X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=07c2df049aff42b38c5d0ef97b478c39b4645af5;hb=ea3e6edb0f25a40d06672f35f5ff1f92043c5ae2;hp=25b00833f9133df271a4b2c69d5912b22b7cafe2;hpb=c8516f58aad4921bebae652c01ac7f66b62bb26d;p=mono.git diff --git a/README b/README index 25b00833f91..07c2df049af 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,17 +1,47 @@ This is Mono. -A directory roadmap: +Installation: + + Read doc/download for installation instructions, + or read the HTML version: + + http://www.go-mono.com/download.html + +* 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. + +* A directory roadmap: doc/ Contains documentation and the web site contents. mono/ - The core of the executable. + The core of the Mono Runtime. metadata/ - The library to deal with executables and libraries for - .NET + The object system and metadata reader. + + jit/ + The Just in Time Compiler. dis/ CIL executable Disassembler @@ -19,6 +49,10 @@ A directory roadmap: 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. @@ -26,20 +60,7 @@ A directory roadmap: interp/ Interpreter for CLI executables. -* Using Mono - - Once you have installed the software, you can run a few programs: - - monodis program.exe - - That will dump the bytecodes for program.exe. Monodis support - a number of options that dumps various metadata tables - (chapter 23 of the Partition III). - - You can try the interpreter like this: - - mono-int program.exe - - + arch/ + Architecture specific portions.