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+using Gtk;
+using GtkSharp;
+using System;
+// mcs -r gtkhtml-sharp -r gtk-sharp gtk-html-sample.cs
+
+class HTMLSample {
+ static int Main (string [] args)
+ {
+ HTML html;
+ Window win;
+ Application.Init ();
+ html = new HTML ();
+ win = new Window ("Test");
+ win.Add (html);
+ HTMLStream s = html.Begin ("text/html");
+ s.Write ("");
+ s.Write ("Hello world!");
+ html.End (s, HTMLStreamStatus.Ok);
+ win.ShowAll ();
+ Application.Run ();
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+