From: ECastro@NJAOST.ML.com ("Castro, Edison M. (NJAOST)") Subject: RE: XFree ported to Windows NT? 26 Feb 1997 18:21:15 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Original-To: "'hgeleff@logos.cy.net'" , "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63 Encoding: 45 TEXT Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com There is not a free source code implementation of X11 server for Win32. I have been working on a porting effort with several mishaps. Initially I tried a Direct X port using VC 4.0, but found that I would loose Cut and paste and all the other niceties that make Windows the premier desktop environment. I, finally decided on a direct port (Matching X11 calls to Win32 based functions). >-----Original Message----- >From: Henrik Geleff [SMTP:hgeleff@logos.cy.net] >Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 1997 4:28 PM >To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com >Subject: Re: XFree ported to Windows NT? > >Sergey Okhapkin wrote: >> >> STEVE LUMOS wrote: >> > In case anybody cares, there is an EMX port of XFree86 (see >> > http://www.xfree86.org/). This would probably be a better place to >> > start than the Unix stuff. >> > >> > Is it even possible to address the video directly in NT though? >> >> On NT 4.0 and Windows 95 using DirectDraw API. >> >> -- >> Sergey Okhapkin >> Moscow, Russia >> Looking for a job. >> >> - >> For help on using this list, send a message to >> "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". >Excuse me for asking, but I went to http://www.xfree86.org/ and searched >but there does not seem to be a win32 implementation, the closest seems >to be OS/2, but I thought they are quite different from the win32 way of >living. > >Could someone please clarify. > >Regards >Henrik Geleff >- >For help on using this list, send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".