ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.5.5 and glibmm 2.5.4

[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 2.5.5:

Gtk:
* Remove default signal handlers for new signals in 2.6, 
  because adding virtual methods to existing classes would 
  break ABI. (Murray Cumming, Bryan Forbes)
* Stock: Wrapped several new stock items. (Bryan Forbes)
* AboutDialog: Added logo_icon_name property. (Murray Cumming)
* Clipboard: Added set_can_store() overload that takes no 
  arguments. (Murray Cumming)
* ComboBox: Added unset_row_separator_func(). (Murray Cumming)
* FileChooserDialog:
  - Inherit from FileChooser interface. (Murray Cumming)
  - Added constructors which allow specifying backend. (Bryan Forbes)
* IconView: Added the properties. (Murray Cumming)
* Main: Added Main constructor that takes a Glib::OptionContext(), 
  and Main::add_gtk_option_group(option_context).
  (Murray Cumming, Bryan Forbes)
* TreeIter: Add forward_search() and backward_search() 
  overloads without the limit argument.
  (Rob Page, Murray Cumming)

Pango:
* Color: Added operator bool(). 
* Renderer: Added get_color().
  ((Murray Cumming)

Documentation:
* Added some reference documenation for the new classes,
  plus several older classes.
* Corrected documentation tarball and the link to it.
* examples:
  - Added book/dialogs/aboutdialog example.
  - Added book/buttons/filechooserbutton example.
  - Used ProgressCellRenderer in book/treeview/list example.
(Murray Cumming)


glibmm 2.5.4:

Options:
* Added Option(GOptionGroup* cast_item) constructor,
  needed by Gtk::Main.
* Added reference documentation.
(Murray Cumming)


*** 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
murray usa net
www.murrayc.com