Compiling for C#

[Abe Gillespie]

Not too long ago I noticed a "csharp" directory in the mapscript branch
of the source tree.  I tried to compile whatever's in there.  I get
this error:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lttf
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [mapscript_so] Error 1

It looks like a true-type library?  I thought in the the open source
world this was included in the freetype library.  Might someone know
what I'm missing / point me where to get it.

Also, am I jumping the gun here?  I've seen no mention of a .Net API
and maybe it's too early to start playing around with it.

Thanks.
-Abe

Happy holidays!