ANNOUNCE : Gtk-- 1.2pre1 is released

[Guillaume Laurent <glaurent worldnet fr>]

Gtk-- 1.2pre1 
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Gtk-- is a C++ interface for the popular GUI library gtk. Gtk--
provides convenient interface for C++ programmers to create graphical
user interfaces with gtk`s flexible OO framework. Highlights include
typesafe callbacks, extensible widgets using standard C++ inheritance,
and tight integration with the STL.

Gtk-- is free software distributed under GNU Library General Public
License (LGPL).

This version is the first candidate for 1.2 "stable". It should be
used for any new development using Gtk--, and for old ones too,
because, really, that dubious smell coming out of you /usr/local/lib
dir is in fact from Gtk-- 1.0.2.

Most notable changes are

- Gnome-- has been split away to a seperate package (which will also
  soon reach some kind of stability)

- we have a Win32 port (currently alpha), contributed by Hanee
  Patenaude.

- awesome work has been accomplished on the tutorial by Michael "Data"
  Ashton. This is probably the most important contribution to Gtk-- in
  a long time : a developer with a nickname from Star Trek TNG.

The Gtk-- team would like to especially thank Hanee Patenaude and
Michael Ashton for their work and help.

Here's the complete Changelog

  * Win32 port contributed by Hanee Patenaude <aerid@falsetto.com>
  * Huge tutorial improvements by Michael Ashton <data@gtf.org>
  * Image loader contributed by Joe Yandle <lupus@lycaeum.org>
  * Rewrote CList & CTree to match rest of kit.
  * Vast memory reduction on egcs 1.x compilers.
  * Split away gnome--.
  * Improvements to Text.
  * Configure check for namespaces.
  * Menu accel key improvements.
  * Gdk-- set_dashes() fixed for gcc 2.95 compiler
  * Gtkmmconvert bug fixed with signal handling.  Reported by
      Tarjei Knapstad <tarjeik@pcf1.chembio.ntnu.no>
  * Fixed radio button API for toolbars. Reported by 
      David Bryant <daveb@acres.com.au>
  * Bug in signal disconnected fix, reported by Oliver Freyd 
      <freyd@uni-muenster.de>
  * Bug in forward declaration of Widget fixed.
  * Bug in signal return value conversion handling fixed

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						Guillaume