[MonoDevelop] Gdl docking question

[Thomas Dybdahl Ahle]

On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 13:15 -0500, Michael Hutchinson wrote:
> > > FYI, since November 2007 MonoDevelop no longer uses the managed GDL
> > > port -- it has a completely new managed docking library -- so you'll
> > > probably want to look at a version from before that.
> >
> > Oh, a new library? A fork of gdl?
> 
> The old library was a direct C# port of Gdl from several years ago
> (not a wrapper) and we were having big problems maintaining it and
> implementing things like auto-hide for docked pads, and getting rid of
> excess pixels around the notebooks that hold the pads.... The new
> library is completely new, though I'd guess that Lluis based some of
> the design on his experience of Gdl.
> 
> > I have monodevelop 0.13. This looks just like anjuta, is it different?
> 
> 0.13 uses the old library. We only switched in 0.18. If yiu'd like to
> see how the new docking looks, here's a screenshot:
> http://monodevelop.com/Release_notes_for_MonoDevelop_1.0_Beta_3#Improved_Dock_Manager

It looks mostly the same as gdl I see. I was just talking with the gdl
guys on having the grip inside the tabs, so that you didn't have to
write the labels at two places. (As in
http://monodevelop.com/files/f/f9/MacMonoDevelop.png where "Solution" is
written in the tab as well as the grip)
Is this possible from your dock?

I guess there is no easy way to use this from python. Is there a
tobinary compiler for C#, so it could be runnable with ctypes?

Regards, Thomas