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(I asked this question in another way, and got some interesting responses but I'm not too convinced.)

Is Mono's GtkSharp truly cross-platform? It seems to be Gnome based... how can that work with PC and Mac?

Can someone give me examples of a working Mac/PC/Linux app that is written with a single codebase in Microsoft .Net?

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Gtk# is cross platform. However the only platform where it looks nice is Linux/BSD running GNOME. If possible somehow, separate frontend and backend and develop separate user interfaces for Linux, Windows and OS X. Even wx, which does a really good job in looking okay on all three platforms, has its limits.

Working Mac/PC/Linux app in Gtk#? Tomboy runs on all three I think.

Armin Ronacher
Tomboy -- http://www.gnome.org/projects/tomboy/ -- is a Gnome subproject. Do I have Gnome on PC or Mac?
Yar
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It would be more correct to say that GNOME is GTK-based than it is to say that GTK is GNOME based. GTK is a toolkit that GNOME sits on top of, and you can get GTK for several platforms, including Windows. That's how GIMP works on Windows: you install GTK first.

Joel Coehoorn
What does that mean for GTK#?
Yar
GTK# is an implementation of User Interface widgets for .Net. It uses GTK to realize those widgets.
Joel Coehoorn
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The best example of a Gtk# app that runs on both Windows and Linux may be Medsphere's OpenVista. Granted, its not an app that many people need to run, but it is a very professional, polished, open-source Gtk# application. It shows how a professional Gtk# app can be written.

http://medsphere.org/community/project/openvista-cis

jpobst
looks good, but will it work on Mac?
Yar
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There are no GTK# apps that actually do anything that run on Windows, Linux and OSX. Not one. If you decide that I'm not right, just provide one single example, please.

Yar
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Plastic SCM is supported on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X. The link includes screenshots on Windows and Linux.

sanxiyn
I sent them an email today asking if they use GTK# and in what capacity. It is cross-platform, that´s for sure.
Yar
They don't use GTK# at all. But they do run on all three and use http://www.mono-project.com/WinForms
Yar