http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/INSTALL.html#compile_Windows

[Harold L Hunt II]

Brian,

Actually, Nicholas Wourms and I got a shared build working.  He has 
posted the package for me to review and I will try to upload it tonight 
if I get a chance.  He also included bug fixes that are in lesstif's 
CVS, so mwm's 'Close' menu item seems to be working again.

Harold

Brian Ford wrote:

>>Windows
>>
>>On windows using Cygwin, U/WIN or Interix, LessTif must be built as
>>static libraries.  Because, one of the biggest issues with X on Win32 is
>>the moronic DLL format. Specifically - it is not possible to export
>>data from a Win32 DLL in a form that can be used to statically
>>initialize another global variable. Data access from a DLL requires at
>>least one pointer indirection, and hence executable code. This is why
>>X11R6 doesn't have DLLs for Xt/Xmu/Xaw (and Motif) on Win32.
>>
> 
> Not exactly true on Cygwin anymore because of the following hack:
> 
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-10/msg00173.html
> 
> I am still trying to shake out a working lesstif DLL from this, but I
> thought I would ask two questions that might help speed this up.
> 
> Does anyone remember what variables specifically this effects?  Is
> _XtInherit() the only one?
> 
> As an intermediate step, I am trying a static lesstif build with the new
> shared Xt/Xmu, etc.  I am getting the followin message on startup of an
> application that previously worked fine:
> 
> Warning: XmManager ClassInitialize: XmeTraitSet failed
> 
> Error: attempt to add non-widget child "DropSiteManager" to parent "he"
> which supports only widgets
> 
> Still digging in lesstif source to find out what this means and where to
> go from here, but any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
>