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From: arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Arlindo da Silva)
Subject: Re: ntxlib works on Windows 95
2 Jan 1998 06:51:47 -0800 :
Message-ID: <199801021438.JAA01375.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov>
References: <199801020223 DOT CAA45636 AT out2 DOT ibm DOT net>
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To: vischne AT ibm DOT net
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

> >Did you ever think about merging of libX11 and ntxlib? I.e. if environment
> >variable DISPLAY is not set, call ntxlib's gdi calls wrappers, and call X11
> >code otherwise?
> >
> Hey, what a great idea.  All I have to do is download
> the X11 files, throw in xnt.h and ntxlib.c, run an
> overall make on all .c files, and play with the linker
> error messages.  As a zeroeth approximation.  Only
> problem is getting the defines right:
> 

I also agree that merging ntxlib into X11 is a great idea. However, there is
something to be said about keeping a vanilla ntxlib which carries none of the
X11 overhead. Having the 2 configurations would be ideal.

-- 
Arlindo da Silva    
dasilva AT alum DOT mit DOT edu


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