On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 05:53:56PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: >On 6/3/05, Max Kaehn wrote: >>This patch contains the changes to make it possible to dynamically load >>cygwin1.dll from MinGW and MSVC applications. The changes to dcrt0.cc >>are minimal and only affect cygwin_dll_init(). I've also added a MinGW >>test program to testsuite and a FAQ so people will be able to locate >>the test program easily. > >Assuming the code patches are fine, instead of a new section could we >just add your FAQ hint to "How do I link against `cygwin1.dll' with >Visual Studio?" <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC102> The title >could be changed to something like "How do I use `cygwin1.dll' with >MinGW or Visual Studio?" > >I'm a little torn since I'm not sure this is actually frequently asked >but it's certainly good to have the info. Ideally I can put it in the >User's Guide.
Oops. I just applied the patch to the doc area. This is entirely your call. I should have waited for your approval. If you want to me to revert the patch, please let me know. Otherwise, please just massage it as you see fit. FWIW, I think this does qualify as both a FAQ and a user's guide addition. cgf