That sounds like something to add to the OSX distro. Unfortunately the guys web links are gone along with the code.
Besides, it sounded like it made a few assumptions about how X Windows was configured. It would be really nice to have a custom launcher for each OS environment. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Dasque Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:32 PM To: Darren Martz Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Scott' Subject: Re: [Mono-list] executable on MAC OS X? Someone actually built a launcher for .exe (.NET assembly format) files on MacOS X. I think it's called Mono Starter and discussion about it can be found in the archive of this list. Erik On Jul 8, 2004, at 10:15 PM, Darren Martz wrote: > I think there was a discussion about having a more OS native headers > structure but some it became obvious very quickly that it was not > possible with portability and compatibility in mind. It does make me > wonder if an OS specific utility could be developed to convert an > exe-file to a native OSX app type IF the developer wants it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 4:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Mono-list] executable on MAC OS X? > >> I just compiled helloworld.cs on my MAC OS X machine and to my >> surprise I ended up with a .exe file... >> Not quite what I was expecting... >> How do I get a mac executable? >> Or am I supposed to use the netmodule... If so how... >> Am I suppose to start a server to do this? > > Hi Brian, > > The .exe file is the executable file format across all platforms that > implement the .NET runtime, even for the Mac / PPC, so you've ended up > with the correct type of file there. > > To run it at the command line on OS X you can simply type: > > mono helloworld.exe. > > Like java programs the executable you've made could be transferred > from the Mac to a Linux PC for example, and it will still execute, and > vice versa. > > Regards, > > -- Scott > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
