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Re: ntxlib works on Windows 95
- To: "gnu-win32" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: ntxlib works on Windows 95
- From: "Chuck Bogorad" <chuck at ethereal dot ru>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 18:51:20 +0300
>> >Did you ever think about merging of libX11 and ntxlib? I.e. if
environment
>> >variable DISPLAY is not set, call ntxlib's gdi calls wrappers, and call
X11
>> >code otherwise?
>> Hey, what a great idea. All I have to do is download
>> the X11 files, throw in xnt.h and ntxlib.c, run an
>> overall make on all .c files, and play with the linker
>> error messages. As a zeroeth approximation.
>I also agree that merging ntxlib into X11 is a great idea. However, there
is
>something to be said about keeping a vanilla ntxlib which carries none of
the
>X11 overhead. Having the 2 configurations would be ideal.
i'd suggest making 2 separate .dll's - one for X11 lib, another one for
ntxlib. the program should load the one it needs. this way programs get
smaller and updating the library gets easier.
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