XWT is still a set of bindings. It calls native code / GUI toolkits underneath. So that's not what he was asking for. I guess there is just not enough money / motivation behind having a fully-managed GUI toolkit. On the other hand, Mono WinForms is one, technically.
Slide wrote > > There is this one that is being developed https://github.com/mono/xwt > and will be the foundation of MonoDevelop in the future from what I > understand. > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:19 AM, 殷启聪 <seamlikok@> wrote: >> Why there's no any cross-platform GUI toolkit that's written natively >> in C#? I'm tired of using bindings. Is it possible to develop a C# GUI >> toolkit that's OpenGL accelerated (like WPF and Clutter), >> cross-platform (like wxWidgets and Qt) and uses native widgets in >> different desktop environment? Then GTK+, Qt etc. will be used as low >> level components. >> 2012/9/11 Stifu <stifu@>: >>> The most recent bit of news I've read about GTK# 3: >>> >>> http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/Towards-GTK-3-0-tp4650597.html >>> >>> >>> Daniel Hughes wrote >>>> >>>> GTK 3 was released 10 Feb 2011. That's a long time ago. >>>> >>>> During that time .net bindings have failed to eventuate. Information on >>>> what has been happening has been very hard to find, despite a large >>>> number >>>> of .net applications on linux using these bindings. >>>> >>>> As the author of an opensource application dependent on these bindings >>>> I >>>> find this lack of information very concerning. And I'm starting to ask >>>> myself questions like, Am I now dependent of a dead or dieing library? >>>> >>>> Banshee was removed from the default ubuntu install, officially because >>>> of >>>> lack of GTK 3 support. >>>> >>>> I have the following questions: >>>> >>>> Where is the source code for GTK 3 support? >>>> As far as I can establish the GTK sharp code is hosted here: >>>> https://github.com/mono/gtk-sharp<https://github.com/mono/gtk-sharp/branches> >>>> However there is no branch in there labelled as GTK3 >>>> >>>> Who supports GTK sharp? >>>> If it is community maintained, who are the main contributors? >>>> >>>> Is there a projected or planned release date for GTK 3 support? >>>> Developers dependent on GTK sharp need this information in order to >>>> plan >>>> the future of there applications. >>>> >>>> If GTK sharp is really dying then application developers dependent on >>>> it >>>> need to know, so they can either contribute to it or move there >>>> applications on to something else. >>>> >>>> If the bindings are struggling, how come there has been no call >>>> for contributors, or at least transparent information about what is >>>> going >>>> on. Rather then the current back whole of information. >>>> >>>> Recently ubuntu held an app competition, it was hugely successful and >>>> while >>>> it was on people where asking questions like this: >>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/154373/use-primary-toolbar-with-mono >>>> And all we could do was advice that they use another language. >>>> >>>> If we lose GTK# bindings where does that leave mono on desktop linux? >>>> We >>>> have no QT bindings, no clutter bindings and no GTK# 3 bindings. in >>>> sort >>>> we >>>> have no bindings available (by that I mean packaged in debian or >>>> similar) >>>> for the latest version of any native linux GUI tool kit. >>>> >>>> I'm going to say this again, mono developers cannot use the latest >>>> version >>>> of any native linux GUI tool kit. >>>> >>>> Now maybe the GTK# bindings are alive and well and are about to issue a >>>> release. However if that is true then the developers have a lot of room >>>> for >>>> improvement with there communications. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Daniel Hughes >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mono-list maillist - [email protected] >>>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/GTKsharp-3-tp4656569p4656570.html >>> Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > Website: http://earl-of-code.com > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > -- View this message in context: http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/GTKsharp-3-tp4656569p4656579.html Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
