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Ray
Ray

Reputation: 8844

Is there a Xlib DLL for Windows?

Out of private / experimental interest, I've been writing low-level cross-platform UI functionality with .NET Standard 2.0, and implemented creating a window

So far I can run the X11 code nicely on Linux with MonoDevelop, but I thought it would be useful to develop for an X server running on Windows (like Cygwin/X or Xming X Server).

For that however, I require an Xlib Windows DLL which I can P/Invoke to, as .NET Core only supports Windows DLLs on Windows platforms (AFAIK).

Before I get myself into the trouble of "porting" the Xlib source to compile with MSVC++, I wonder if there is any project available which already creates an Xlib Windows DLL, or if any such compiled DLL is readily available somewhere?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2680

Answers (1)

Kirn Gill II
Kirn Gill II

Reputation: 100

I found a X11.dll as part of some commercial X server from the mid-1990s for Windows NT, except I don't remember which X server product however. I do know, however, that it'll do what you want.

It's 32-bit, but you can use this DLL: https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/segin-utils/X11.dll

I used it to produce a 32-bit Windows build of a window manager I had worked on years ago: https://github.com/segin/matwm2

Build: https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/segin-utils/matwm2.exe

If I can figure out how to upload release artifacts to GitHub, I'll probably archive these files there.

Upvotes: 1

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