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* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.objective-c): Update for gcc4. 

(faq.programming.win32-api): -mwindows does include -lcomdlg32.
	(faq.programming.win32-no-cygwin): Update for removal of -mno-cygwin.
	* overview2.sgml (ov-ex-win): Ditto.
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2012-04-23 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.objective-c): Update for gcc4.
(faq.programming.win32-api): -mwindows does include -lcomdlg32.
(faq.programming.win32-no-cygwin): Update for removal of -mno-cygwin.
* overview2.sgml (ov-ex-win): Ditto.
2012-04-05 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.13): Add typeahead description.

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<question><para>Where is Objective C?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>Objective C hasn't been distributed with the Cygwin version of gcc
for a long time. For several reason Cygwin was stuck with gcc version 3.4.4.
Fortunately the latest gcc maintainer is quite busy to create a working
gcc 4.x release which also comes with an Objective C package.
<para>Support for compiling Objective C is available in the <literal>gcc4-objc</literal>
package; resulting binaries will depend on the <literal>libobjc2</literal>
package at runtime.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
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<para>The regular setup allows you to use the option -mwindows on the
command line to include a set of the basic libraries (and also
make your program a GUI program instead of a console program),
including user32, gdi32 and, IIRC, comdlg32.
including user32, gdi32 and comdlg32.
</para>
<para>It is a good idea to put import libraries last on your link line,
or at least after all the object files and static libraries that reference them.
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<question><para>How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?</para></question>
<answer>
<para><emphasis role='bold'>(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest net release.)</emphasis>
</para>
<para>The -mno-cygwin flag to gcc makes gcc link against standard Microsoft
DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is desirable for native Windows programs
that don't need a UNIX emulation layer.
<para>The compilers provided by the <literal>mingw-gcc</literal>,
<literal>mingw64-i686-gcc</literal>, and <literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc</literal>
packages link against standard Microsoft DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is
desirable for native Windows programs that don't need a UNIX emulation layer.
</para>
<para>This is not to be confused with 'MinGW' (Minimalist GNU for Windows),
which is a completely separate effort. That project's home page is

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<para>
Developers coming from a Windows background will be able to write
console or GUI executables that rely on the Microsoft Win32 API instead
of Cygwin using the -mno-cygwin option to GCC. The <command>-shared</command>
option allows to write Windows Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs). The
resource compiler <command>windres</command> is also provided.
of Cygwin using the mingw32 or mingw64 cross-compiler toolchains. The
<command>-shared</command> option to GCC allows to write Windows Dynamically
Linked Libraries (DLLs). The resource compiler <command>windres</command>
is also provided.
</para>
</sect1>