ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.2.2

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

*** gtkmm 2.2

gtkmm provides a C++ interface to GTK+. gtkmm 2.2 wraps GTK+ 2.2
http://www.gtkmm.org.

Like GTK+ 2.2, gtkmm 2.2 contains only API addition, without API or ABI
breakage.

*** Changes

(See also Known Problems below)

2.2.2:
 
 * Compiles with gcc 2.95 again.
 * OptionMenu: Fixed segfault when Menu remembers destroyed OptionMenu.
   (Murray Cumming)
 * Gtk::Image::get_pixbuf(): Fixed reference counting error.
   (Enrico Costanza)
 * Pango::AttrList::insert(), insert_before(), change()):  Pass a copy of
   the attribute parameter. (Martin Schulze)
 * Menu: Fixed memory leak when removing MenuItems.
   (Murray Cumming)
 * Build fixage (Enrico Scholz, Cedric Gustin)
 * Win32:
   - Dispatcher ported to Win32, we think.
     (Andrew Makeev, Cedric Gustin, Murray Cumming)
 * Examples:
   - Updated book/idle and book/timeout.
   (Gene Ruebsamen, Murray Cumming)  
 * Documentation:
   - Win32 installation instructions. (Gene Ruebsamen)
   - Glib::Module documented (Ross Burton)
   - Updated idle/timeout chapter. (Gene Ruebsamen)
   - Correct all automatic-from-GTK+ documentation that mentions
     _free() functions by mistake. (Murray Cumming)
   - Corrected typo in gtk_window_set_default(). (Oli Kessler)    
   - gobj() methods documented.
   - Documented Glib::ListHandle, Glib::ListHandle, Glib::SListHandle.
     (Murray Cumming)

*** Known Problems

gcc 3.3, now used by debian unstable has a compiler bug that prevents gtkmm
from compiling:
http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gtkmm-list/2003-May/msg00142.html
http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gtkmm-list/2003-May/msg00159.html
gcc 3.2 does not have this problem.

*** Download

http://www.gtkmm.org/download.shtml

You will need libsigc++ 1.2, available here: 
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1970


*** Development 

There is ongoing discussion on the mailing list: 
http://www.gtkmm.org/mailinglist.shtml
and in the #c++ channel on irc.gnome.org  


Murray Cumming
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www.murrayc.com