Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:18:41 -0600 From: Joshua Daniel Franklin To: Cygwin List Subject: Re: libdinput.a Message-ID: <20040327011841.A15134@ns1.iocc.com> References: <2D9DC0EB3919FE429946B0A6F08556BB0103F3F3 AT xt02 DOT brd DOT ro> <6 DOT 0 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 0 DOT 20040308110329 DOT 039ced70 AT 127 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.0.20040308110329.039ced70@127.0.0.1>; from cygwin-lh@cygwin.com on Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:07:08AM -0500 On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:07:08AM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: > At 08:50 AM 3/8/2004, you wrote: > > >What version of DirectX is supported ? Or more exactly what version of DirectInput? > >I need DirectInput 8, but LPDIRECTINPUT8, DirectInput8Create() are not recognized by libdinput.a (it seems like libdinput.a goes for DirectX 7). > >Is the answer in the FAQ: > >Why isn't package XXXX available in Cygwin? (Or, why is your package so out of date?) > >If so, can I link a gcc compiled program from cygwin against the static Win32 libs xxxx.lib ? (the -mno-cygwin flag is for dynamic linking). > >Is there by any chance a libdinput8.a like in Dev-C++ ? > >If nothing else works, can I link the MSVC libs as stated in the FAQ in: > >How do I link against .lib files? > >I'm sorry if this question was asked before, it was not in the FAQ. > > A. Sava > > > Yeah, I'd say this entry is a bit out-of-date, though the information isn't > wrong. You should be able to use the '.lib' files directly. Just list them > like you would object files. Feel free to make whatever additions are > necessary to the DirectX stuff to support your work. Please consider > submitting patches for whatever you do. I'd love to correct the entry, which appears to be but I don't really know what's out-of-date. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/