@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ These are instructions for building Perl under Windows 7 and later.
1414
1515=head1 DESCRIPTION
1616
17- Before you start, you should glance through the README file
17+ Before you start, you should glance through the F< README>  file
1818found in the top-level directory to which the Perl distribution
1919was extracted.  Make sure you read and understand the terms under
2020which this software is being distributed.
2121
2222Also make sure you read L</BUGS AND CAVEATS> below for the
2323known limitations of this port.
2424
25- The INSTALL file in the perl top-level has much information that is
25+ The F< INSTALL>  file in the perl top-level has much information that is
2626only relevant to people building Perl on Unix-like systems.  In
2727particular, you can safely ignore any information that talks about
28- " Configure" .
28+ F< Configure> .
2929
3030You may also want to look at one other option for building a perl that
31- will work on Windows: the README.cygwin file, which give a different
31+ will work on Windows: the F< README.cygwin>  file, which give a different
3232set of rules to build a perl for Windows.  This method will probably
3333enable you to build a more Unix-compatible perl, but you will also
3434need to download and use various other build-time and run-time support
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Delivers gcc toolchain building 32-bit executables (which can be used both 32 an
5959
6060Delivers gcc toolchain targeting both 64-bit Windows and 32-bit Windows
6161platforms (despite the project name "mingw-w64" they are not only 64-bit
62- oriented). They deliver the native gcc  compilers and cross-compilers
62+ oriented). They deliver the native GCC  compilers and cross-compilers
6363that are also supported by perl's makefile.
6464
6565=back
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ down compiler (no java, or gfortran) suitable for building perl available at:
7474L<https://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/64_gcctoolchain/>
7575
7676NOTE: If you're using a 32-bit compiler to build perl on a 64-bit Windows
77- operating system, then you should set the WIN64 environment variable to " undef" .
78- Also, the trimmed down compiler only passes tests when USE_ITHREADS *= define
79- (as opposed to undef) and when the CFG *= Debug line is commented out.
77+ operating system, then you should set the C< WIN64>  environment variable to C< undef> .
78+ Also, the trimmed down compiler only passes tests when C< USE_ITHREADS *= define> 
79+ (as opposed to C< undef> ) and when the C< CFG *= Debug>  line is commented out.
8080
8181This port fully supports MakeMaker (the set of modules that
8282is used to build extensions to perl).  Therefore, you should be
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ The defaults in the C<gmake> makefile are set up to build with MinGW/gcc.
197197=item *
198198
199199Edit the F<GNUmakefile> (or F<Makefile>, if you're using F<nmake>) and change
200- the values of I <INST_DRV> and C<INST_TOP>. You can also enable various build
200+ the values of C <INST_DRV> and C<INST_TOP>. You can also enable various build
201201flags. These are explained in the makefiles.
202202
203203Note that it is generally not a good idea to try to build a C<perl> with
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ is the most commonly launched program during the build and later testing.
253253
254254=head2 Testing Perl on Windows
255255
256- Type " gmake test"  (or " nmake test" ).  This will run most
256+ Type C< gmake test>  (or C< nmake test> ).  This will run most
257257of the tests from the testsuite (many tests will be skipped).
258258
259259There should be no test failures.
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ native "cmd.exe", or if you are building from a path that contains
272272spaces.  So don't do that.
273273
274274If you are running the tests from a emacs shell window, you may see
275- failures in op/stat.t.  Run " gmake test-notty"  in that case.
275+ failures in F< op/stat.t> .  Run C< gmake test-notty>  in that case.
276276
277277Furthermore, you should make sure that during C<make test> you do not
278278have any GNU tool packages in your path: some toolkits like Unixutils
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Please report any other failures as described under L</BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
291291
292292=head2 Installation of Perl on Windows
293293
294- Type " gmake install" (" nmake install" ).  This will
294+ Type C< gmake install> (C< nmake install> ).  This will
295295put the newly built perl and the libraries under whatever C<INST_TOP>
296296points to in the Makefile.  It will also install the pod documentation
297297under C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\lib\pod> and HTML versions of the same
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