[Xfc-dev] the relation between GTK+ and xfc

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 02:09:37PM +0200, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 01:59:57PM +0200, Joeri Belis wrote:
> > right now we can develop c# under linux using the open source .net of mono.
> > 
> > for UI we can use gtk# , which is a .net wrapper around GTK+.
> > 
> > I noticed that xfc is written in GTK+. So i would be possible to program xfc
> > using C#
> > 
> > But this would mean that the GTK+ xfc api should also have a .net wrapper.
> > 
> > I am interested in this but where do i start?
> > 
> 
> Gtk# is the binding to Gtk+ and related libraries for C# (mono), XFC is a C++
> binding, like gtkmm. It makes absolutely no sense to have C# bindings to C++
> bindings to a C library. 
> 
> XFC also has bindings to the Xfce platform libraries, which are extensions to
> glib and gtk+. C# bindings to the xfce platform libraries might be interesting 
> though, for some people.
> 

Hmm, after rereading, that is probably what you meant ;) Anyway, I know
nothing about creating C# bindings, you might have more chance of finding an
answer on a mono-related list. The Xfce libraries are available as tarballs or
from SVN.

	Jasper