Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/02/11/10:04:47
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
-------------------
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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