[Mono-winforms-list] Caret

[Chris Toshok]

On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 15:39 +0100, Pedro Martínez Juliá wrote:
> On vie, 2007-03-09 at 14:39 -0500, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> >     What I would like to see is a separate assembly, say:
> > 
> > 	Mono.Windows.Forms
> > 
> >     That would contain methods for portability like this.   The entry
> > points in this assembly would do something operating system specific.
> > 
> > Miguel.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What classes/methods would be in "Mono.Windows.Forms"?
> 
> I think that "P/Invoke" calls can be provided with managed code, in
> separated libraries and "Cecil" can be used to "port" the application.

I don't think we want to add an additional step for the user if there's
some way we can handle it automatically in the runtime.  Having a
separate .exe for mono defeats portability.

> The implementation of that libraries could be done "on-demand", taking a
> look to MoMa reports.

That's the plan - there's no need to implement all of the win32
unmanaged api.  We'll prioritize things based on who uses what, and how
often.

Chris