[gedit-list] win32 or only some win32?

[David Walker <davidianwalker gmail com>]

Hiya.

I downloaded gedit from the Gtome project page:
http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/
The blurb (with link) says:
"The latest windows binary can be found from gedit win32 binary."
Here is the URI:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/gedit/2.30/gedit-setup-2.30.1-1.exe

The install "looks" okay.

I get an application popup when I try to run gedit.
This is from System Log:

Event Type:	Information
Event Source:	Application Popup
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	26
Date:		15/07/2010
Time:		5:50:09 AM
User:		N/A
Computer:	DAVID
Description:
Application popup: gedit.exe - Entry Point Not Found : The procedure
entry point freeaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic link
library WS2_32.DLL.

"procedure entry point not found" means one thing - gedit is looking
for a call in the dll that doesn't exist. This is usually the result
of an application being designed for a specific Windows operating
system and being run on a different flavour.

For the record this is my version of ws2_32.dll:
5.00.2195.6601

This is my flavour of Windows:
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

Could someone confirm or deny whether "win32" means "win32 for some
undocumented flavour of win32". I could not see any documentation on
the website or in the download regarding Windows.

Best wishes.