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-The Gtk# website can be found at: http://www.mono-project.com/GtkSharp
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-Gtk# is a .NET language binding for the GTK+ toolkit and assorted GNOME
-libraries. Gtk# is free software, licensed under the GNU LGPL.
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-Building & Installing Gtk#:
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-
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-
-    Install the gtk-3 development headers first. On Debian, this can be done using:
-    apt-get install libgtk-3-dev
-
-    We are using [meson](http://mesonbuild.com/) as a build system, you can build with
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-        meson build/
-        ninja -C build/
-
-
-The gui-thread-check profiler module.
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-
-    Since version 3 of gtk# a profiler called "gui-thread-check" is included as
-    part of the install for debugging purposes. (It's located in the subfolder
-    gtk/gui-thread-check .)
-
-    This profiler module can be used to check if a GTK# application is trying to
-    invoke gtk or gdk methods from a thread which is not the main GUI thread.
-
-    To use it, run your application with the command:
-
-        mono --profile=gui-thread-check yourapp.exe
-
-    If the profiler is properly installed, you'll see an output like this:
-
-        *** Running with gui-thread-check ***
-        *** GUI THREAD INITIALIZED: 2861676352
-
-    While the application is running, if the profiler detects a non-gui thread
-    invoking gtk methods, it will print a warning message together with a
-    stack trace. For example:
-
-        *** GTK CALL NOT IN GUI THREAD: Widget.gtk_widget_get_parent
-           Widget.get_Parent
-           SourceEditorWidget.SetLastActiveEditor
-           SourceEditorWidget.get_TextEditor
-           SourceEditorWidget.get_Document
-           SourceEditorWidget.HandleParseInformationUpdaterWorkerThreadDoWork
-           BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork
-           BackgroundWorker.ProcessWorker
-
-
-Discussion & Support:
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-
-    A mailing list for Gtk# discussion is available.
-
-    You can subscribe to the mailing list by visiting:
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-        http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list
-
-    And following the instructions (on that page) to subscribe.
-    Messages are posted on this mailing list by sending them to:
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-        gtk-sharp-list@ximian.com
-
-    (The mailing list requires you to subscribe in order to post
-    messages.)
-
-    An archive of this mailing list can be found at:
-
-        http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/gtk-sharp-list/
-
-    Also, people can get help with and discuss Gtk# on IRC via the
-    #gtk# or #mono channels on the irc.gnome.org IRC server.
-
-    People looking for general help with C# should visit the
-    #c# channel on irc.freenode.net IRC server.
-
-
-Developers:
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-
-    For developers wishing to "get started" with Gtk#, they are encouraged
-    to read the Mono Hand Book:
-
-        http://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/gtksharp/
-
-
-Hackers:
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-
-    For those who wish to help with the development of Gtk#, they should
-    read the file named: HACKING.
-
-    Also, anyone wishing to hack Gtk# is encouraged to join the Gtk#
-    mailing list. And to visit the #gtk# IRC channel (on irc.gnome.org).