[Wine] wine advantages over mingw

[tinku99]

What are the advantages of using winegcc over the mingw cross compiler? 
Also, what are the differences in the header files / libs supplied with each ? 

I have an app (http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46546) cross compiling with mingw using codeblocks, and I have it working under winelib side by side native linux code.  

I wanted to translate it so it would compile with winegcc so i have to do less wrapping of code...

Also, does anyone have winegcc configuration instructions for a free IDE (preferably codeblocks)?

Thanks.