RE: Flex - Windows

[Mark Weaver]

> Hi, I was really hoping to use FLEX as part of a final year university
> project but there doesn't seem to be a version that run's under Windows
> (XP), all I seem to be able to find is diff files which I believe are a
> UNIX shell extension.  
No, those are diffERENCE files that give you a list of changes between two 
files.  The idea is that you get the source, and then apply the differences 
using the patch.

> Is there a windows version anywhere that I have
> missed somewhere?

cygwin has a port:

http://www.cygwin.com

the version I use (native, patched for re-entrant and 16-bit wide characters) 
is at:

http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/flex/

Mark