xlunch works on Windows!

[hello-smile6]

This is not a prank. I got xlunch to run on Windows using cygwin.

Dependencies

• cygwin
  • gcc-core
  • libX11
  • git
  • make
  • libImlib2_1
  • libImlib2-devel
  • fluxbox (To install everything needed for a GUI)

Build commands

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/Tomas-M/xlunch.git
cd xlunch
make

Start command

(From xterm in cygwin)

cd ~/xlunch
cat entries.dsv| ./xlunch.exe -f /cygdrive/c/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf/10 -W --title xlunch

I may have missed a dependency, but it should be easy enough to find any dependencies I missed.

[hello-smile6]

xlunch also works in desktop mode. I'm going to configure as many programs as possible, just to see how xlunch looks when used instead of the normal Windows desktop.

[hello-smile6]

If someone created an executable that didn't rely on Xorg, I'd always use that. Background from elementary/wallpapers@git-server/github cygwin config available at hello-smile6/cygwin-xlunch-menu@git-server/github

[Tomas-M]

Very nice :)

[hello-smile6]

Very nice :)

Would it be possible to use Windows 2000?

[Tomas-M]

What did you mean by executable that didn't rely on xlunch? Anyway, I have zero experiences in compiling software for windows, so I will not be able to help you

[hello-smile6]

What did you mean by executable that didn't rely on xlunch? Anyway, I have zero experiences in compiling software for windows, so I will not be able to help you

I meant the cygwin Xorg. qemu somehow avoids using it.

[PMunch]

Oh wow, that's pretty neat. By the way when running in desktop mode you can pass --noprompt or simply just -n to hide the Run: prompt if you only want to use xlunch as a desktop.

[hello-smile6]

Oh wow, that's pretty neat. By the way when running in desktop mode you can pass --noprompt or simply just -n to hide the Run: prompt if you only want to use xlunch as a desktop.

Good idea, maybe I'll use that.