From: zeil@cs.odu.edu ("Steven J. Zeil") Subject: Re: Anybody tried compiling xfig 3.2? 29 Aug 1997 09:57:45 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Original-To: "Anees A. Shaikh" Original-cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Anees A. Shaikh wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get xfig running on my Win95 box under b18. Using > precompiled X11 libs from Arlindo and cygwin.dll from Sergey (not the > latest) I was able to compile with the following mods: > > - replace calls to random/srandom with rand/srand > - force it to use dirent.h structs rather than dir.h -- there is no > dir.h > I compiled xfig 3.1.4 using the same process. > I also compiled libjpeg Yes, I used version 6a > and libXpm pretty much out of the box > (necessary for xfig). I didn't need that. Is it optional, or a change between xfig 3.1.4 and 3.2? > My assumption that getting it to compile would result in a working > binary didn't hold. It seems to start up okay but then immediately > crashes with an exception. > I had a few of those that I traced to having set up my X server stuff incorrectly. Make sure that you can run the various binaries that come with Arlindo's X libs. SJZ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".