Subject: RE: where to get X11 libs wich work with Cygwin?
From: [email-masked] (Todd Goodman)

26 Jan 1999 05:07:20 -0800
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]On
> Behalf Of Mike Fabian
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 7:13 AM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: where to get X11 libs wich work with Cygwin?
>
>
> Hello,
>
> the Cygnus  FAQ mentions that it  is possible to use  X11 libraries to
> build GUIs on Windows:
>
> >    There are two basic strategies for porting Unix GUIs to Windows.
> >
> >    The first is to use a portable graphics library such as tcl/tk,
> > X11, or V (and others?). [...]  In the case of X11, you'll need
> > everyone using your program to have an X11 server installed.
>
> Where can one find X11-libraries which work with Cygnus?

Serguei Okhapkine (http://miracle.geol.msu.ru/sos/) and Andy Piper
(ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Piper_Andy
/)
have precompiled libs.

>
> Can these be compiled with Cygnus from the XFree86 Sources?

I grabbed them from the Open Group
(http://www.opengroup.org/tech/desktop/x/) and they built fine.

>
> Would Hummingbird-Exceed work as an X-Server?

It works well.  A bit slow at time under 95, but good under NT.

>
> Thank you,
>
> Mike

You're welcome,

Todd Goodman

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