[Mono-list] Running On Platform?

[Robert Jordan]

On 16.12.2010 14:14, Andrew Brehm wrote:
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> Robert Jordan wrote:
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>> On 15.12.2010 12:17, Lennie De Villiers wrote:
>>> Hi, How can I see on which platform a Mono app is running? Windows,
>>> Linux, Mac OS X?
>>>
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>> http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Technical
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>> Search for "How to detect the execution platform".
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>> Note that Mac OS X cannot be detected this way because it's
>> treated as Unix for compatibility reasons.
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> Will this ever be changed? Or asked differently, will there ever be an
> actual Mac OS X version of Mono, that includes MonoMac and returns the
> correct platform ID?

I would add an extra "case PlatformID.MacOS" to my detection
code while still handling MacOS in "case PlatformID.Unix".

For the latter I'd use Pinta's IsRunningOnMac():

https://github.com/jpobst/Pinta/blob/master/Pinta.Core/Managers/SystemManager.cs

Robert