[Gtk-sharp-list] Improving Gtk#

[Ofer Achler]

Miguel de Icaza wrote:

>Hello,
>
>   As people develop applications with Gtk#, I would love to hear
>people's opinion on what we can do to make Gtk# better.  
>
>   I am posting a few ideas that we could discuss:
>
>        * TreeView and NodeStore: Useful?  Complex?  What would
>          people like to see there?
>  
>
Like other people replied; i'd like the TreeView to use some data 
system.collections that are built into .NET rather than the ListStore.  
It feels more intuitive.  Also, databinding would be quite cool.

>        * Rendering: Gdk stinks for rendering, do you find convenient
>          the code to use System.Drawing in Gtk-dotnet.dll?  What about
>          Cairo?  
>  
>
I personally use System.Drawing to draw to a bitmap then use the bitmap 
with Tao.OpenGL to display fonts.

>        * Do you use/need OpenGL?  If you do, how do you do it?
>  
>
Yes, i use it using the Tao framework and GtkGl so i can draw onto a Gtk 
window.  Its very nice because it works on linux and windows.  it'd be 
nice if this was included in Gtk# so i don't have to compile it 
seperatley, but its not a big deal because of the assembly model of 
software deployment.

>        * What kind of samples are missing?
>  
>
How to package your software into rpm form and the like.

How to use the filechooser, i can't for the life of me figureo ut how to 
get a filename section so somebody can type in the file they want.

Also, i'm not clear on whether i should be using the latest and greatest 
(Gtk-Sharp 2.0) or 1.0.  So far, the only 2.0 feature i'm trying out is 
the FileChooser.  Is there any reason to require 2.0?  Should i just set 
the app config to allow older versions?

Thank you very much for writing and activley evangalizing Mono.  I think 
its one of the best things to happen in the open source field.

-- Ofer Achler
   ofer@achler.org