[MonoDevelop] Newbie IronPython question

Michael Hutchinson m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com
Fri Jun 20 22:55:23 EDT 2008


On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Dave Covert <davecove at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I add IronPython to Monodevelop?
>
> I have IronPython 1.1.1-2, mono-common 1.9.1 and monodevelop 1.0 installed
> on Ubuntu Heron... I have compiled and run the 'Hello World lesson' and it
> runs fine. Now I want to add IronPython and use it instead of c#  (well, any
> Python would do actually... if there is someing wrong with Monodev+Iron)
>
> So... now what?

There was a python language binding for MD (the code's in SVN) but
it's rotted. I don't know of anyone working on an ironpython binding
right now, but if anyone did submit one (or resurrect the old python
on), we'd be happy to include it.

That the bad news. The good news is that there's a "python-inspired"
language called boo (http://boo.codehaus.org/) that has a supported
MonoDevelop plugin (though it could be improved). boo is available in
ubuntu hardy, but for some reason the monodevelop-boo package isn't
(though oddly, it was available in older ubuntu releases). However,
getting it going should be as easy as breaking the dll out of the
openSUSE rpm and dropping it in ~/.config/MonoDevelop/addins.

The boo binding's even written in boo, if you'd like to improve it :)

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Michael Hutchinson
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