Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	rd5718 AT irix DOT bris DOT ac DOT uk (Rich Dawe)
Subject:	ANNOUNCE: libwin 0.1.1
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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 1998 08:56:52 GMT
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libwin 0.1.1 Announcement
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Description
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    libwin is a library of functions for DJGPP. The aim of the library is to
allow DJGPP programs to make better use of the Windows environment. Thus, it
includes clipboard access, user information, version information, low-level
device driver (VxD), DOS box and virtual machine titling and registry
functionality.

    Most of these functions will only work under Windows '95, but some less
complicated functions will work with Windows 3.x. Their status under
Windows '98 and Windows NT is unknown. It seems likely that they will work
under Windows '98, and unlikely under Windows NT (because of NT's poor DOS
boxes).

    All that is required to use the functions is to include one file and link
a library. The functions are documented in man page format, and HTML format
(converted from the man pages).

    This version, a slight advancement of the first, is mainly a bugfix
release. The main improvement is that some environment are set automatically
by the library using Windows registry settings, so that DJGPP can use functions
like getlogin() and getpwent(). VxD entry points can now be obtained using the
file name of the VxD (bug fix), and some VxD information has been corrected.
The registry functions can also be called using the Windows function names.

    libwin can be downloaded from the following place:

    http://irix.bris.ac.uk/~rd5718/comp/mysoft.html

    If you have any suggestions for the library, please mail me and I'll see
what I can do.

    Thanks,

    Rich Dawe <rd5718 AT bristol DOT ac DOT uk>

Legal and Contact Details
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libwin Copyright 1997, 1998 by Richard Dawe
Portions Copyright (C) 1997-1998 by the RegDos Group

The libwin library is distributed under the GNU Library General Public License
(LGPL). The libwin demonstration programs are distributed under the GNU General
Public License (GPL).

Richard Dawe: <rd5718 AT bristol DOT ac DOT uk>
              http://irix.bris.ac.uk/~rd5718/

RegDos Group: <alfons AT hoogervorst DOT demon DOT nl>
              http://www.hoogervorst.demon.nl/~proteus/

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 "You don't have to find the solution, you've got to understand the problem,
    and don't go hoping for a miracle." - 'Slight Return' by the Bluetones

              Rich Dawe - 3rd year Physicist @ Bristol Uni, UK
E-mail: rd5718 AT bristol DOT ac DOT uk        Web pages: http://irix.bris.ac.uk/~rd5718/
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