On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 11:09:10PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> 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. > >And is much appreciated. This is very useful functionality, and somebody >had to do it, so Max did. Thanks.
Yep. There's another gold star coming as soon as everything is in. cgf
