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Re: Header X11/Xw32defs.h missing
- From: Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:48:30 +0100
- Subject: Re: Header X11/Xw32defs.h missing
- References: <NBBBJONCFBAKAPAADDNHCEIHDIAA.evans@aps.anl.gov> <NHEELHJHHFKPMAEAFMFCEEODCPAA.huntharo@msu.edu>
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 08:21:41AM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> > I now see the XFree86 stuff probably was not designed to be using
> > WIN32 this
> > way. So, perhaps as far as XFree86 is concerned it *is*
> > spurious. (But the
> > branch on WIN32 *is* in Xos.h.)
> >
> > BTW *is* it possible to build an X client using the XFree86 and LessTif
> > libraries with Visual C++?
It's probably possible, but you'd need to undef some things like WIN32,
and possibly others.
> > I have been doing this using the Hummingbird Exceed X and Motif libraries,
> > but I would like to consider changing to XFree86 and LessTif. (Open Motif
> > would be even better, but it isn't "open" for Windows.) The same programs
> > build with Open Motif or LessTif on Linux. It would be a lot
> > easier to use
> > stuff that more resembles UNIX as XFree86 does. And it would be nicer to
> > use the "same" stuff on all platforms.
> >
> > An alternative is to use the Cygwin compiler (gcc). This been more
> > successful. Then, WIN32 is not defined, but there are some other
> > problems.
That would be the best approach, but what other problems are you seeing ?
Alan.