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Date:	Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:32:29 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc:	walkup AT us DOT ibm DOT com
Subject:	Re: ice window manager works with DirectX X-Server
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In-Reply-To:	<OF959E5206.315B00B6-ON852569B1.0011DB5D@pok.ibm.com>; from walkup@us.ibm.com on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 10:28:39PM -0500

On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 10:28:39PM -0500, Bob Walkup wrote:
>I recently installed the xfree86 binaries for cygwin, from the tar-files on
>the net.  It was possible to get up and running right away with the
>supplied startxwin.bat file.  However, I really wanted a different window
>manager, and I like "ice".  So I tried to build icewm from the current
>icewm source, version 1.0.4.  At first the build failed due to errors in
>the source-file yapp.cc.  The definition of the "timercmp" function is
>missing.  After some poking around, using grep in the cygwin include
>directories, I found that there is a macro for "timercmp" in
>/usr/include/w32api/winsock.h.  After cutting and pasting the three-line
>macro for "timercmp" into yapp.cc, the ice window manager compiled
>correctly.  Now I am using icewm with xfree86 on cygwin - a very nice
>combination.  I suspect that having more window managers to choose from
>should help increase the popularity of cygwin.  Please pass the information
>along, and/or make a pre-built icewm available for cygwin users.

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Thanks,
cgf

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