This is a quickly scribbled update of the FAQ. Contents is bare essentials as I see it. Please do relevant "PTC"-actions.
$ diff -up /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.3/txt/faq.txt \ /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.3/txt/faq.txt.new --- /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.3/txt/faq.txt 2003-09-04 19:46:02.000000000 +0200 +++ /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.3/txt/faq.txt.new 2003-09-25 20:48:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -3401,6 +3401,17 @@ Unix emulation environment and defining which think that they have to make special concessions for a Windows environment which Cygwin handles automatically. +Note that using -mno-cygwin replaces __CYGWIN__ with __MINGW32__ as to +tell which compiler (or settings) you're running. +Check this out in detail by running e.g. + $ gcc <option> -dM -E -xc /dev/null >gcc_<option> +with each <option> and then use the diff utility to check what the +difference is in the output. +Relevant <option> keywords; + --mno-cygwin + --mwin32 + nothing (i.e. remove <option> ). + How should I port my Unix GUI to Windows? ----------------------------------------- -- end of diff, NOTE EMPTY LINE! -- /Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E -- UTC+01, DST -> UTC+02 -- --END OF MESSAGE-- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
