gtk-sharp 0.0.0.0 neutral Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the Gtk# Thread Programming for details. Represents text. GTK+ deprecates GtkText; this object is not the same as GtkText. System.Object Method System.Boolean Test whether a given byte begins a UTF8 character. a a , true if this byte is the start of a UTF8 character. Constructor Construct an empty string. a new object. (FIXME: what is this used for, given that it has no arguments?)