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RE: ntxlib works on Windows 95


vischne@ibm.net wrote:
> The reason I say this is that libX11 doesn't have a `main' entry point and
> assumes, Unix-style, that the X-program calling libX11 will have a `main'.
> 
> ntxlib, on the other hand, uses WinMain to get hInstance, without which
> you cannot generate Windows with CreateWindow calls.  WinMain gets
> the argc and argv parameters and passes them to a call on main().
> 

WinMain() isn't neccessary for proper operation. It's easy to call

hInstance = GetModuleHandle(); in ntxlib's XOpenDisplay() implementation.

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