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Subject:	Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:59:38 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Frank Buiting wrote: > In lugnet.trains, Cary Clark wrote: > > I've been working on TrackDraw, a replacement for Track Designer, • ... > > 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 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 engine, which I rely on heavily. When I am ready to release the program, I'll release the source, also. Anyone that wants to try to port to this framework, or rewrite it entirely in another language, is welcome to do so. Cary

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		Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
(...) Cool, new code! I'll have to go easy on the Microsoft bashing for a little while. By the way, what is .Net anyhow? I thought it was the latest name for SOAP (perhaps that explains the XML). And hey, since TrackDraw seems to import and export (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
(...) I noticed you're using .Net So it might actually work on Linux boxes since the Framework is also available for Linux. See: (URL) for more info about a .Net framework implementation. -Frank (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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