From 615d606da9703979df6d997d529abd8ebd9b8576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maximilian Hils Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 15:35:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: minor improvements to Windows installation --- docs/src/content/overview-installation.md | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md b/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md index 87355d53b..4b300d729 100644 --- a/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md +++ b/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md @@ -36,16 +36,15 @@ the repository maintainers directly for issues with native packages. ## Windows -All the mitmproxy tools are fully supported under WSL (Windows Subsystem for -Linux). Please follow the [installation instructions for -WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10), and then + +All the mitmproxy tools are fully supported under [WSL (Windows Subsystem for +Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about). We recommend to [install WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10), and then follow the mitmproxy installation instructions for Linux. We also distribute native Windows packages for all tools other than the -mitmproxy console app, which is not supported under native Windows. The -recommended way to install mitmproxy on Windows is to download the binary -packages from our -[releases](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/releases/latest) page. +mitmproxy console app, which only works under WSL. To install mitmproxy on Windows, +download the binary packages from our +[releases](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/releases/latest) page. After installation, you'll find shortcuts for mitmweb and mitmdump in the start menu. Both executables are added to your PATH and can be invoked from the