Using XShm and cygipc

[Alan Hourihane]

You also need the cygipc libraries which are not part of the standard
cygwin distribution mechanisms before the modification below will work.

Alan.

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:07:36PM -0500, Harold Hunt wrote:
> Jeremy,
> 
> You need to do two things:
> 
> 1) Create the file xc/config/cf/host.def.  Put the following line in the
> file:
> #define UseCygIPC 1
> 
> 2) Follow the instructions for compilation in the Cygwin/XFree86
> Contributor's Guide.
> 
> 
> I don't recall if we decided that the Shm support was stable or not...
> you'll find out though, I am sure.
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Jeremy Wilkins
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:42 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Using XShm and cygipc
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Looking through the archives I've found various references to XShm, but
> > haven't been able to work out how to set it up. I've currently got cygipc
> > compiled and installed, I'm trying to work out how to compile in XShm
> > support - the archive mentions changing command lines, but which ones?
> >
> > Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm not overly familiar with
> > Makefiles.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >