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From: Fernandes AT usp DOT br
Subject: Re: linking cygwin against non-cygwin
11 Feb 1998 10:04:47 -0800 :
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To: newsham AT lava DOT net (Tim Newsham), gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

On  3 Feb 98 at 7:49,  Tim Newsham <newsham AT lava DOT net> wrote:

> From:          newsham AT lava DOT net (Tim Newsham)
> Subject:       linking cygwin against non-cygwin
> To:            gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
> Date:          Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:49:00 -1000 (HST)

> 
> Hi,
> 
>     I am looking to have a gui developed for some cygwin compiled
> code I am using.  I am curious as to the approach others have taken
> here.  I see a number of possible ways it could work.  Which of these
> are actually practical?
> 
>    - Compile non-cygwin gui code with cygwin's gcc and libraries
>      to form a cygwin binary.  This may involve some changes to
>      include directives, some tweaking of headers and libs.
> 
>    - Compile parts with cygwin and parts with non-cygwin tools
>      and link them together.
> 
>    - Compile everything with non-cygwin tools and link against
>      cygwin libraries and/or dlls.
> 
> There's also the possibility of using some gui code that is
> already written for cygwin (like tk), but we probably won't be
> taking that approach.  If anyone has found a gui package for cygwin
> that they find extraordinarily good, I would be interested in
> hearing about it though.
> 
>                                       Tim N.
> 

Hi!

Maybe you could try wxWindows (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/)
It is probably the most popular compatibility library in the public
domain.  Another interesting project is V (http://www.objectcentral.com)
which is mostly an educational project, but has a simple and clean
object oriented implementation.


Regards
++Hilton

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Hilton Fernandes
email: hgfernan AT usp DOT br
www:   http://www.lsi.usp.br/~hilton.html (inactive)
M. Sc. Student of Parallel Distributed Applications
at Escola Politecnica (Polytechnic School)
University of S. Paulo - Brazil
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