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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/X11/Xwindows.h b/X11/Xwindows.h
index 5a0a2fbb9..92b8b527b 100644
--- a/X11/Xwindows.h
+++ b/X11/Xwindows.h
@@ -29,28 +29,39 @@ The Open Group.
/*
* This header file has the sole purpose of allowing the inclusion of
* windows.h without getting any name conflicts with X headers code, by
- * renaming the conflicting definitions from windows.h
- *
- * Some (non-Microsoft) versions of the Windows API headers actually avoid
+ * renaming or disabling the conflicting definitions from windows.h
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Mingw.org versions of the Windows API headers actually avoid
* making the conflicting definitions if XFree86Server is defined, so we
* need to remember if that was defined and undefine it during including
* windows.h (so the conflicting definitions get wrapped correctly), and
- * then redefine it afterwards...
- *
- * There doesn't seem to be a good way to wrap the min/max macros from
- * windows.h, so we simply avoid defining them completely, allowing any
- * pre-existing definition to stand.
- *
+ * then redefine it afterwards. (This was never the correct thing to
+ * do as it's no help at all to X11 clients which also need to use the
+ * Win32 API)
*/
-
#undef _XFree86Server
#ifdef XFree86Server
# define _XFree86Server
# undef XFree86Server
#endif
+/*
+ * There doesn't seem to be a good way to wrap the min/max macros from
+ * windows.h, so we simply avoid defining them completely, allowing any
+ * pre-existing definition to stand.
+ *
+ */
#define NOMINMAX
-#define BOOL wBOOL
+
+/*
+ * mingw-w64 headers define BOOL as a typedef, protecting against macros
+ * mingw.org headers define BOOL in terms of WINBOOL
+ * ... so try to come up with something which works with both :-)
+ */
+#define _NO_BOOL_TYPEDEF
+#define BOOL WINBOOL
#define INT32 wINT32
#ifdef Status
#undef Status
@@ -70,6 +81,12 @@ typedef int Status;
#undef FreeResource
#undef CreateWindowA
+/*
+ * Older version of this header used to name the windows API bool type wBOOL,
+ * rather than more standard name WINBOOL
+ */
+#define wBOOL WINBOOL
+
#ifdef RESOURCE_H
# undef RT_FONT
# undef RT_CURSOR