it took me several hours to figure out these install instructions and it turns out they're wrong anyway but i'm committing them here before replacing them with the actual instructions because of how long it took and ugh

readme.md

@@ -19,16 +19,47 @@ sudo apt install mono-devel gtk-sharp3
 sudo pacman -S mono gtk-sharp-3
 ```
 
+### installing on windows 10
+- first you need mono and msys2.
+	- **chocolatey:** `choco install mono msys2`
+	- **otherwise:** download and install mono from [here](https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-win), and *don't* install gtk#. then, install msys2 from [here](https://www.msys2.org/).
+- then, open msys2 and run `pacman -Syu mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3`. 
+- now you need gtk sharp 3, but you need the dotnet sdk to install it. download and install ".NET Core SDK" from [this page](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download).
+- add msys2's mingw `bin` folder (and mono's `bin` folder if required) to your $PATH:
+	- open control panel
+	- click "system and security"
+	- click "system"
+	- click "advanced system settings"
+	- choose the "advanced" tab
+	- click "environment variables..."
+	- in the "system variables" box (the bottom one), find the variable named "Path", click it, then click the edit button
+	- click "new"
+	- type in the full path to your msys2 mingw `bin` folder. for me, this path was `C:\tools\msys64\mingw64\bin`, but it may be different for you.
+	- if mono is not currently on your $PATH, you'll also need to add its bin folder here - for me, this path was `C:\Program Files\Mono\bin`.
+	- click "ok"
+- open a new command prompt/powershell window to ensure environment variables get updated.
+- `cd` to the folder you downloaded buypeeb into.
+- run `dotnet restore`
+- mono's `pkg-config` is broken because they forgot to link against a few DLLs, which is just great, so you'll need to download [this zip file](https://cloud.lynnesbian.space/s/qDB2cM7rgWoSXtK), extract it, and copy the four dll files inside it to your mono bin path, which is probably `C:\Program Files\Mono\bin`.
+- fixing `pkg-config` will allow you to compile the project
+
+
 ## compiling
+### linux
 ```
 mcs -pkg:gtk-sharp-3.0 -resource:ui.glade *.cs
 ```
+### windows
+```
+dotnet build
+```
 
 ## running
-```
+### linux
-./BuypeebApp.exe
-```
-or
 ```
 mono ./BuypeebApp.exe
 ```
+### windows
+```
+dotnet run
+```