Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] DirectX headers

[Paul G. <pga...@at...>]

On 9 Oct 2002 at 14:26, Steven Edwards wrote:

> Now that the win32api is expanding to include a ddk, should we also 
> expand it to include other api's besides the core win32?

	I don't think so.

	Can you be more specific in terms of what you mean when you say "besides the 
core win32"?  There is a lot of stuff included with the existing Mingw distribution that is 
supported and maintained by the Mingw developers.

> I started 
> building quake2 under mingw the other day and had no problems untill I 
> got to the direct sound part. Once I stubbed those functions out the 
> q2.exe built with no problems. If the header will be accepted I would 
> like to try my hand at adapting the rewind dsound header and see if I 
> can get q2 building and working properly.

	Bear in mind that the latest DirectSound which is fully supported by NT4 is release 6 
(if and only if you have downloaded and installed Service Pack 6 or 6a).  DirectSound, 
according to MS Platform SDK of November 2001, is being deprecated in lieu of Direct 
Audio.

	DirectX Audio is not really a part of the Win32api.

	DirectSound, through DirectSound 8 is already, at least partially, supported and 
included as part of the Mingw distro.

	Hope this helps.

		Paul G.