Possibility of win32 executable on Cygwin/X

Michel Bardiaux mbardiaux@peaktime.be
Mon Feb 14 09:26:00 GMT 2005


Mike Morgan wrote:
> 	I have been trying to come up with an answer to the following question
> through FAQs, google, and IRC, but to no avail. Its a simple question,
> but perhaps I am not asking/searching properly...
> 
> 	I wish to know if its possible to run a proper windows formatted
> executable file through the local X server somehow. I assume this would
> take an extra program to do properly.
> 
> 	My goal is to be able to run everything I do on my windows machine
> completely INSIDE of a KDE environment. This means that I could move the
> window around INSIDE the KDE desktop, from virtual desktop to virtual
> desktop, etc.
> 
> 	I know this is asking a lot, but if it is possible yet, I would LOVE to
> know; otherwise I would be willing to work on such a goal, developing
> for the Cygwin/X project(s)? Sorry, I don't know all that much about
> them yet, but I would be willing to learn. 
> 
IIRC wine *can* run under cygwin. See www.winehq.org.

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