[Mono-winforms-list] Is it possible to use Mono Windows.Forms X11 driver on Windows OS?

[Robert Jordan]

Jonathan Pobst wrote:
> Currently, there is no way to use the X11 driver on Windows.  You will 
> need to modify XplatUI.cs if you wish to try this.  Look at the static 
> constructor.

Even then, Mono is not able to p/invoke cygwin's libraries due to some
issues with cygwin's SEH handling. So much more would be needed to get
this working.

Robert

> 
> Jonathan
> 
> Dirk Weinhardt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a way to run Mono under a Windows OS using the X11 driver 
>> instead of the Win32 driver? I'd like to run a Windows.Forms application 
>> with Mono under Windows but redirect it's GUI output to an X Server, e. 
>> g. to an X Server running under cygwin on the same machine or to an X 
>> Server running on a remote Linux box.
>>
>> How does Mono decide whether to use the X11 or the Win32 driver? Can 
>> this be controlled externally?
>>
>> What about running Mono in a cygwin environment, will that make Mono 
>> using the X11 driver?
>>
>> Your help is highly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dirk
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