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diff --git a/README.win32.md b/README.win32.md index 17b36acbf..7f11e571e 100644 --- a/README.win32.md +++ b/README.win32.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ warned. For prebuilt binaries (DLLs and EXEs) and developer packages (headers, import libraries) of GLib, Pango, GTK+ etc for Windows, go to -https://www.gtk.org/download/windows.php . They are for "native" +https://www.gtk.org/docs/installations/windows/ . They are for "native" Windows meaning they use the Win32 API and Microsoft C runtime library only. No POSIX (Unix) emulation layer like Cygwin is involved. @@ -30,17 +30,16 @@ On Windows setting up a correct build environment is very similar to typing The following preprocessor macros are to be used for conditional compilation related to Win32 in GLib-using code: -- `G_OS_WIN32` is defined when compiling for native Win32, without - any POSIX emulation, other than to the extent provided by the - bundled Microsoft C library. +- `G_OS_WIN32` and `G_PLATFORM_WIN32` are defined when compiling for native + Win32, without any POSIX emulation, other than to the extent provided by + the bundled Microsoft C library. Either can be used to check when + conditionally compiling GLib-using code for Win32. - `G_WITH_CYGWIN` is defined if compiling for the Cygwin environment. Note that `G_OS_WIN32` is *not* defined in that case, as Cygwin is supposed to behave like Unix. `G_OS_UNIX` *is* defined by a GLib - for Cygwin. - -- `G_PLATFORM_WIN32` is defined when either `G_OS_WIN32` or `G_WITH_CYGWIN` - is defined. + for Cygwin, but `G_PLATFORM_WIN32` is *no longer* defined by GLib for + Cygwin. These macros are defined in `glibconfig.h`, and are thus available in all source files that include `<glib.h>`. |