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			@title Arcanist User Guide: Windows
			@group userguide

			Explains how to install Arcanist on Windows.

			= Overview =

			Arcanist runs on Windows, either in `cmd.exe` or the Git Bash environments.
			However, it will take a little effort to get working. This document explains
			what you need to do in order to get it running.

			NOTE: Windows support is relatively new and incomplete, file bugs when you run
			into issues.

			= Required Components =

			You need to install:

			- Arcanist itself, see @{article:Arcanist User Guide}.
			- PHP
			- SVN, Git, or Mercurial.

			Then, configure:

			- Your PATH environmental variable should include `arcanist/bin`, the `php`
			directory, and the directory where your VCS command lives. When you type
			`php`, `arc`, or (for example) `git` from the command line, they should all
			do something.
			- Your EDITOR environmental variable should point at some valid CLI editor,
			like the Git Bash `vim`. (Under `cmd.exe`, you need to point to the actual
			`vim.exe`, not just the `bin/vim` symlink which runs it under Git Bash
			since `cmd.exe` does not know how to run the symlink.)

			You can set environmental variables somewhere in the `Advanced` tab of the
			`System` control panel.

			Now you should be able to run `arc` normally (either from `cmd.exe` or
			Git Bash) and it should work more-or-less properly.