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Re: Exceed
Thanks for checking this out, Suhaib. I appreciate your vigilance.
-chris
On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 01:52:39PM -0500, Suhaib M. Siddiqi wrote:
>I do not know. I was browsing through their
>web pages looking for updates because Exceed 6.1 XDK gives
>problems with MSVC 6.0. That is when I noticed it.
>
>I have ordered an evaluation copy. I hope they are
>not like Portland Group Compiler where their compilers were not linked
>to Cygwin1.dll, but they used bash.exe, and make.exe from Cygwin. So if
>you remove the make.exe which has Cygwin1.dll the Portland Group Compilers
>will fall apart.
>
>I am curious to know Exceed libraries, if they have linked their
>libs to Cygwin1.dll, will that not make the Exceed XDK developments tools
>GPL'ed unless they have Cygwin commercial license? Or, they may have
>made the libs without any dependency to Cygwin?
>
>My evaluation copy will arrive in a couple of weeks, then I will know more.
>
>Suhaib
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Faylor [mailto:cgf@cygnus.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 1:45 PM
>> To: ssiddiqi@ipass.net
>> Cc: Cygwin-Xfree@Sourceware.Cygnus.Com
>> Subject: Re: Exceed
>>
>>
>> Hmm. Are they saying that they're "Cygwin32" (sic) compatible or are
>> they actually distributing Cygwin?
>>
>> I wonder if they're using your work here.
>>
>> -chris
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 08:27:05PM -0400, Suhaib M. Siddiqi wrote:
>> >
>> >Does anyone know that Exceed XDk support Cygwin?
>> >
>> >I was browsing through thie web pages and noticed the following.
>> >
>> >Suhaib
>> >
>> >Exceed XDK FEATURES
>> >Key Features Benefits
>> >X Window Standard Development Library Support Easy development of X
>> >applications, GCC Compiler Support for Cygwin32 and GNAT environments
>> >Motif Support Port X Window Motif 1.2.4 and 2.0.1 X clients
>> >Long File Name (LFN) Support Eliminates the need to change
>> source code due
>> >to renamed include/header files
>> >Kinput2, a Japanese X Input Method Editor Local Input Method Server
>> >supporting Japanese input in X clients
>> >Microsoft Input Method Editor Enables the use of any Microsoft Windows
>> >compatible IME for Japanese input in X clients
>> >
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