On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Andrew York <[email protected]> wrote: > Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that the Gtk interface is a > focus of Mono/Monodevelop anymore. They make most if not all of their money > from iPad and Android based development so there is not a lot of motivation > to make these changes even if they are helpful. Also are not the Mono dev > leaders planning on switching to XWT in the next year or so. I'm not sure > how much focus will be on Gtk in the future, but again I may be wrong.
It appears that Gtk will still be one of the underlying engines on all platforms; see the README.markdown here: https://github.com/mono/xwt So, all of these issues are just as important. But this is an interesting point and I'd like to read about: * how people are planning transitions? * what are the implications of these changes? * what we can do to get ready? * what is the proposed timeline? Thanks for the info, -Doug > > On 10/12/2012 7:12 AM, Doug Blank wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Elmar Haneke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> This is useful information! Where did you get your binaries? What >>>> versions are you using? Are they pre-built somewhere? I really just >>>> need the Mac and Windows fixes for the above issues. >>> >>> I'm using the binaries from www.gtk.org. >>> >>>> The only binaries available on the site mentioned above are 2.24. >>> >>> There are several binaries available once you have a look at the >>> FTP-Server linked from the summary page: >>> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+/ >>> >>> Perhaps the 2.22 binary does help. >> >> Thank you, thank you! Mono/MonoDevelop should come with these, but if >> not, *every* system that deploys Gtk on Windows should use these >> binaries. It is a shame that hard work has gone into fixing these >> bugs, but they haven't made their way into all of the places that they >> should. >> >> I copied the binaries from: >> >> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+/2.22/gtk+_2.22.1-1_win32.zip >> >> into my deployed mono\bin directory, and that appears to work with all >> testing so far. (If anyone knows of a potential incompatibility please >> let us know.) >> >> The most important fix for us was that we can now use the clipboard to >> copy text out of our application. >> >> -Doug >> >> PS - not sure where these suggestions should go, but: >> >> * Gtk download page should not have an incompatible 2.24 as the default. >> * There should be a clear delineation between <= 2.22 and >= 2.24. >> Mixing these together is a bad idea. >> * Mono/MonoDevelop should work to get the latest Gtk bug fixes into the >> mix >> * Else, this should be documented on the Mono/GtkSharp/MonoDevelop pages >> >> We try to be good citizens of using open source, so if there is >> something more that we can do, please let me know. >> >> -Doug >> >>>> Thanks for this information... it seems that it is critical to know >>>> these details to deploy Gtk-sharp. >>> >>> I foung the change that CellRendererCombo does no longer return an >>> ComboBoxEntry on StartEdit. In 2.24 ther is an new Combo-Widget, >>> presumably that widget is returned >>> >>>> Could someone make a gtk-2.24 addon for MD? Is it possible? >>> >>> There is no Gtk-sharp containing the extensions made in 2.24. I would >>> assume that the working on Gtk3-support does not permit the Gtk-sharp >>> developers to adopt to 2.24. If really needed you have to build it on >>> your own. >>> >>> Elmar >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [email protected] >>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [email protected] >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list _______________________________________________ Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list
