[Gtk-sharp-list] About Gtk# design

yoros@wanadoo.es yoros@wanadoo.es
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:08:34 +0200


On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 12:59:00PM -0400, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> > When I say identical to Gtk+, I'm talking about the functionality, the
> > concepts, etc. (struct-iterators, method names, etc...). This is what
> > now is Gtk#.
> > 
> > But I think that we must change the design of, for example, Iterators.
> > Also we can get out the use of GLib, because I think that all classes in
> > GLib can be obtained from CTS.
> 
> So you are advocating a more complete wrapping, rather than a thinner
> wrapping.  Is that what you mean?
> 
> You will notice that plenty of work is going on in cleaning up the API:
> removing private classes, removing ugly APIs, replacing it with .NET-ish
> APIs, renaming methods to fit the pattern, etc.

I know it, but there are a lot of things that must be changed now, when
there are only few people using Gtk#. At least, the design must be
sealed in a few months...

Regards,

    Pedro

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