From: Fernandes AT usp DOT br Subject: Re: linking cygwin against non-cygwin 11 Feb 1998 10:04:47 -0800 Message-ID: <9802111008.AA84922.cygnus.gnu-win32@spider.uspnet.usp.br> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: newsham AT lava DOT net (Tim Newsham), gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com On 3 Feb 98 at 7:49, Tim Newsham wrote: > From: newsham AT lava DOT net (Tim Newsham) > Subject: linking cygwin against non-cygwin > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:49:00 -1000 (HST) > > Hi, > > I am looking to have a gui developed for some cygwin compiled > code I am using. I am curious as to the approach others have taken > here. I see a number of possible ways it could work. Which of these > are actually practical? > > - Compile non-cygwin gui code with cygwin's gcc and libraries > to form a cygwin binary. This may involve some changes to > include directives, some tweaking of headers and libs. > > - Compile parts with cygwin and parts with non-cygwin tools > and link them together. > > - Compile everything with non-cygwin tools and link against > cygwin libraries and/or dlls. > > There's also the possibility of using some gui code that is > already written for cygwin (like tk), but we probably won't be > taking that approach. If anyone has found a gui package for cygwin > that they find extraordinarily good, I would be interested in > hearing about it though. > > Tim N. > Hi! Maybe you could try wxWindows (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/) It is probably the most popular compatibility library in the public domain. Another interesting project is V (http://www.objectcentral.com) which is mostly an educational project, but has a simple and clean object oriented implementation. Regards ++Hilton ------------------- Hilton Fernandes email: hgfernan AT usp DOT br www: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~hilton.html (inactive) M. Sc. Student of Parallel Distributed Applications at Escola Politecnica (Polytechnic School) University of S. Paulo - Brazil - 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".