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Re: Finally on Sylpheed
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 07:45:56 -0700 (PDT)
Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Jim George <jim.george@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > I say finally but of course the fun is just beginning for me:)
> >
> > I now have sylpheed (the X Mail Client) running under cygwin-X and
> > it's very good, there are some items that could be beefed
> > up/improved upon (and I shall offer whatever help I'm able to) but
> > on the whole very good.
> >
> > So that this isn't one of those mails that just takes up
> > bandwidth...
> >
> > To create it you need glib-1.2.10 and gtk.1.2.10 or above, also
> > libiconv (this is already part of the main setup for cygwin,
> > although you need to specifically select it), and of course you
> > need sylpheed (current release is 0.8.0).
> >
> > You can get glib and gtk at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/1.2
> > You can get sylpheed at http://sylpheed.good-day.net
> >
> > You need to make one alteration in the glib package for it to
> > compile. Comment out line 705 of gstrfuncs.c and it will compile
> > flawlessly.
> >
> > Can the lis let me know if there is interest in a X Mail Client for
> > cygwin, in which case I'll investigate becoming a maintainter for
> > the list?
> >
> Jim,
>
> Why don't you wait until Lapo releases the glib/gtk packages. That
> way you can link to them dynamically.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicholas
Now that's a good idea!
Has anyone heard what happened to the port of Evolution? Someone said (I think) that there was to be a port to cygwin?
Jim