For more information about the port or GLib, GTk+ and the GIMP to
native Windows, see http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ . ("Native"
means that we use the Win32 API only, and not any POSIX emulation
layer except that provided by the Microsoft runtime C library, and the
pthreads emulation library from Cygnus.)

As for now, only the Microsoft compiler and tools are really
supported. Before compiling, check the BIN definition in
makefile.msc. Compile with `nmake -f makefile.msc`. Install with
`nmake -f makefile.msc install`. Cygwin (without cygwin runtime,
i.e. "mingw32") and maybe LCC-Win32 support will be added later.  Note
that when using the cygwin compiler and other tools *with* the cygwin
runtime the normal Unix configuration method should work.

The thread support uses the pthreads package from Cygnus, which isn't
ready yet, and thus really should not be relied upon.