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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2010-08-30 13:19:39 +0000
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2010-08-30 13:19:39 +0000
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* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to binmode/textmode
link libs. * textbinary.sgml (textbin-devel): Ditto.
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@@ -142,38 +142,46 @@ in your project, like this:</para>
$ gcc my_tiny_app.c /lib/binmode.o -o my_tiny_app
</screen>
+<para>Starting with Cygwin 1.7.7, you can use the even simpler:</para>
+
+<screen>
+ $ gcc my_tiny_app.c -lbinmode -o my_tiny_app
+</screen>
+
<para>This adds code which sets the default open mode for all files
opened by <command>my_tiny_app</command> to binary for reading and
writing.</para>
-<para>Cygwin provides the following object files to set the default open mode
-just by linking an application against them:</para>
+<para>Cygwin provides the following libraries and object files to set the
+default open mode just by linking an application against them:</para>
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<screen>
-/lib/automode.o - Open files for reading in textmode
- Open files for writing in binary mode
+/lib/libautomode.a - Open files for reading in textmode,
+/lib/automode.o open files for writing in binary mode
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<screen>
-/lib/binmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode
+/lib/libbinmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode
+/lib/binmode.o
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<screen>
-/lib/textmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in textmode
+/lib/libtextmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in textmode
+/lib/textmode.o
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<screen>
-/lib/textreadmode.o - Open files for reading in textmode
- Keep default behaviour for writing.
+/lib/libtextreadmode.a - Open files for reading in textmode,
+/lib/textreadmode.o keep default behaviour for writing.
</screen>
</listitem>