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Re: *Very* outdated FAQ entry


On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:31:02PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>On 2012-07-17 14:08, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> due to Aram's request for permission to translate the FAQ, I accidentally
>> stumbled over FAQ entry 6.40, "How should I port my Unix GUI to Windows?",
>> http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.programming.unix-gui
>>
>> Per cvs annotate, this text is at least 7 years old but probably older.
>> As such, it is hopelessly outdated.
>>
>> Given that we have X, the X server, and a lot of extra libs like GTK
>> Qt, etc, does anybody have a good idea how to rewrite the FAQ entry
>> so that it makes sense in our modern times?  Kind of like "only
>> marginal porting necessary"?  Patches are welcome.
>
>How about the attached?

Looks good to me.

cgf


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