Far better applications can be had on Windows if you just install KDE ones. Luckily, they're well-written enough that they tend to be pretty native cross-platform (hence Konqueror's rendering engine conquered the browser world). == Pre-built == * [[ https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ | Kate (superior text editor) ]] == Build it yourself == Also pretty easy to build things yourself, relatively speaking. See [[ https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows | the official documentation for Craft ]] for full details, but here's one approach: # [[ https://www.python.org/downloads/ | Install Python ]], if you haven't already., probably choosing: ** {nav name="Install launcher for all users (recommended)", icon=check-square-o} ** {nav name="Add Python 3.x to PATH", icon=check-square-o} ** {nav name="Customize Installation", icon=arrow-right > Next > Advanced Options} : *** additionally check {nav name="Install for all users", icon=check-square-o} *** Change install location to something less weird like `C:\Python38-32` or such. ** Isn't there an option at the end to remove the path length limit? Hmm, not on the 32-bit exe maybe? # Then [[ https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=16 | grab Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition ]] or commit to not compiling anything that uses QtWebEngine, which would suck so sadly for these instructions we won't be using MinGW despite how much less terrible it is. Don't really have to //use// Visual Studio though, thankfully. # Enable [[ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/get-started/enable-your-device-for-development | Developer Mode ]] so you can have symlinks like the year isn't 1977. Go {nav Settings app > Update & Security > For developers}. # Start a new PowerShell session (maybe in the [[ documentation/windows/terminal/ ]] and run the following commands: ``` lang=powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KDE/craft/master/setup/install_craft.ps1')) ``` Then get a completely mysterious message saying ``` Insert the diskette that contains the batch file and press any key when ready. ``` This seems to come up while installing Git? Who cares, I'm sure it's fine, press {key ctrl + c} and let it continue. Alright, now run the command it says (ex. `A:\CraftRoot\craft\craftenv.ps1` et voila. Time to start compiling things! [[ https://community.kde.org/Craft#Common_Craft_commands | Basic operation is extremely easy ]]. I'd recommend starting something right away, since there's a lot of dependencies you'll have to download and compile and many will be shared. So just run `craft dolphin` or something.

Far better applications can be had on Windows if you just install KDE ones. Luckily, they're well-written enough that they tend to be pretty native cross-platform (hence Konqueror's rendering engine conquered the browser world). == Pre-built == * [[ https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ | Kate (superior text editor) ]] == Build it yourself == Also pretty easy to build things yourself, relatively speaking. See [[ https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows | the official documentation for Craft ]].

Far better applications can be had on Windows if you just install KDE ones. Luckily, they're well-written enough that they tend to be pretty native cross-platform (hence Konqueror's rendering engine conquered the browser world). == Pre-built == * [[ https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ | Kate (superior text editor) ]] == Build it yourself == Also pretty easy to build things yourself, relatively speaking. See [[ https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows | the official documentation for Craft ]] for full details, but here's one approach: # [[ https://www.python.org/downloads/ | Install Python ]], if you haven't already., probably choosing: ** {nav name="Install launcher for all users (recommended)", icon=check-square-o} ** {nav name="Add Python 3.x to PATH", icon=check-square-o} ** {nav name="Customize Installation", icon=arrow-right > Next > Advanced Options} : *** additionally check {nav name="Install for all users", icon=check-square-o} *** Change install location to something less weird like `C:\Python38-32` or such. ** Isn't there an option at the end to remove the path length limit? Hmm, not on the 32-bit exe maybe? # Then [[ https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=16 | grab Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition ]] or commit to not compiling anything that uses QtWebEngine, which would suck so sadly for these instructions we won't be using MinGW despite how much less terrible it is. Don't really have to //use// Visual Studio though, thankfully. # Enable [[ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/get-started/enable-your-device-for-development | Developer Mode ]] so you can have symlinks like the year isn't 1977. Go {nav Settings app > Update & Security > For developers}. # Start a new PowerShell session (maybe in the [[ documentation/windows/terminal/ ]] and run the following commands: ``` lang=powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KDE/craft/master/setup/install_craft.ps1')) ``` Then get a completely mysterious message saying ``` Insert the diskette that contains the batch file and press any key when ready. ``` This seems to come up while installing Git? Who cares, I'm sure it's fine, press {key ctrl + c} and let it continue. Alright, now run the command it says (ex. `A:\CraftRoot\craft\craftenv.ps1` et voila. Time to start compiling things! [[ https://community.kde.org/Craft#Common_Craft_commands | Basic operation is extremely easy ]]. I'd recommend starting something right away, since there's a lot of dependencies you'll have to download and compile and many will be shared. So just run `craft dolphin` or something.