Re: [Vala] Removal of Mono

2009-06-27 Thread Sam Liddicott
Raphael Bosshard wrote: I'd rather like a possibility to automatically convert (or semi-convert, with manual fixes) C# code to Vala. There are some C#/Mono libraries out there (like Banshees ListView implementation) which provide a real benefit. Right now these libraries are only available to

Re: [Vala] enum typing

2009-06-27 Thread Shawn Ferris
It doesn't.. I put together an autoconf macro script to determine the library/include paths.. As well as the libraries to link against as they differ from release to release and installation type. The wrapper interface will include pkgconfig and obviously be more Vala friendly.. That is,

Re: [Vala] [OT] Removal of Mono

2009-06-27 Thread Sam Liddicott
Michael Torrie wrote: Sam Liddicott wrote: Get over what? I don't understand your attitude in this response! I merely advocated keeping a weather eye open in case we could help a migration from mono. I don't advocate that we actually DO anything. Who's we? It was meant to be vala

Re: [Vala] Removal of Mono

2009-06-27 Thread Sam Liddicott
Michael Torrie wrote: Stupid and wasted, yes. Absolutely. But the only way to get a complete comparison that might change the gimmicky view of Vala would be to do a straight port of some Mono application. At least if the developer is trying to compare (however foolishly) the two development

[Vala] Port Tomboy?

2009-06-27 Thread Yu Feng
On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 08:03 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote: Raphael Bosshard wrote: I'd rather like a possibility to automatically convert (or semi-convert, with manual fixes) C# code to Vala. There are some C#/Mono libraries out there (like Banshees ListView implementation) which provide a

Re: [Vala] DBus object at multiple paths

2009-06-27 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Dear Yu, Look at this line: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus-glib/tree/dbus/dbus-gobject.c#n2140 Wow, good find! A short glance doesn't tell me why dbus_g_connection_register_g_object avoids duplicated registrations. Especially if the dbus_glib_object_registration member is replaced

Re: [Vala] Libgeexml hit gnome git :)

2009-06-27 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
That's a cool project, thanks for working on it! :M: ___ Vala-list mailing list Vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list

Re: [Vala] Port Tomboy?

2009-06-27 Thread Jiří Zárevúcky
2009/6/27 Yu Feng rainwood...@gmail.com: On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 08:03 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote:      4. Port Tomboy as a show-case project port 4 seems to be very fun; how large is the codebase of tomboy? BTW: What is the largest show-case project driven by VALA, excluding vala itself?

Re: [Vala] Port Tomboy?

2009-06-27 Thread Raphael Bosshard
Hello there, just to make think clear; I don't 'hate' Mono or despise its usage in any way. I just think that it would make sense to have some Mono-only libraries available for the whole Gnome-stack. Cheers, Raphael 2009/6/27 Jiří Zárevúcky zarevucky.j...@gmail.com 2009/6/27 Yu Feng

Re: [Vala] Port Tomboy?

2009-06-27 Thread Jiří Zárevúcky
Dne 27. červen 2009 14:32 Raphael Bosshard raphael.bossh...@gmail.com napsal(a): Hello there, just to make think clear; I don't 'hate' Mono or despise its usage in any way. I just think that it would make sense to have some Mono-only libraries available for the whole Gnome-stack. Cheers,

Re: [Vala] Port Tomboy?

2009-06-27 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:40:25 +0200 Jiří Zárevúcky zarevucky.j...@gmail.com wrote: Dne 27. červen 2009 14:32 Raphael Bosshard raphael.bossh...@gmail.com napsal(a): Hello there, just to make think clear; I don't 'hate' Mono or despise its usage in any way. I just think that it would make

Re: [Vala] Port Tomboy?

2009-06-27 Thread Jiří Zárevúcky
2009/6/27 Andrea Bolognani e...@kiyuko.org: What is the current state of interaction between Vala and Mono? I mean, would it be possible to take a useful Mono library, rewrite it in Vala, and make the Mono programs pretty much transparently use the rewrite instead of the original library?

Re: [Vala] Port Tomboy?

2009-06-27 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:57:49 +0200 Jiří Zárevúcky zarevucky.j...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/27 Andrea Bolognani e...@kiyuko.org: What is the current state of interaction between Vala and Mono? I mean, would it be possible to take a useful Mono library, rewrite it in Vala, and make the Mono