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Tectu: /* Installing Cygwin */

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‎Installing Cygwin

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‎Set Up Your Folder Structure

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‎Installing Cygwin

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‎What's next

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Tectu: /* Setting Your Environment */

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‎Setting Your Environment

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 Select a directory to build your uGFX projects in.
-The pathname for this must <b>NOT</b> contain spaces as <code>gmake</code> has BIG problems with paths with spaces in them (yuck!). This applies to any source files as well - gmake simply cannot handle spaces.
+The pathname for this must <b>NOT</b> contain spaces as <code>gmake</code> has BIG problems with paths with spaces in them (yuck!). This applies to any source files as well - <code>gmake</code> simply cannot handle spaces.
 Create the following folders:

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 </ul>
-'''Note:''' Make sure that you install the ''pc'' version of the compiler, not the ''w64'' one.
+'''Note:''' Make sure that you install the <code>pc</code> version of the compiler, not the <code>w64</code> one.
 == Set Up Your Folder Structure ==

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 <li>w32api-runtime</li>
 </ul>
 == Set Up Your Folder Structure ==

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 Select a directory to build your uGFX projects in.
-The pathname for this must <b>NOT</b> contain spaces as gmake has BIG problems with paths with spaces in them (yuck!). This applies to any source files as well - gmake simply cannot handle spaces.
+The pathname for this must <b>NOT</b> contain spaces as <code>gmake</code> has BIG problems with paths with spaces in them (yuck!). This applies to any source files as well - gmake simply cannot handle spaces.
 Create the following folders:
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 </ul>
-Into the uGFX directory copy the uGFX source. The uGFX folder will then contain a gfxconf.example.h file (as well as lots of other stuff). This folder will be used as the master source location for all your uGFX projects and is generally treated as a read-only store.
+Into the uGFX directory copy the uGFX source. The uGFX folder will then contain a <code>gfxconf.example.h</code> file (as well as lots of other stuff). This folder will be used as the master source location for all your uGFX projects and is generally treated as a read-only store.
-In the TestProjects directory copy the Makefile from the uGFX/boards/base/Win32/example directory. This will be your project directory and will eventually contain all your project source files. For now we are going to just build one of the predefined demos so the only thing needed is the makefile itself.
+In the TestProjects directory copy the Makefile from the <code>uGFX/boards/base/Win32/example</code> directory. This will be your project directory and will eventually contain all your project source files. For now we are going to just build one of the predefined demos so the only thing needed is the makefile itself.
 == Setting Your Environment ==

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 Run the installer and accept the default options until you get to the package selection. In the package selection expand the "Devel" branch and add the following packages:
 <ul><li>make</li>
-<li>mingw-binutils</li>
+<li>mingw64-i686-binutils</li>
-<li>mingw-gcc-core</li>
+<li>mingw64-i686-gcc-core</li>
-<li>mingw-w32api</li>
+<li>w32api-headers</li>
 </ul>

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-This guide will help you set up your first compile under windows.
+This guide will help you set up your first compile under Windows. We will be compiling one of the uGFX demo's using the command-line. Once you have this working you can later set up any of a number of development IDE's.
-We will be compiling one of the uGFX demo's using the command-line. Once you have this working you can later set up any of a number of development IDE's.
+Please note that this guide will show you how to compile an uGFX application so it can be executed as a native Windows application. That can be compared to a simulator or an emulator - except that it's the real deal.
 == Getting the bits ==

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 This guide will help you set up your first compile under windows.
 We will be compiling one of the uGFX demo's using the command-line. Once you have this working you can later set up any of a number of development IDE's.
 == Getting the bits ==
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 == What's next ==
 <ol><li>Try change the GFXDEMO setting in the makefile to make a different demo. The demo's can be found in the uGFX/demos directory.</li>
 <li>Copy one of the demo's source to your project folder. Comment out the GFXDEMO line in the Makefile and add main.c to the SRC line. Making this will now make the demo from the source in your project directory. Play with your local main.c to experiment with uGFX. Note the gfxconf.h file. This file contains the configuration options for any program you create.</li>
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 <li>You are now in a position to start playing with cross-compiling for other platforms. See some of the examples under the uGFX/boards/base directory.</li>
 </ol>

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 </code>
-for a 64 bit version of cygwin.
+for a 64-Bit version of cygwin.
 == The First Build ==