Further install doc updates: Windows and add a link

Signed-off-by: Gary Oberbrunner <[email protected]>
AcademySoftwareFoundation · Apr 2, 2024 · 48cf6f7 · 48cf6f7
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@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ This should build with the default Visual Studio on Windows and
 Makefiles with gcc on Linux and Mac, and install the plugins into the
 standard location.
 
+On Windows, you'll need either mingw or git bash to run the shell
+script, but all builds are done using the MSVC compiler.
+
+
 The `build-cmake.sh` script takes a few args:
 
 ```

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ Please read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/ofxa/openfx/wiki/Ex
 
 # Building Libs and Plugins
 
-You can build the examples, support lib, and host support lib using Conan and CMake
-On all OSes, you should be able to use `scripts/build-cmake.sh`. For more details, see [install.md](install.md).
+You can build the examples, support lib, and host support lib using Conan and CMake.
+
+On all OSes (even Windows with Mingw), you should be able to use `scripts/build-cmake.sh`. For more details, see [install.md](install.md).
 
 # Building Docs
 
-See instructions in Documentation/README.md.
+See instructions in [Documentation/README.md](Documentation/README.md).