Re: next release of Lout is approaching (mingw vs cygwin)

[KHMan]

Antonio Regidor García wrote:
> On windows, I only use lout calling it from other programs. I work for a 
> software company and write programs that use lout for printing. So, when 
> choosing between mingw and cygwin, the smaller and easier to install is the 
> better. I didn't use cygwin a lot, so I don't know: For a lout executable 
> compiled for cygwin, would it suffice to simply copy the cygwin dll to the lout 
> directory?

Yes, I tried a batch file and "lout -v" appears to work with the 
added cygwin1.dll, opening a console window, but I haven't run the 
thing seriously (I want to recompile to install to /usr/local 
later, then test).

If anyone has experience using Lout on Cygwin, let us know if you 
want and I will put the material up on a new wiki page later.

I realize that there are users for the MinGW port, but I'm usually 
more enthusiastic about maintaining something that I use myself, 
and running stuff on DOS Prompts is becoming more and more of a 
rarity for me. I'd rather expend my energy on FLOSS more 
efficiently and not be saddled with too much legacy work.

I welcome comments, and for now, I treat the MinGW Lout as a 
custom port that won't go into mainline. But I am seriously 
thinking now that pushing Win32 Lout users to Cygwin and 
end-of-life'ing the MinGW port is the best long term plan.

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia