[Mono-dev] Console 2.0 Support

[mike.hull at coversant.net]

Miguel de Icaza wrote:
>> Attached is a library that abstracts console based Widgets like those of 
>> Gtk or Winforms.  It also has a similar Application that is 
>> ISynchronizeInvoke compatible. Trouble is, it doesn't work on Mono in 
>> Linux.  The TermInfoDriver seems to be the culprit.
>>
>> http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=77518
>>
>> I stopped working on this code a while back when I realized that it 
>> wasn't going to work in Linux, it is somewhat complete. 
>>     
>
> We will fix the bugs, there is no reason to think it will not run on
> Linux on the long term.
>
> It is quite nice, now the question is; do you really need the
> System.Drawing dependency there?
>
> Miguel
>   
You're right, there is no need for System.Drawing.  I only used the 
structs Rectangle, Point, and Size.  The only reason I used it was that 
it was a dependency of the library this was part of.

Mike