Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: From: William Gacquer To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: RE: Visual Studio Makefiles Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:38:20 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1461.28) Content-Type: text/plain Do anyone of you know what is the grammar of the Microsoft project files/ Gnu makefiles? What do you think about a converter based on ANTLR ( a flex/Yacc like with a lot of enhancements) Regards, William William Gacquer Ubi Studios - Ubi Soft Entertainment > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com [SMTP:cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 5:21 PM > To: William Gacquer > Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Re: Visual Studio Makefiles > > On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:54:09AM +0200, William Gacquer wrote: > >Hi everyone! > > It seems to me that EGCS/gcc is slowly but firmly conquering the > >win32 platforms. I use cygwin everyday since 1997 and I am more and more > >happy with it. Now I see that a real synergy exists around this project > (eg. > >XFree86 port). > > But usual win32 developers do use Visual C++ instead of gcc. I think > >that we should think at creating a makefile converter (from Visual > projects > >to GNU makefiles and vice-versa). Who feels OK with me and wants to be > part > >of the project? > > This sound like an excellent idea to me. If you succeed in this, I'd > like to include it in future cygwin releases. > > -chris -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com