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 VCbind: VC++ Command-Line Setup
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  2017-02-23 d161101: Emphasize the use as a component and less the free-standing use, although that is still supported.
  2017-02-22 d161101: Provide attribution
  2017-02-22 d161101: Provide links to all of the specialized mentions in the Synopsis and the 5Ps.  These could be via the "Available Materials"
  2016-11-23 Provide links, when available, on toolcraft for verifying sha256 digests and openPGP signatures [dh:2016-11-25 This can now be done at the default page of d161101c-dist]
  2016-11-22 Emphasize requiring only freely-available tools in VCbind.txt here as well as overall concerning Toolcraft.
  2016-11-22 Add further detail about how Toolcraft, TROST, and the ability for anyone to confirm functioning of VCbind,  with prerequisite preparation.
  2016-11-22 The Visual Studio 2017 Release candidates do not set a common toolset environment variable.  Figure out how to work without that when the full release occurs.  This is the occasion for 0.2.0 and having the sample build..  [dh:2017-02-22 This is going to be later.  0.2.0 should be short of VS 2017 and also need not have all the confirmation arrangements.][dh:2017-12-26 I now know how to locate VS2017 vcvars code.  It is a tricky case because there is no environment setting to use but a fixed location provides shortcuts that can be used.]
  2016-11-22 Link to reference on creating and using batch scripts somewhere.  There is now (Windows 10) extensive help files built in, along with more on MSDN.  There is also the Command Line Administrator's Pocket Handbook. [dh:2016-11-25 I think I started that somewhere.  Find it.]
  2016-11-22 Verify the VCbind structure with VS2005 (080) and all subsequent VS Express and Community installs. [dh:2016-11-25 That is a good way to work the checklist.][dh:2017-12-26 Freeze 0.2.0 without VS2017, then work on getting VS 2017 working for 0.3.0.]
  2016-11-22 Provide a checklist of the testing cases that apply to VCbind.bat.  The full testing is needed for a release candidate and also the level of testing needs to be accounted for in a pull request.
  2016-11-22 Find out what config cases never work on older toolset versions, and rule them out at the VCbind.bat level. 
  2016-11-22 The term for cmd.exe is "command shell."  Use consistently.  See <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490954.aspx>.
  2016-11-22 Provide/Point to "help cmd" and also point out that extensive help on the command shell is avalable off-line
  2016-11-22 Beyond 0.1.0, confirm VCbind.bat, Powershell, MSYS2,  CygWin and other Unix-style shells.  TC also.  [dh:2016-12-03 The hack for unwinding case-sensitive use of the Environment will be difficult to address.]
  2016-11-22 Include a tip about making handy shortcuts for testing, either as part of toolcraft or here.  There needs to be guidance or a hint about that in VCbind.txt?
  2016-11-22 Testing and confirmation of VCbind.zip should be included in VCbind.zip, along with smoketest procedures and sample compilation.  The first smoketest is to simply run cl.exe with no parameters.  The second is to compile and then run a sample.
done 2017-12-26 d161101d/d161101d-dist Set these up as placeholders because working GitHub materials already identify 0.2.0.
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2017-02-22		 2016-11-22 It must be emphasized that VCbind.bat can be exercised without changing the current working directory, and it will not change that.
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2017-02-22		 2016-12-03 d161101: Add the 5Ps for VCbind and the Design Point for VCbind
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2016-12-03		 2016-11-28 d161101: I don't like the "VCbind: VC++ Console Build Setup" title.  Need to rethink some of this. [dh:2016-12-02 I am thinking that VC++ Command-Line Setup might be better, even though longer.  Use narrative on d161101 to see how close this gets.][2016-12-03 Changed to VC++ Command-Line Setup despite the ambiguity.
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2016-12-02		 2016-11-29 d161101d-dist/default.htm: Correct the 0.0.0 date
done 2016-12-02 d161101d-dist: Change to VCbind 0.1.1 placeholder
done 2016-12-02 d161101d: Change to VCbind 0.1.1 placeholder
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2016-12-02		 2016-11-29 Add Cluster rmaps to d161101d and d161101d-dist folders.
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2016-12-02		 2016-11-29 d161101d: Make revision-progression URLs monospace
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2016-12-02		 2016-11-29 d161101c: Make VCbind 0.1.0 version link monospace
done 2016-11-29 d161101/c/c-dist: Put ClustrMap on these pages
done 2016-11-29 d161101d: Create provisional page pending 0.1.0-next distribution being achieved
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2016-11-29		 2016-11-28 d161101c: Adjust font use in links of the version progression block
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2016-11-29		 2016-11-28 d161101: Add downloads (-dist folders) here too.
done 2016-11-29 d161101d-dist: Create placeholder subfolder with Construction Structure and Default page
done 2016-11-27 d161101c-dist: Adjust fonts and sizes for consistent appearance.   Have text/plane MIME types for .asc and .sha256
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2016-11-25		 2016-11-23 Adapt the ODMdev revision block structure for the downloads.  [dh:2016-11-25 Can link to d161101c-dist and can also link to the .txt manifest file.]
done 2016-11-25 d161101c: Correct links and other material that is hungover from the toolcraft page used as boilerplate.
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2016-11-25		 2016-11-22 d161101c: Prepare to offer VCbind 0.1.0 as the initial stable alpha for VCbind. 
done 2016-11-25 d161101c-dist: Needs a revision progression block too, even though it also links upward.
done 2016-11-25 d161101c-dist: Provide a default.htm that includes all of the download information and what the files are.
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2016-11-24		 2016-11-23 The Zips stay shallow.  VCbind.zip is intended to work that way.  The source zip is versioned, so it works all right in any case.
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2016-11-24		 2016-11-23 Provide sha256 hashes for the files as well.  There is no great reason to use md5 or sha1, even though they are probably perfectly safe to use.  We use sha256 as a practice simply for social reassurance.
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2016-11-24		 2016-11-23 We can also have a VCbind-x.y.z-src.zip and its external signature.  This gets interesting.   This means we need the necessary files at the VCbind level.
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2016-11-24		 2016-11-23 Clearsign the VCbind.txt files.
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2016-11-24		 2016-11-23 Use a subfolder for each release entry so that the downloads avoid name collisions.  This is primarily needed for the VCbind.zip and VCbind.zip.asc files.
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2016-11-24		 2016-11-22 Provide a digital signature for the VCbind.zip download(s).
done 2016-11-23 d161101c-dist: Add folder for the archived distributions of the 0.1.0 release.
done 2016-11-22 Bring to here the TODOs and other text from the Adv10/dev/VCbinder/devBind soure code, simplifying the items in the source code..
done 2016-11-22 d161101c: Introduce a version-progression block for this material.  Oops.   There is one already.
done 2016-11-12 Customize d161101, d161101b, d161101c as initial placeholders
done 0.0.0 2016-11-12


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