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The contents of this directory are (basically) the first step
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in creating .NET bindings, to libraries based on GObject.
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WHO USES THE SOURCES DIRECTORY
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This directory is essentially the starting point in the creation
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of a .NET binding. Most people can safely ignore it. (If all
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you want to do is build Gtk#, then you can ignore what's in this
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directory.)
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This directory is not part of the normal build process for Gtk#.
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But is instead used by people wishing to update an existing .NET
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binding; or to create a new .NET binding (for a GObject based library).
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The result of running "make api" on this directory (once everything
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is set up) are the various '*-api.raw' XML files that you find in the
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corresponding directories. Those XML files will then be used to generate
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the C# code. And then that C# code is used to create the various .DLL
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files.
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Please refer to http://www.mono-project.com/GAPI for a more complete and
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up-to-date guide to this process.
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WHAT'S REQUIRED
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Before you can do anything here, you need to get the source
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code to the various libraries (which you are generating .NET
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bindings for). And then do a little configuring. The current
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list of libraries that Gtk# supports is in the sources.xml and Makefile.am
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files.
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If you create a new binding that is part of Gtk#, be sure to add it to this
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list.
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There are two ways to get this source code, as you will see in the
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next section.
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SETTING THINGS UP
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To set things up, you need to get the source code to the libraries listed
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above. There are two (alternate) methods of doing this.
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Method 1)
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Download and unpack the source code manually.
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Method 2)
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Run:
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make get-source-code
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(Method 2 is probably the easiest way to do it for most people. It
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automatically goes and downloads everything you need, and sets everything
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up for you.)
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For more information, please refer to http://www.mono-project.com/GAPI
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