Re: [Mingw-users] broken links and more info on mingw32 on linux

[Dave M. <win...@nt...>]

Bram Kuijper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just wanted to point out that there actually some essential links 
> broken on the MinGW docs webpage: http://www.mingw.org/docs.shtml
>   

I just went looking for some alternative links for these and came up 
with some mirrors

> Programming Win32 with GNU C and C++ 
> <http://www12.canvas.ne.jp/peters/colin/win32/index.html>
> A tutorial by Coin Peters, the original author of MinGW.
>   

http://mirrors.zoreil.com/webclub.kcom.ne.jp/ma/colinp/gcc.html

> Mike Linkovich's MinGW Startup Guide 
> <http://www.spacejack.org/games/mingw/>
> An excellant primer for getting up and running with MinGW (with an 
> emphasis on graphics/game development). Covers some popular and useful 
> external libraries and IDE's that work with MinGW.
>
>
>   
This one works fine for me http://www.spacejack.org/games/mingw/


> How to make DLLs using GCC 
> <http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/%7Ekhan/software/gnu-win32/dllhelpers.html>
>   

This one I can't seem to track down but there's a partial mirror at  
http://programming.ccp14.ac.uk/mumit-khan/~khan/
> are there any _new_ pointers (ie. 2005+) to information somewhere on the 
> 'net? Or otherwise a better tool than Mingw32 to cross compile 
> applications for windows?
>   

As far as I'm aware MinGW and Cygwin are the only tools that are 
available that provide gcc for windows. They each serve their own 
purpose and I much prefer the minimal approach of MinGW to the emulation 
layer provided by Cygwin.


Dave