ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.5.7 and glibmm 2.5.6

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

*** gtkmm and glibmm 2.5/2.6

gtkmm 2.5 wraps new API in GTK+ 2.5, and is API/ABI-compatibile with gtkmm 2.4. 
The new API is unstable, until this become the API/ABI-stable gtkmm 2.6.

gtkmm stays in-sync with GTK+ by following the official GNOME release schedule:
http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/

Bindings for the rest of the GNOME Platform are also available, and are also 
API-stable.

http://www.gtkmm.org


*** Changes

gtkmm 2.5.7:

* Gdk::DragContext: Avoid infinite loop. (Ronald Lembcke)
* Gtk::TargetList: Fix typo toa ctually define this. (Ronald Lembcke).
* Examples now build with the IRIX MipsPro, and AIX compilers.
* Check for the correct atk version in configure.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Documentation:
  - Properties are now documented, using the text from the
    GTK+ documentation.
  - Added MessageDialog documentation.
  - Added CellRendererText::edited() documentation. (Antonio Coralles)
  - examples: book/treeview/editable_cells/:
    Demonstrated data-entry validation.
  (Murray Cumming)

glibmm 2.5.6:

* add_interface() methods will no longer give warnings if you 
call them twice.
* gmmproc: Output properties documentation taken from the .defs.
* examples now build on AIX.
  (Murray Cumming)
* MSVC++ .Net 2003 build fix. (Cedric Gustin)

*** Download

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

You will need libsigc++ 2.0, available here: 
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1970


*** Development 

There is active 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