README update for building on Windows

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Timothy Sutton 2013-02-02 20:14:21 -05:00
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If you'd rather run it as a standard Python script, you'll need [Python for Windows](http://www.python.org/download/releases) (this was tested with the latest 2.7 release) in order to execute the script.
If you'd rather build it yourself using PyInstaller, install [Python](http://www.python.org/download/releases), [PyInstaller](http://www.pyinstaller.org) and the appropriate version of [pywin32](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files), then build a "single file deployment" with PyInstaller:
If you'd rather build it yourself, you can use the included build script. It requires [Python](http://www.python.org/download/releases) and the matching version of [pywin32](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files). It handles downloading PyInstaller for you. Simply run it with no arguments, and it will build a zip file in the current working directory:
`c:\python27\python build_windows_exe.py`
`%SystemRoot%\Python27\python \path\to\pyinstaller\pyinstaller.py -F \path\to\brigadier`
The resultant file, `brigadier.exe`, should be in the `dist` folder created in the working directory.
## Configuration