From 0f65b3981d6e5f12be6aec6a9bbe466dc45aa696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:14:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add a link to instructions for setting up a Visual Studio
 development environment

---
 manual/develop.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/manual/develop.rst b/manual/develop.rst
index eba7dced0f..5a3733c6da 100644
--- a/manual/develop.rst
+++ b/manual/develop.rst
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ in your favorite editor and add the line::
 
 near the top of the file. Now run the command :command:`calibredb`. The very first line of output should be ``Hello, world!``.
 
+You can also setup a calibre development environment inside the free Microsoft
+Visual Studio, if you like, following the instructions `here <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251201>`_.
+
 OS X development environment
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