[Wylug-help] visual c programming on linux

[Yiannis Gatsoulis]

Dave Whiteley wrote:
> On Friday 06 October 2006 12:16, Yiannis Gatsoulis wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I ve got to change a program written in visual c and it uses directX....
>>
>> >From what I know there is no directX support in linux and there is also
>>
>> something called monodevelop which allows visual c and .net
>> programming.... Any tips? Or do I have to do the programming in visual
>> studio under windows??
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Yianni
>>
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>
> I have just Googled 
>    directX    gcc
> and got a number of links.
>
> I have no experience programming for DirectX.  From my Googling it appears 
> that the learning curve with DirectX is rather steep. How complicated is the 
> interface?  If fairly trivial it may be easier to strip out the maths from 
> the graphics and go OSS.
>
>   
Thanks Dave,

graphics are quite basic (some bitmaps and some cursor capturing events) 
but directX is mainly used for interfacing a force feedback joystick 
(microsoft one).

Yianni