I believe the answers you're looking for are in the link I gave.
Daniel Hughes wrote > > XWT although interesting is irrelevant to the question at hand. XWT will > use GTK on linux and so will still require working GTK 3 bindings. > > So can we get back to the topic, I would love answers to my questions > regarding GTK Sharp 3 > > Who is working on it? > > Where is the code? > > When should we expect a release? > > Sincerely, > Daniel > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Stifu <stifu@> wrote: > >> Yes, eventually it has to use native code. But I guess the difference is >> whether the GUI toolkit is made using solely the .NET / Mono framework, >> or >> by shipping extra native code. Mono WinForms, as I mentioned, mostly >> relies >> on the framework (using System.Drawing rather than calling an extra >> library >> to draw on screen, for example). It still has some native calls >> (platform-specific code), so it's not 100% managed, but close enough. >> >> >> Ian Norton-Badrul-2 wrote >> > >> > How do you expect to put anything on the screen or read the mouse, >> > keyboard etc without eventually using a native toolkit :) >> > >> > XWT is very cool, not 100% working for me yet but a very good start. >> > >> > On 11/09/2012 16:34, Stifu wrote: >> >> 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 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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-tp4656569p4656583.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 > -- View this message in context: http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/GTKsharp-3-tp4656569p4656589.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
