine should have at least
 <Sect2><Title>Installing GHC</Title>
 
 <Para>
-Download the latest GHC distribution (ghc-5.02 InstallShield installer, 24M)
+Download the latest GHC distribution (ghc-5.02 InstallShield installer, 27M)
 from <ULink
-URL="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html">haskell.org</ULink>
+URL="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_502.html">haskell.org</ULink>
 It is packaged up using an installer that should be familiar-looking to
 Windows users.
 </Para>
 
 <Para>
-Note: GHC's support for file names containing
-spaces is not 100%, so make sure that you install ghc in a directory
-that has no embedded spaces (i.e., resist the temptation to put it
-in <Filename>/Program Files/</Filename>!)
-</Para>
-
-<Para>
 When the installer has completed, make sure you add the location of the
 ghc <Filename>bin/</Filename> directory to your path (e.g.
 <Filename>C:/ghc/ghc-5.02/bin</Filename>).