Re: [Csgl-users] CsGL and Mono

[Freddy B. <fre...@ho...>]

Hi Michael!


>I have tried CsGL in Mono.  For now it doesn't work.  Th ereason for this
>is that Mono has not implemented Windows.Forms yet.

Why do it need Windows.Forms?
In C/C++ you can program with GLUT platformindepoendent.
And if you want to use glx.h or wingl.h instead of this, you can integrate 
OpenGL in _any_ GUI!
In C/C++ it was integrated in Gtk+, Qt and FLTK, Fox, etc.
Why need the C#-Binding a special GUI?


>  There are plans to use Wine or GTK to do it.

But why do you need this GUI?
With GLUT it can run platformindependent.
And _if_ it is hard to integrate OpenGL in the special GUIs, _than_ it is 
the job for the Gtk#-Team, Qt#-Team or Mono-Winforms-Team.
But it is the job of the CsGL-Team to make the CsGL for any platform and any 
.net-implemenatation avaible. And this is possible - with GLUT. GLUT is 
platformindependent. That OpenGL and special GUIs work together, is _not_ 
the job of CsGL - I think.


>But because that aspect of Mono C# specification has not yet been 
>implemented,
>CsGL won't work since it depends on that.

And _why_ depends it on Windows.Forms?


>I had asked this question to Lloyd on the sourceforge forum

Have you a link to your post there?


>and he said that it might be possible to use the GtkSharp library to do
>windowing instead of the Windows.Forms, but I have played with the GkSharp
>a bit and it would require some work to integrate.

Yes. But if it is a hard work, it is the job of the Gtk#-Team.
But why does CsGL not running _without_ any special GUI on Mono/Linux?


>Since GtkSharp requires the use of making everything static, it is really
>annoying to work with.

Hmmm... and do you know _why_ Gtk# makes everything static?
And there was a time (older Gtk#-Version), where it was not so?
Thats something, what someone can ask in the Gtk#-list.


>Maybe, Lloyd can shead some light on the issue.

I hope so.


Greatings
BL-Freddy


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