INSTALL: better note about short names.

qgis · Jan 21, 2013 · 0757e42 · 0757e42
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@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ box, browse to the top level QGIS directory.
 In the //Where to build the binaries:// box, browse to the 'build' directory you
 created.
 
-Adjust the path to bison and flex so that the shortened ``C:/Progra~1`` is used 
-rather than ``C:/Program Files``.
+If the path to bison and flex contains blanks, you need to use the short name
+for the directory (i.e. ``C:\Program Files`` should be rewritten to
+``C:\Progra~n``, where ``n`` is the number as shown in `dir /x C:\``).
 
 Verify that the 'BINDINGS_GLOBAL_INSTALL' option is not checked, so that python
 bindings are placed into the output directory when you run the INSTALL target.