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RE: Gnome + winMe/98 + commericial x server?
- To: "Jong B. Lee" <jbdoll at kepri dot re dot kr>,"cygwin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: Gnome + winMe/98 + commericial x server?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:22:42 +1100
- Thread-Index: AcCaMokdavhL23i9T0yFZrBHEHTUIQAAUOYw
- Thread-Topic: Gnome + winMe/98 + commericial x server?
>From the look of Stefans patches everything is being built static. Does
your glib build dynamic or static libraries & can it be linked
dynamically?
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jong B. Lee [mailto:jbdoll@kepri.re.kr]
> Sent: Monday, 19 February 2001 4:21 PM
> To: cygwin
> Subject: Re: Gnome + winMe/98 + commericial x server?
>
>
>
> > > OK, so since my last question helped me determine xfree86
> > > isn't working yet
> > > on windows 98/ME, what about if I used a commercial one?
> > > Could I somehow do
> > > that and still compile gnome? What would be the steps
> involved? Any
> > > thoughts, roadblocks?
>
> You can use commercial xservers, such as eXceed.
> But, you still need XFree86 to build apps which use X libraries.
>
>
> > Glib modules don't compile ootb yet, have a look at the main cygwin
> > archives (search for gmodule).
> >
> > There is some work going on, but unless you are willing to
> > a) write an esound interface to DirectSound/Windows Wavemapper
> > b) get gmodules working
> >
> > you won't get a functional GNOME yet.
> >
> > b) is already under progress, but I don't think anyone is
> working on a)
> > as yet.
> >
>
> You can test my glib-1.2.8 for cygwin.
> gmodule works.
>
> http://my.dreamwiz.com/jbdoll/
>
> I'm struggling to build esound...
>
> JBL.
>
> P.S.)
> Stefan Ondrejicka, the author of pavuk, has sent
> cygwin-patches for cvs glib.
> You can get his patch from the gimpwin-dev mailing list.
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gimpwin-dev/message/1276
>
>
>
>
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