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For more information about the port or GLib, GTk+ and the GIMP to
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native Windows, see http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ . ("Native"
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means that we use the Win32 API only, and not any POSIX emulation
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layer except that provided by the Microsoft runtime C library, and the
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pthreads emulation library.)
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As for now, only the Microsoft compiler and tools are really
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supported. Before compiling, check the BIN definition in
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makefile.msc. Compile with `nmake -f makefile.msc`. Install with
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`nmake -f makefile.msc install`. Cygwin (without cygwin runtime,
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i.e. "mingw32"), and maybe LCC-Win32 support will be added later.
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When using the cygwin compiler and tools *with* the cygwin runtime the
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normal Unix configuration method should work as if on Unix (knock on
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wood).
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With a little work, it might be possible to use the ./configure
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mechanism also with a "mingw32" configuration. I.e. building GLib for
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Win32 would use the cygwin tools (and dll), but the produced libraries
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would not depend on the cygwin runtime being present.
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The following preprocessor macros are used for conditional compilation
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related to Win32:
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- WIN32 is defined when compiling for the Win32 platform, regardless
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if using the X11 or Win32 GUI API (of course, in the case of GLib, this
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dimension isn't significant), regardless whether using a more
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or less complete Unix emulation runtime layer (like Cygwin) or not.
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- NATIVE_WIN32 is defined when compiling for Win32, *and* without
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any Unix emulation, other that to the extent provided by the
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(Microsoft) C library, or the pthreads-win32 library. For instance,
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pathnames use the native Windows syntax.
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- _MSC_VER is defined when using the Microsoft compiler.
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Currently the Win32 port uses the combination with all three of those
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on, but eventually the cygwin compiler and tools will be supported
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also, and in that case _MSC_VER wouldn't be defined.
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Some of the usage of these macros is probably a bit mixed up, and will
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have to be straightened out when actually trying other combinations.
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The thread support uses the pthreads for Win32 package available from
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/pthreads-win32/, which isn't ready yet,
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and thus really should not be relied upon.
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