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authorYaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com>2012-04-23 21:46:46 +0000
committerYaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com>2012-04-23 21:46:46 +0000
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* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.objective-c): Update for gcc4.
(faq.programming.win32-api): -mwindows does include -lcomdlg32. (faq.programming.win32-no-cygwin): Update for removal of -mno-cygwin. * overview2.sgml (ov-ex-win): Ditto.
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml18
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/overview2.sgml7
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 5b028ba..78b431f 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-04-23 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+ * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.objective-c): Update for gcc4.
+ (faq.programming.win32-api): -mwindows does include -lcomdlg32.
+ (faq.programming.win32-no-cygwin): Update for removal of -mno-cygwin.
+ * overview2.sgml (ov-ex-win): Ditto.
+
2012-04-05 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.13): Add typeahead description.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
index acb92b9..4aecdc3 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
@@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ would be difficult.
<question><para>Where is Objective C?</para></question>
<answer>
-<para>Objective C hasn't been distributed with the Cygwin version of gcc
-for a long time. For several reason Cygwin was stuck with gcc version 3.4.4.
-Fortunately the latest gcc maintainer is quite busy to create a working
-gcc 4.x release which also comes with an Objective C package.
+<para>Support for compiling Objective C is available in the <literal>gcc4-objc</literal>
+package; resulting binaries will depend on the <literal>libobjc2</literal>
+package at runtime.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ with gdi32 like this:
<para>The regular setup allows you to use the option -mwindows on the
command line to include a set of the basic libraries (and also
make your program a GUI program instead of a console program),
-including user32, gdi32 and, IIRC, comdlg32.
+including user32, gdi32 and comdlg32.
</para>
<para>It is a good idea to put import libraries last on your link line,
or at least after all the object files and static libraries that reference them.
@@ -194,11 +193,10 @@ as well as the User's Guide section
<question><para>How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?</para></question>
<answer>
-<para><emphasis role='bold'>(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest net release.)</emphasis>
-</para>
-<para>The -mno-cygwin flag to gcc makes gcc link against standard Microsoft
-DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is desirable for native Windows programs
-that don't need a UNIX emulation layer.
+<para>The compilers provided by the <literal>mingw-gcc</literal>,
+<literal>mingw64-i686-gcc</literal>, and <literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc</literal>
+packages link against standard Microsoft DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is
+desirable for native Windows programs that don't need a UNIX emulation layer.
</para>
<para>This is not to be confused with 'MinGW' (Minimalist GNU for Windows),
which is a completely separate effort. That project's home page is
diff --git a/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml b/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml
index def02ba..81e55c4 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ the <literal>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/</literal> directory.
<para>
Developers coming from a Windows background will be able to write
console or GUI executables that rely on the Microsoft Win32 API instead
-of Cygwin using the -mno-cygwin option to GCC. The <command>-shared</command>
-option allows to write Windows Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs). The
-resource compiler <command>windres</command> is also provided.
+of Cygwin using the mingw32 or mingw64 cross-compiler toolchains. The
+<command>-shared</command> option to GCC allows to write Windows Dynamically
+Linked Libraries (DLLs). The resource compiler <command>windres</command>
+is also provided.
</para>
</sect1>