From: stymar AT agcs DOT com (Robert Styma) Subject: Cygwin32 API 2 Jul 1997 11:29:08 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199707021734.KAA05855.cygnus.gnu-win32@desoto.agcs.com> Content-Type: text Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Dear Sir or Madam, In the recent past I have downloaded the b18 version of the GNU-Win32. It installed and works as described in the documentation and FAQ. I kind of expected that as tools from GNU are usually of superior quality to commercial tools. I have also installed the MI/X X server and it works. I loaded the X libraries from the site at NASA, I have gotten their applications to compile and link, but they fail with the cygwin.dll library you supply or the patched cygwin.dll library they supply. Actually, if I put their dll in the current directory, every command, both yours and theirs goes belly up. But I will bother them about this in good time. There seemed to be X11 references in your TCL files, but it appears that there is not enough there to link a straight libX11.so type application. Please say so, if I am wrong. My question for you relates to the Cygwin32 api. Both the FAQ and the release notes talk about Cygwin32 api and the words imply to me that you have developed API interfaces which would allow me to do graphics calls to display things in the Windows 95 environment. Is this true? If so, is there a description of the interfaces? As background, I am a UNIX programmer who does a fair amount of work with libX11.so type calls. I am interested in moving several applications to Windows 95 to make it easier to do tele-working. I know C quite well but am just getting my feet wet in Windows 95. Thank you for any advice, information, or pointers. Thank you also for your remarkably good programs. -- ----------------------------- Robert E. Styma (AG Communication Systems, Phoenix) - Internet: stymar AT agcs DOT com AG Communication Systems, Phoenix (602) 582-7323 http://www.agcs.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".