[Mono-list] Bonobo Components
Miguel de Icaza
miguel@ximian.com
Thu, 01 Jan 2004 16:25:40 -0500
Hello,
> > > I'm looking into using Bonobo as a means of writing a program in both C
> > > and C#, with C# being used for most of the higher-level work. Is this
> > > possible with Mono, yet? Are there Bonobo bindings or any way to use
> > > Component or anything?
> > >
> > > What's the state of Bonobo in Mono?
> >
> > There is no support for Bonobo in Gtk# yet.
> >
> > You dont need Bonobo to interface to C code, use Platform/Invoke to use that.
>
> Thanks. I was hoping to avoid P/Invoke, is all. Some portions would've
> made great Scaffold plugins, but Scaffold makes heavy use of Bonobo.
>
> Oh well. Thanks.
Well, this is a great chance to help then ;-)
The lack of Bonobo bindings is just a sign that we have been focusing
heavily on the base stuff (gdk, gtk and *some* gnome libraries), but we
are by no means complete.