ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 1.3.2

[murrayc t-online de (Murray Cumming)]

*** gtkmm 1.3.3 

gtkmm provides a C++ interface to GTK+. This unstable branch of gtkmm
wraps gtk+ 1.3.x, which will become gtk+ 2.0. It builds with the 
recent gtk+ 1.3.12 release, or gtk+ from cvs. 

*** Changes since gtkmm 1.3.2 

* Interface methods use C++ types:
    Interfaces now have a something_vfunc() which uses C types and which can
    be overridden to change the behaviour, and something() which uses C++ types
    and can be used to invoke the virtual function. This seems like the best 
    mix of efficiency and convenience. (Murray Cumming)
* Property change notification:
    Added changed signal to property proxies. For instance, you can now do:
      something.property_example().signal_changed().connect( ... ).
   (Murray Cumming)
* Simplified inheritance hierarchy:
   Glib::ObjectBase derives from SigC::Object, thus Glib::Object no longer
   needs to derive from SigC::Object by using Multiple Inheritance.
  (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


*** Description 

This is an unstable release, so that you can see the changes 
compared with gtkmm 1.2. Development is heavily underway, so this might 
be significantly out-of-date by the time you receive this. 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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