On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:07:08AM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: > At 08:50 AM 3/8/2004, you wrote: > > >What version of DirectX is supported ? Or more exactly what version of DirectInput? > >I need DirectInput 8, but LPDIRECTINPUT8, DirectInput8Create() are not recognized > >by libdinput.a (it seems like libdinput.a goes for DirectX 7). > >Is the answer in the FAQ: > >Why isn't package XXXX available in Cygwin? (Or, why is your package so out of > >date?) <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html> > >If so, can I link a gcc compiled program from cygwin against the static Win32 libs > >xxxx.lib ? (the -mno-cygwin flag is for dynamic linking). > >Is there by any chance a libdinput8.a like in Dev-C++ ? > >If nothing else works, can I link the MSVC libs as stated in the FAQ in: > >How do I link against .lib files? <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html> > >I'm sorry if this question was asked before, it was not in the FAQ. > > A. Sava > > > Yeah, I'd say this entry is a bit out-of-date, though the information isn't > wrong. You should be able to use the '.lib' files directly. Just list them > like you would object files. Feel free to make whatever additions are > necessary to the DirectX stuff to support your work. Please consider > submitting patches for whatever you do. I'd love to correct the entry, which appears to be
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC103> but I don't really know what's out-of-date. -- 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/
