Subject: ANNOUNCE: Gtk2Hs version 0.9.12.1 released
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general, gmane.comp.lang.haskell.gtk2hs
Date: 2007-11-08 02:14:16 GMT (27 weeks, 1 day, 1 hour and 24 minutes ago)
Gtk2Hs - A GUI Library for Haskell based on Gtk+ Version 0.9.12.1 is now available from: http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/download/ The source tarball and an installer for Windows are available. Packages for various platforms should become available soon, hopefully including Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, FreeBSD and Darwin. Changes since 0.9.12.1: * builds with GHC 6.8.1 * updated SOE API to match that of the recent SOE release * added status icon binding * added text buffer clipboard functions * fix build issue with recent glib versions * a few minor bug fixes Gtk2Hs feature highlights: * automatic memory management * Unicode support * nearly full coverage of Gtk+ 2.8 API * support for several additional Gtk+/Gnome modules: * Glade visual GUI builder * cairo vector graphics library * SVG rendering for cairo * OpenGL extension (works with HOpenGL) * GConf, Gnome's system for storing app preferences * SourceView, code editor widget with syntax highlighting * the Mozilla browser rendering engine in a widget * an implementation of the Graphics.SOE API * extensive haddock API reference documentation * multi-platform support with native look * LGPL licence Platforms and requirements: * builds from source on Linux, Windows and Solaris * should also build from source on MacOS X and FreeBSD * builds with GHC 6.4.2 - 6.8.1 * works with Gtk+ version 2.0 through to 2.10 * SVG support requires librsvg version 2.16 or later Please report all problems to gtk2hs-devel <at> sourceforge.net or in our bug tracker http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/gtk2hs Contributions and feedback are also most welcome. Windows release notes: The installer expects GHC 6.8.1 or GHC 6.6.1. Duncan (on behalf of the Gtk2Hs team)