Thanks Francois, I have been meaning to update some of the docs to answer these questions for a while. You put it much better and more to the point then I would have =).
Steven --- Francois Gouget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Changelog: > > * documentation/faq.sgml > > Tweak 'Will there be a Windows version of Wine?': > - Add a pointer to the MinGW project > - Fix the ReactOS case > - Explain the rational behind these porting projects > > > Index: documentation/faq.sgml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/wine/wine/documentation/faq.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.13 > diff -u -r1.13 faq.sgml > --- documentation/faq.sgml 28 Jul 2003 19:06:10 -0000 1.13 > +++ documentation/faq.sgml 20 Aug 2003 20:24:25 -0000 > @@ -485,19 +575,26 @@ > </question> > <answer> > <para> > - Some people are working on getting Wine code to compile on Windows. > + Some people are working on getting Wine code to compile on Windows > + using one of the following projects as a basis: > </para> > <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> > <listitem> > <para> > - Cygwin (<ulink url="http:/www.cygwin.com"> > - http://www.cygwin.com/</ulink>) > + Cygwin > + (<ulink url="http:/www.cygwin.com/">http://www.cygwin.com</>) > + </para> > + </listitem> > + <listitem> > + <para> > + MinGW > + (<ulink url="http:/www.mingw.org/">http://www.mingw.org</>) > </para> > </listitem> > <listitem> > <para> > - Reactos (<ulink url="http://www.reactos.com/";> > - http://www.reactos.com/</ulink>) > + ReactOS > + (<ulink url="http://www.reactos.com/";>http://www.reactos.com</>) > </para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > @@ -505,9 +602,21 @@ > There's some progress, so a Wine version that's usable on Windows > might be available at some time. > </para> > + <para> > + Part of the rational for these projects is to find out areas where > + Wine portability is lacking. This is especially true of the > + ReactOS project which is a reimplementation of the Windows kernel > + and should thus be able to reuse most of Wine dlls. > + </para> > + <para> > + Another reason for pursuing these projects is to be able to > + replace a single Windows dll with its Wine counterpart. Besides > + being a good test for the Wine dll, this lets us detect cases where > + we made incorrect assumptions about how the dlls interact. > + </para> > </answer> > </qandaentry> > - > + > </qandadiv> > <qandadiv id="What-do-I-need-in-order-to-use-Wine"> > <title>What do I need in order to use Wine?</title> > > > > -- > Francois Gouget [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fgouget.free.fr/ > It really galls me that most of the computer power in the world > is wasted on screen savers. > Chris Caldwell from the GIMPS project > http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
