[Mono-list] Monodevelop, gtk# etc

[adam at morrison-ind.com]

> 1. I'm looking for books/resources on development with monodevelop. I have
> found a few resources online but would appreciate more especially todo with
> stetic and the newest monodevelop.

There is a screencast ot using Stetic here -  
http://pixane.net/blog/?p=47  (which maybe you've found already).  As  
for books I'm not aware of any,  and I've looked.

These are my too favorite links:
http://www.mono-project.com/GtkSharpNewInVersion2x
http://www.mono-project.com/Responsive_Applications

But, beyond monodoc I haven't found any 'big & formal' resources.

> 2. I want to look into developing front-ends based on gtk# on mono for lower
> level applications. Say for example i want to write a front-end for traffic
> control on linux or mencoder. What is the common/best method for going about
> this ? And could anyone give a very simple example of how to go about doing
> this ? Maybe how to write a front-end for the 'ls' command and how to format
> the output back in a gui application ?

System.Diagnostics is probably what you want.  You can execute a  
process grabbing standard in and standard out.  Beyond that it is just  
allot of string processing.