mono/README

This is Mono.

1. Installation
2. Using Mono
3. Directory Roadmap

1. Compilation and Installation
===============================

	If you obtained this package as an officially released tarball,
	this is very simple, use configure and make:

		./configure --prefix=/usr/local
		make
		make install

	If you obtained this as a snapshot, you will need an existing
	Mono installation.  To upgrade your installation do:

		./autogen --prefix=/usr/local
		make fullbuild

2. Using Mono
=============

	Once you have installed the software, you can run a few programs:

	* runtime engine

		mono program.exe
	  or
		mint program.exe

	* C# compiler

		mcs program.cs

	* CIL Disassembler

		monodis program.exe

	See the man pages for mono(1), mint(1), monodis(1) and mcs(2)
	for further details.

3. Directory Roadmap
====================

	doc/
		Contains documentation and the web site contents.

	mono/
		The core of the Mono Runtime.

		metadata/
			The object system and metadata reader.

		jit/
			The Just in Time Compiler.

		dis/
			CIL executable Disassembler

		cli/
			Common code for the JIT and the interpreter.

		io-layer/
			The I/O layer and system abstraction for 
			emulating the .NET IO model.

		cil/
			Common Intermediate Representation, XML
			definition of the CIL bytecodes.

		interp/
			Interpreter for CLI executables.

		arch/
			Architecture specific portions.