[Mono-osx] Delphi Prism and all those Cocoa bridges

[Matt Emson]

marc hoffman wrote:
>> I'm sure Mark won't take offence if I also say, using a VM to run 
>> Visual Studio and then running Interface Builder on the Mac is a 
>> complete and total kludge.
>
> i somewhat agree, and somewhat disagree. i dislike having to use a VM, 
> as well, but it's important to remember that "real" Mac developers 
> using Xcode and Objective-C, too have Interface Builder as a separate 
> application. 
Interface builder isn't a problem. The problem really is that Visual 
studio isn't a Mac app and so it doesn't feel "right". More personal 
preference I guess. This and running Parallels on a Macbook vs Mac Pro = 
no fun at all.

>> A MonoDevelop version would really improve the situation, so let's 
>> hope that happens :-)
>
> it exists now. we just cannot ship it while MD is under GPL. :(

Would this be for Delphi Prism or will C# be supported. Indeed, does 
Delphi Prism's templates and such include support for C# with regards to 
the Mac platform? I could see a pull for me on that front - supporting 
Mac C# dev in Visual studio, with real projects instead of hacks - this 
would be something I'd pay for. It would be bundled, but also could be 
available stand alone. If it was stand alone, I don't see it being an 
expensively priced product. Financially, it would possibly not be worth 
developing, but what a gift it could be to the Mac community if it was 
free :-) How about it? Code bounty?

M