[Gtk-sharp-list] How the developments of gtksharp and gtk+ interact?

[Alp Toker]

Rafael Teixeira wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "The other way, C# to C, is not posible, thought."
> 
> Not quite right. GTK+ has some extension mechanisms: the problems are:
> 
> 1) You need  to code a C-wrapping library to conform to GTK+ APIs (the
> reverse of what gapi does to generate GTK# from GTK+)
> 2) As keeping the managed bits out-of-process for the widgets seems a
> bad solution (both in security/performance), probably you also need to
> embed mono in the wrapping library.

The "cilc" CIL-to-C binding generator tool which ships with Mono has 
explicit GObject support. This means that it can tie a Gtk# widget 
subclass into the Gtk+ object hierarchy. Some areas like event-to-signal 
mapping, interfaces and properties aren't that well tested but it more 
than works as proof of concept.

I think that if you channel the time saved by writing widgets in C# back 
into cilc and submit the patches, you would save time overall and help 
bring a neat little tool to the wider developer community.