Merge branch 'v2_release' of tig:gui-cs/Terminal.Gui into v2_release

Author: tig

Benchmarks/Benchmarks.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <RootNamespace>Terminal.Gui.$(MSBuildProjectName.Replace(" ", "_"))</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.14.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Terminal.Gui\Terminal.Gui.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

Benchmarks/Program.cs

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+using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
+
+namespace Terminal.Gui.Benchmarks;
+
+class Program
+{
+    static void Main (string [] args)
+    {
+        var config = DefaultConfig.Instance;
+
+        // Uncomment for faster but less accurate intermediate iteration.
+        // Final benchmarks should be run with at least the default run length.
+        //config = config.AddJob (BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs.Job.ShortRun);
+
+        BenchmarkSwitcher
+            .FromAssembly (typeof (Program).Assembly)
+            .Run(args, config);
+    }
+}