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

[marc hoffman]

Andrew,

> I actually like Visual Studio and don't mind switching between a VM  
> and Mac
> OS. Also, I currently have the same issue with C# and Cocoa, so I  
> don't see
> the problem here.
>
> I am wondering:
>
> 1. Can I mix Delphi code with C# code (in different files)?

in separate assembly projects yes - just like you'd mix C# and VB.

> 2. Does Delphi support Intellisense for .NET and Delphi framework  
> classes?

there's no separate framework for Delphi Prism - it "just" uses  
the .NET framework and all .NET components and libraries out there.  
But of course it does have full intellisense for all classes  
(framework or otherwise).

> 3. What about Intellisense for Monobjc classes?

Intellisense works based on metadata (and XmlDocs) of the used  
assemblies, as well as the IDEs knowledge of the code inside your own  
project. So yes, Intellisense will work on any and all classes  
available to your code.

>> it exists now. we just cannot ship it while MD is under GPL. :(
>
> I don't like MonoDevelop on Mac OS X.

it's not perfect, no. ideally, i'd like to have Prism in Xcode, which  
i love (and actually prefer over VS).

yours,
marc