Won't compile the simplest of progs.

[Earnie Boyd]

--- Gabriel Galibourg <gabriel@solfin.com> wrote:
> 3) compile the following way:
> g++ -o Progs/key.exe Progs/keypress.cpp -lmsvcrt
> You need to link with msvcrt which is where _getch() is defined. You'll also
> get a warning about the implicit declaration of _getch(), you can always
> clean this up later by creating you own conio.h with the good stuff in it.
> 
> The resulting program works fine under a 'normal' command prompt (cmd.exe)
> but does not work very well under the cygwin bash .
> 
> Gabriel.

NO! Don't mix runtime systems.  You will cause more headaches than you can
imagine.  If you need to use the msvcrt/crtdll functions use the Mingw32
package or the -mno-cygwin switch.  For detail see Mumit Khans site.


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