GUI apps--[was Re: problem with removing console windows]

drs drs@inxpress.net
Tue Feb 25 13:11:00 GMT 1997


The documentation states 

> How can I make a GUI app?
> =========================
> 
>    Make sure you link in the right libraries.  Finally, to prevent the
> console window from showing up, add "-ssubsystem windows" to the GCC or
> LD commandline.

But this doesn't seem to work. What are we doing wrong?

bash$ gcc -o win.exe win.o -ssubsystem windows -mwindows
gcc: windows: No such file or directory
gcc: unrecognized option `-ssubsystem'

--DRS
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