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205      <para>Julia Menapace first coined the term ``Deja Gnu'' to describe an      <para>Julia Menapace first coined the term ``Deja Gnu'' to describe an
206      earlier testing framework at Cygnus Support she had written for      earlier testing framework at Cygnus Support she had written for
207      <command>GDB</command>. When we replaced it with the Expect-based      <command>GDB</command>. When we replaced it with the Expect-based
208      framework, it was like DejaGnu all over again... But more importantly, it      framework, it was like DejaGnu all over again.  More importantly, it
209      was also named after my daughter,<ulink      was also named after my daughter,<ulink
210      URL="mailto:deja@welcomehome.org">Deja Snow Savoye</ulink> (now 12      URL="mailto:deja@welcomehome.org">Deja Snow Savoye</ulink> (now 12
211      years old in Sept of 2002), who was a toddler during DejaGnu's      years old in Sept of 2002), who was a toddler during DejaGnu's
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245          URL="http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~rosalia/mydocs/docbook-intro.html">free          URL="http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~rosalia/mydocs/docbook-intro.html">free
246          GNU DocBook tools</ulink>) format.</para></listitem>          GNU DocBook tools</ulink>) format.</para></listitem>
247                    
248        <listitem><para>NT support. There is beta level support for NT        <listitem><para>Windows support. There is beta level support for
249        that is still a work in progress. This requires the <ulink        Windows that is still a work in progress. This requires the
250        URL="http://sources.redhat.com">Cygwin</ulink> POSIX system        <ulink URL="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</ulink> POSIX
251        for NT.</para></listitem>        subsystem for Windows.</para></listitem>
252    
253      </itemizedlist>      </itemizedlist>
254    
255      <sect2 id=cygwin xreflabel="NT Support">      <sect2 id=cygwin xreflabel="Windows Support">
256        <title>NT Support</title>        <title>Windows Support</title>
257        
258        <para>To use DejaGnu on NT, you need to first install the        <para>To use DejaGnu on Windows, you need to first install the
259          <ulink URL="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin">Cygwin</ulink>          <ulink URL="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</ulink>
260          release. This works as of the B20.1 release. Cygwin is a POSIX          release. This works as of the B20.1 release. Cygwin is a POSIX
261          system for NT. This covers both utility programs, and a libray          system for Windows. This covers both utility programs, and a libray
262          that adds POSIX system calls to NT. Among them is pseudo tty          that adds POSIX system calls to Windows. Among them is pseudo tty
263          support for NT that emulates the POSIX pty standard. The          support for Windows that emulates the POSIX pty standard. The
264          latest Cygwin is always available from <ulink          latest Cygwin is always available from <ulink
265          URL="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin">this location</ulink>. This          URL="http://www.cygwin.com/">this location</ulink>. This
266          works well enough to run <emphasis>"make check"</emphasis> of          works well enough to run <emphasis>"make check"</emphasis> of
267          the GNU development tree on NT after a native build. But the          the GNU development tree on Windows after a native build. But the
268          nature of pty's on NT is still evolving. Your mileage may          nature of ptys on Windows is still evolving. Your mileage may
269          vary...</para>          vary.</para>
270    
271      </sect2>      </sect2>
272                    

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