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[c-host] readme: change windows instructions to use MSYS2

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## What is this?
This is a rewrite of the host application in pure C using the MinGW toolchain.
The Looking Glass Host application for the Guest Virtual Machine.
## Why make this?
## What platforms does this support?
Several reasons:
1. The client is written in C and I would like to unify the project's language
2. The host is currently hard to build using MinGW and is very Windows specific
3. The host is a jumbled mess of code from all the experimentation going on
4. I would eventually like to be able to port this to run on Linux guests
## When will it be ready?
Soon :)
## Will it replace the C++ host?
Yes, but only when it is feature complete.
## Why doesn't this use CMake?
It does now...
~~Because win-builds doesn't distribute it, so to make it easy for everyone to compile we do not require it.~~
Currently only Windows is supported however there is some initial support for Linux at this time.
## How do I build it?
#### For Windows on Windows
First setup the build environment:
1. get and install: https://osdn.net/projects/mingw/downloads/68260/mingw-get-setup.exe/
2. select: mingw32-base-bin, mingw32-gcc-g++-bin, msys-base-bin
3. add "C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin" and "C:\MinGW\bin" to the system path
4. obtain and install CMake for windows
5. obtain and install GitBash for windows
Using GitBash checkout the project and use the following commands to compile
1. download and install msys2 x86_64 from http://www.msys2.org/ following the setup instructions provided
3. execute `pacman -Fy` and then `pacman -Sy git make mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake`
4. run "C:\msys64\mingw64.exe"
5. checkout the project
`git clone https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass.git`
6. configure the project and build it
```
mkdir build
cd build
mkdir LookingGlass/c-host/build
cd LookingGlass/c-host/build
cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" ..
make
```