> > Well, your statement isn't entirely true. MinGW isn't designed to make >> Windows more Linux-like. It uses Windows file path conventions and >> everything, and it is just a compiler toolchain. Cygwin, on the other hand, >> is designed to make Windows more Linux like. It uses a special build of >> MinGW that links into Cygwin and preserves the Unix path stuff, among other >> things. >> >> I'd like to see MinGW support from CoApp, but somehow I doubt it will >> happen unless we stumble on a program or library that CANNOT build on Visual >> Studio for one reason or another. >> >> Most of the time, I find that MSVC's lack of C99 support is the one that >> kills it. Heck, I've been fighting with MSVC in getting one project I work >> on to compile on it properly. One of the big problems was C99 support. There >> are other problems too, but ehh. >> >> I think it is quite likely we will see MinGW support added to CoApp even >> though the goal is to use Visual Studio's build system. The two aren't >> mutually exclusive after all. Nothing really stops us from using msbuild >> with MinGW, other than it just hasn't been done before. >> >> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Dj Gilcrease <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Olaf van der Spek >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Seo Sanghyeon <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> I came across http://takeoffgw.sourceforge.net/ which seems to be >>> relevant. >>> >> >>> >> Thoughts? >>> > >>> > What are yours? >>> >>> IMHO it isnt overly relevant other the concept is similar. Their >>> system is based wholly on cygwin and mingw. Both of which are system >>> designed to make windows more linux like instead of trying to make the >>> other software properly cross platform. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >
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