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Improved instructions on how to build SQLite on Windows 11 and similar.

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# Notes On Compiling SQLite On Windows 11
Here are step-by-step instructions on how to build SQLite from
canonical source on a new Windows 11 PC, as of 2023-08-16:
1. Install Microsoft Visual Studio. The free "community edition"
will work fine. Do a standard install for C++ development.
SQLite only needs the
"cl" compiler and the "nmake" build tool.
2. Under the "Start" menu, find "All Apps" then go to "Visual Studio 20XX"
and find "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 20XX". Pin that
application to your task bar, as you will use it a lot. Bring up
an instance of this command prompt and do all of the subsequent steps
in that "x64 Native Tools" command prompt. (Or use "x86" if you want
a 32-bit build.) The subsequent steps will not work in a vanilla
DOS prompt. Nor will they work in PowerShell.
3. Install TCL development libraries. This note assumes that you wil
install the TCL development libraries in the "`c:\Tcl`" directory.
Make adjustments
if you want TCL installed somewhere else. SQLite needs both the
"tclsh.exe" command-line tool as part of the build process, and
the "tcl86.lib" library in order to run tests. You will need
TCL version 8.6 or later.
<ol type="a">
<li>Get the TCL source archive, perhaps from
<https://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/download.html>.
<li>Untar or unzip the source archive. CD into the "win/" subfolder
of the source tree.
<li>Run: `nmake /f makefile.vc release`
<li>Run: `nmake /f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=c:\Tcl install`
<li>CD to c:\\Tcl\\lib. In that subfolder make a copy of the
"`tcl86t.lib`" file to the alternative name "`tcl86.lib`"
(omitting the second 't'). Leave the copy in the same directory
as the original.
<li>CD to c:\\Tcl\\bin. Make a copy of the "`tclsh86t.exe`"
file, renaming it to "`tclsh.exe`". Put the copy somewhere
on your %PATH% so that the SQLite makefile will be able to
run "tclsh" commands.
</ol>
4. Download the SQLite source tree and unpack it. CD into the
toplevel directory of the source tree.
5. Set the TCLDIR environment variable to point to your TCL installation.
Like this:
<ul>
<li> `set TCLDIR=c:\Tcl`
</ul>
6. Run the "`Makefile.msc`" makefile with an appropriate target.
Examples:
<ul>
<li> `nmake /f makefile.msc`
<li> `nmake /f makefile.msc sqlite3.c`
<li> `nmake /f makefile.msc devtest`
<li> `nmake /f makefile.msc releasetest`
</ul>