On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hce wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Erich Dollansky > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> one thing at a time. > >> > >> > >> hce wrote: > >> > > >> > I am new to cygwin. I've just installed cygwin for building my C++ > >> > >> I see Cygwin as an emulator. Your program will see Linux but not > >> Windows. But you still can call Windows directly. > >> > >> > >> > and the C++ program was built using macro #ifdef WIN32 for the code of > >> > select(), read() and write() system calls. My understand is that I can > >> > use all linux system calls under cygwin, should I remove all #ifdef > >> > WIN32 in the program and compile with a parameter -unix rather than > >> > win32? > >> > >> Do not delete those things. Never ever even think of deleting them. > >> > >> > The major issue is the QT package. In linux, I installed a QT package > >> > for linux and called the QT gmake to generate a Makefile. On window > >> > the QT was installed for window and compiled under window environment. > >> > I have got errors when using window QT to generate Makefile under > >> > cygwin. How should I use the QT under cygwin? Should I download a unix > >> > version QT and build the QT using unix macro under cygwin, or should I > >> > still using window QT under cygwin? > >> > > >> You must install QT inside Cygwin if you want to make full use of it. > > > > All right, I am going to install the QT inside Cygwin. Now, there are > > two QT packages, one for Window and one for Linux. Should I download > > one for Linux and build it for linux under Cygwin? > > If you can live with QT3, just go to kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net and install > the pre-packaged version using 'setup.exe'.
I am using QT 4.3 under linux, so I guess have to download the same version QT to the cygwin. I guess you said yes I should install the QT 4.3 for Linux package under Cygwin. Please correct me. > > > Should I also to call QT gmake with "-unix -o" to generate Makefile, > > the same parameters I was calling from linux? > > If you must go this way then yes, I would recommend trying that. > > > >> I have no idea if this will work. > >> > >> In theory you should be able to use the Windows version. This will make > >> your program even more weird as it itself will behave like a Linux > >> program but the libraries are then a mix of Windows and Linux. > >> > >> Try to stick either with Cygwin or move to Windows. > > > > I have to stick with Cygwin as the Windows does not support select() > > for file system, nor does the minGW. Try to learn Cygwin program > > environment as much as possible :-). > > In general, if you work the way that you would work on a Linux system, > then you'll have better luck with Cygwin. Great, I have zero experince on Window program. This is what I am looking for. Thank you Larry. Jim -- 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/
