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Re: X progs without X
- To: gpasa at omedia dot ch (Pasa Guglielmo)
- Subject: Re: X progs without X
- From: Arlindo da Silva <arlindo at niteroi dot gsfc dot nasa dot gov>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 08:01:30 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
> Is there a way to build X apps under b18/X11R6.3 so as to make
> them able to run even without X installed. (understood that
> it is installed for building apps)
Sergey pointed me to ntxlib, an (incomplete) Xlib emulation which uses win32
GDI calls to bypass the X server. I tried a sample program (with Sergey's
patch to gnuwin32): it worked but messed up the colors on my win95 display.
After stubbing some of the missing functions, I was able to build one my xlib
applications but it crashed immediately; I haven't spent much time on it.
I would not call it functional at this point, but it is very promising.
It needs work by someone knowledgeable in both X11 and win32 API.
It would be a great package, though.
--
Arlindo da Silva
dasilva@alum.mit.edu
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