Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Use of libX11

[Robert Funnell]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2011, Volker Grabsch wrote:

> Robert Funnell schrieb:
> > On Sat, 12 Mar 2011, Volker Grabsch wrote:
> >
> > > MinGW as well as mingw-cross-env only support the build tools. We do
> > > not support any kind of Unix emulation. ...
> >
> > I don't really understand this distinction. Why are, say, gstreamer and
> > qt considered to be build tools, but not X11?
> >
> > > ... In particular, I don't think
> > > it makes much sense for your project to use libX11 for the Windows
> > > application.
> >
> > I agree. It makes no sense except for the vast amount of legacy code
> > that I have.
>
> I'm afraid you totally misunderstood what I was trying to say.

I'm afraid you're right. Can you point me to somewhere that might 
clarify things for me? If I'm going to try to use MinGW I'd like to 
grok it better.

> ...
> You could also provide a corresponding mingw-cross-env package
> "src/libx11.mk" if you like, so that others will benefit from
> your efforts. ...

I may try this. Would such a package be accepted as part of 
mingw-cross-env?

Thanks for your help.

- Robert