Re: [Vala] [Genie] simple string example no longer compiles

2009-10-26 Thread Raphael Bosshard
Hey there, Could someone explain this to me? I don't understand why this code was ok before but no longer. Why not simply var s = instead of new string? In my opinion, having a constructor for string which takes a string does not make any sense. Why not? 'string' is a class like any

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] Removal of Mono

2009-06-26 Thread Raphael Bosshard
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 Mono applications. In some

[Vala] Appendage: Release 0.1.1 and project space

2009-03-02 Thread Raphael Bosshard
Hello there, I'd like to announce a version 0.1.1 of Appendage, a plugin engine for GLib based applications. Changes: - Autotools support by Matías De la Puente. This includes pkgconfig support and VAPI generation. Thanks a lot! There also is a project page at

Re: [Vala] const in Vala

2008-12-02 Thread Raphael Bosshard
Hello Jan, yes, there is; just use the keyword 'const' to designate constants. It might help you to look at the examples at http://live.gnome.org/Vala. Many a question will be answered there. :D So long, Raphael 2008/12/2 Jan Niklas Hasse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, I'm very new to Vala

Re: [Vala] const in Vala

2008-12-02 Thread Raphael Bosshard
Hello Jan, the line you provided should work without problems. Could you show me the whole file? So long, Raphael On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Jan Niklas Hasse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, there is; just use the keyword 'const' to designate constants. Hm ... I tried that, but it didn't

Re: [Vala] const in Vala

2008-12-02 Thread Raphael Bosshard
Hello Jan, constants may only be declared outside methods. Try moving the bufferSize declaration out of the method, to the head of the file. The error message is misleading nonetheless. I'd file a bug report. ;) So long, Raphael On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Jan Niklas Hasse [EMAIL