diff --git a/docs/build.dox b/docs/build.dox index 6304d425..ca2460ea 100644 --- a/docs/build.dox +++ b/docs/build.dox @@ -161,11 +161,12 @@ David Drysdale. The static version of the GLFW library is named `glfw3`. When using this version, it is also necessary to link with some libraries that GLFW uses. -When linking an application under Windows that uses the static version of GLFW, -you must link with `opengl32`. On some versions of MinGW, you must also -explicitly link with `gdi32`, while other versions of MinGW include it in the -set of default libraries along with other dependencies like `user32` and -`kernel32`. If you are using GLU, you must also link with `glu32`. +When using MinGW to link an application with the static version of GLFW, you +must also explicitly link with `gdi32`. Other toolchains including MinGW-w64 +include it in the set of default libraries along with other dependencies like +`user32` and `kernel32`. + +If you are using GLU, you must also link with `glu32`. The link library for the GLFW DLL is named `glfw3dll`. When compiling an application that uses the DLL version of GLFW, you need to define the @ref @@ -173,8 +174,7 @@ GLFW_DLL macro _before_ any inclusion of the GLFW header. This can be done either with a compiler switch or by defining it in your source code. An application using the GLFW DLL does not need to link against any of its -dependencies, but you still have to link against `opengl32` if your application -uses OpenGL and `glu32` if it uses GLU. +dependencies, but you still have to link against `glu32` if it uses GLU. @subsection build_link_cmake_source With CMake and GLFW source