[fedora] Re: Mono??

[Peter Loron]

Isn't there a RedCarpet channel for Mono? That's ho I got it running on 
FC1...

-Pete

Mark Eggers wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 19:47 -0500, Jim wrote:
> 
>>anyone had the chance or does use Mono?  I've been developing
>>applications for windows for a few years,  but been a little skiddish
>>tackling linux   applications     My promary back groung is C# & VB
> 
> 
> I've started to experiment with Mono on Fedora Core 3.  Right now I have
> 1.0.4 running, and I'm looking to get 1.0.5 up soon.
> 
> There are no RPMs that I am aware of, so I built it from source.  I hope
> to write up a bare bones compile and installation document later on
> today.
> 
> I won't have any documentation on actually using MonoDevelop or Glade,
> but the Mono web site has some tutorials available.  I'll try to put
> that into my document as well.
> 
> There are some "tricks" in getting everything working.  This includes
> getting the correct development RPMs installed, as well as getting some
> additional source tarballs and patches installed.  It's not too ugly,
> but it could be cleaner.
> 
> The Mono newsgroups have not been very helpful either.
> 
> Once you get things installed, you'll find that there really is no VB
> yet.  VB is in a pre-release state, so it's best to stick with C#.  I've
> written a very few "hello world" applications in C# (standalone and
> ASP.NET), and they seem to work.  I've not explored larger projects, nor
> have I tackled an interface built with Glade.
> 
> I come from a C/C++/Java/Perl background under
> Windows/Macintosh/UNIX/MVS.  In other words, I am just about at the
> opposite end of the spectrum from you.
> 
> More to come when I get this quick document written.
> 
> 
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> /mde/
> just my two cents . . . .
>