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Re: Web site
Certainly. I have this weekend already committed timewise though, so
It'll be midweek unless someone drops me a diff.
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: Web site
> Rob,
> Do you want to fix the FAQ?
> I intentionally chnage the name from xfree86-xxx-Prog. XClients is a
better
> name I think then Programs.
>
> Suhaib
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Travis Howell
> To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Sent: 4/15/2001 8:31 PM
> Subject: Web site
>
> The recent Cygwin/XFree 86 WWW site updates mention it is now
compatible
> with Windows 95 or later but the FAQ at
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/faq.html still states it isn't
> compatible in several sections:
> 1.4 How complete is Cygwin/XFree86?
> At present the X11R6.4 libraries clients and servers are functional
on
> Windows NT, 2000. Windows 95,98 and ME have 16-bit code in their GDI
and
> we
> need help from volunteers to resolve issues on those platforms. The
> client
> libraries will run on Windows 95,98 and ME, but not the X servers.
>
> 1.8 Help, I retrieved the latest version via FTP, and I cannot use X
> Server!!!!
> If you are using Windows 95 or 98, break out your debugger and start
> working
> around the 16-bit code in GDI32.dll and kernel32.dll.
>
> 2.1 Can I use Cygwin/XFree86?
> At this time, Cygwin/XFree86 only supports Windows NT and Windows
2000.
> For
> purely experimental support for Windows 9x and Windows ME see Shadow
> Framebuffer Test 8.
>
> 3.7 Will you port XFree86 to Windows, NT, and Windows95?
> The Cygwin/XFree86 project has ported XFree86 to Windows NT/2000. See
> "How
> Complete is it?" for issues with Windows 9x and Windows MW. The
> Cygwin/XFree86 project does not plan to port XFree86 to windows 3.11.
>
> Also the download guide at
>
http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/docs/howto/cygwin-xfree-downloadi
> ng.h
> tml is out of date, all filenames are different now and the rgb and
prog
> files no longer seem to exist..
>