re: compiling Windows code with g++ on Linux using msvcrt - good idea? if so, how do you do it?

[Dan Kegel]

Glad Wine is being helpful to you.

If you're targeting plain old 32 bit intel-compatible linux or unix,
have you considered simply using wine to run your windows
binaries?   That plus a very few tweaks in your source tree
could get you what you want with potentially less effort.
- Dan