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Expand Up @@ -214,6 +214,17 @@ Even though MSVC supports building multiple configurations, you should only buil
If you need multiple configurations you should create multiple sub-folders and repeat the above instructions for each configuration.
Also If you enable Python, please ensure that python is on your Windows PATH

.. note::
Building with `Ninja <https://ninja-build.org/>`_ is highly recommended and can produce significantly faster build times.

To use Ninja as your CMake generator, modify your ``cmake`` command like so::

cmake -G Ninja ...

Then, to build, you can use the following command::

ninja

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