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Re: precompiled X11 libs
- To: Joe Marzot <gmarzot at baynetworks dot com>
- Subject: Re: precompiled X11 libs
- From: Jim Balter <jqb at netcom dot com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:01:24 -0800
- CC: Long Doan <ld at netrix dot com>, kunglao at prairienet dot org, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Organization: JQB Enterprises
- References: <199701301702.LAA15651@bluestem.prairienet.org> <32F20CB5.177E@netrix.com> <pdbua5ecbj.fsf@baynetworks.com>
Joe Marzot wrote:
>
> does this mean my X apps will now port and run on NT without a
> commercial X server? what's to stop the XFree 86 server from running
> under cygwin?
Among other things, the mechanisms that the video servers use to access
the hardware registers would have to be emulated or rewritten for
Windows.
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