From: "Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DirectX 6.1 w/DJGPP
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Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:37:13 +1000
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Robert S Whitlock <roberts DOT j DOT whitlock AT juno DOT com> wrote in message
news:19991016 DOT 200817 DOT -307607 DOT 1 DOT roberts DOT j DOT whitlock AT juno DOT com...
> Hi, does anybody know of a way to program DirectX 6.1 with DJGPP? I'm
> aware of Allegro, but that doesn't want to work, even when I get the
> Scitech DD, and besides, DirectX is better for what I'm doing. All I
> really need is DirectDraw and mouse support (DirectInput?), so if those
> others were gone, I could make do for a while. Or, do you think it would
> be easier to just get cygwin32, since (I think) that should handle
> DirectX?

DJGPP is a collection of DOS development tools. DirectX is a Windows API. DOS
and Windows do not mix (at least not code wise, anyway).

To use DirectX in your programs, you need to be using a Windows compiler. Yes,
you could use Cygwin. You could also use mingw32 or RSXNTDJ. Whatever grabs your
fancy...:-)

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Johan Venter
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