Merge pull request #127 from TypeStrong/document-npm-link

jbrantly · jbrantly · commit f21bb7c64335 · 2015-12-23T23:48:19.000-05:00
Document usage of `npm link typescript`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ You will also need to install TypeScript if you have not already.
 npm install typescript
 ```
 
+or if you want to install TypeScript globally
+
+```
+npm install typescript -g
+npm link typescript
+```
+
 ### Upgrading
 
 Take advantage of the [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) and [Upgrade Guide](UPGRADE.md).
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function ensureTypeScriptInstance(loaderOptions: LoaderOptions, loader: any): {
     }
     catch (e) {
         let message = loaderOptions.compiler == 'typescript'
-            ? 'Could not load TypeScript. Try installing with `npm install typescript`'
+            ? 'Could not load TypeScript. Try installing with `npm install typescript`. If TypeScript is installed globally, try using `npm link typescript`.'
             : `Could not load TypeScript compiler with NPM package name \`${loaderOptions.compiler}\`. Are you sure it is correctly installed?`
         return { error: {
             message: message.red,

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function ensureTypeScriptInstance(loaderOptions: LoaderOptions, loader: any): {`
`162`	`162`	`}`
`163`	`163`	`catch (e) {`
`164`	`164`	`let message = loaderOptions.compiler == 'typescript'`
`165`		- ? 'Could not load TypeScript. Try installing with `npm install typescript`'
	`165`	+ ? 'Could not load TypeScript. Try installing with `npm install typescript`. If TypeScript is installed globally, try using `npm link typescript`.'
`166`	`166`	: `Could not load TypeScript compiler with NPM package name \`${loaderOptions.compiler}\`. Are you sure it is correctly installed?`
`167`	`167`	`return { error: {`
`168`	`168`	`message: message.red,`