ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 1.3.7

[murrayc t-online de (Murray Cumming)]

*** gtkmm 1.3.7

gtkmm provides a C++ interface to GTK+. This unstable branch of gtkmm
wraps gtk+ 1.3.x, which will become gtk+ 2.0. This version should build with
gtk+ 1.3.15

*** Changes since gtkmm 1.3.6

* operator=() for BoxedTypes improved. (Daniel Elstner)
* pangomm api review, and use of generic intermediate ListHandle containers 
  for method arguments instead of just std::list. (Gergo Erdi)
* Gdk::Cursor constructor now public. (Andreas Holzmann)
* property.get_value() improved. (Andreas Holzmann)
* New wrappers for Atk::Relation, Atk::RelationSet, and Atk::StateSet.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Glib::ustring documentation and case conversion methods.
  (Daniel Elstner)
* Improvements to ListHandle generic intermediate containers.
  (Daniel Elstner)
* Gtk::TreeModel: several methods now take C++ arguments instead of C types.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Build fails on failed m4 conversions. (Daniel Elstner)

*** Known problems 

* gtk-demo "stock browser" doesn't work yet. 

*** Download 

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1161

You will need the alpha release of libsigc++1.1, available here: 
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1970

If you wish to install this in parallel with gtk--1.2, you will first 
need to update to the latest libsigc++1.0.x, available here: 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1970


*** Development 

This is an unstable release, currently under heavy development. You can find 
cvs instructions here: 
http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/gtkmm-root/base/README

The CHANGES file describes some of the more significant differences 
compared to gtkmm 1.2: 
http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/gtkmm-root/base/CHANGES

There is also ongoing discussion on the mailing list: 
http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net/mailinglist.html
and in the #C++ channel on irc.gnome.org  

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Murray Cumming
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www.murrayc.com