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Subject:	Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:45:01 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Cary Clark wrote: > I've been working on TrackDraw, a replacement for Track Designer, for six months > or so. I'll talk about it at BrickFest on Saturday. You can read a little about > it, and see the BrickFest PowerPoint slides here: http://www.trackdraw.com > > I'm not ready to release the program quite yet. I noticed you're using .Net So it might actually work on Linux boxes since the Framework is also available for Linux. See: http://www.go-mono.com/index.html for more info about a .Net framework implementation. -Frank

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		Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
(...) ... (...) I've heard about Linux-based versions of .NET, but I don't have any personal experience with them. It may be very reasonable to port to Linux -- I think the largest stumbling block will be an accurate port of GDI+, the 2D drawing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
(...) I did some digging, and mono indeed supports System.Drawing, with the help of the cairo library ( (URL) ) being a linux developer, I volunteer to test your application and send patches whenever they'll be needed. Sincerely Amaury (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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