Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/01/04/16:52:24
Hi Fabio,
> I've tried (so far unsuccessfully) to port DDD 3.1.2 to
> b20.1/Windows98. I have an executable that creates the main DDD
> window, but fails to connect to gdb. Alternatively, it fails to locate
> the X libraries when run with --check-configuration.
>
> In both cases the problem is with calls to popen. I posted a message a
> few days ago asking for help in figuring out this popen problem, but
> no takers yet. Too bad, because DDD is a superb front-end to gdb (and
> other debuggers).
>
> At any rate, this is what you need to get as far as I got:
>
> 1. An X server. I currently use the free server by Microimages:
> http://tnt.microimages.com/www/html/freestuf/mix/
>
> 2. X libraries. I have downloaded the precompiled libraries from
> Andy Piper's ftp site http://www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp/.
>
> 3. Lesstif libraries. Check http://www.lesstif.org.
>
> 4. And of course ddd itself: http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/softech/ddd
>
> Some configuation work is required.
if there are already some patches done by you to the ddd and lesstif source I
would like to have a look on it to help in getting ddd working, since it
would be a great tool for the cygwin environment.
Regards,
Stipe
--
Stipe Tolj <tolj AT uni-duesseldorf DOT de>
Cygwin Porting Project
Department of Economical Computer Science
University of Cologne, Germany
http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~tolj
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