[Mono-list] How to call GTK functions from class libraries?

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> Rather, a dependency for anyone who wants to use System.Drawing.Bitmap.
> I want to clarify that this is separate from the whole SWF issue. I am
> only concerned with the image loading and manipulation, I am not going
> to address image display. FWIW, I am using OpenGL/Direct3D for my
> visuals, and have no use for SWF.
> 
> Does this mean that the gdk libraries will be included in future
> versions of Mono? Or will users have to go get them, in addition
> to Mono? Just want to make sure I understand before I code anything.

When Mono is released in 1.0 form, those libraries will become runtime
dependencies of the particular assemblies.

Currently we ship everything into a package, but by the 1.0 time, we
will have things correctly packaged up, with the correct dependencies
built into it.

Miguel