The bonobo framework for GNOME componentry has just hit its first public release. I intend to package it up. See attachment for details.
Mike.
--- Begin Message ---Hello guys, I have just released the first public version of Bonobo (bonobo-0.4), the GNOME component system and compound document system. Bonobo has been on development for about ten months and it is almost ready. This release is still an alpha version of the code, but it will enable people to try out Bonobo and some of the GNOME applications that depend on Bonbo (the PDF file viewer, the Gnumeric Bonobo extensions, the new file manager and a few other toys). Keep in mind that the API *will* change (not a lot, but it will change), I will try to keep the API changes well documented though. * Availability ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/bonobo/bonobo-0.4.tar.gz * What does Bonobo 0.4 provide . The GNOME component foundation based on the GNOME::Unknown CORBA interface. Component can be graphical and non-graphical. . The Bonobo framework for building new components using the Gtk object system. . Structured Storage interfaces for loading/saving compound documents. . The interfaces for visual component embedding, both simple rectangule-based embeddings (GtkWidget embedding) as well as arbitrarly-shaped components. * Still left to do We could use the help of various people to help improve various things in Bonobo: . API documentation layout should be improved as well as adding introductory pieces to various Bonobo pieces. . A web page tracking down the development and carrying out information about Bonobo as well as a software map for Bonobo-based components. * Upcoming Changes . I am expecting to provide control support for the next Bonobo version (ie, creating components that have a single view) as well as providing a way to load/save their state using properties (you can see the interface in idl/gnome-control.idl). . The Shaped components and the Views might have an API change to make them more sensible, it is sort of hacked right now. . Bounding box support for the arbitrarly shaped components as well as activation/deactivation for those. * The Bonobo Team The Bonobo core team is: Dietmar Maurer (libefs hacker) Elliot Lee (CORBA guardian angel). Ettore Perazzoli (Bonobo hacking device #2). Federico Mena (Bonobo helper). Matt Loper (Persistent hacker). Michael Meeks (Bonobo and component hacker) Miguel de Icaza (main designer/implementor) Nat Friedman (Bonobo hacking device) Bonobo components/GUI is: Chris Lahey (Audio/ulaw). Richard Hestilow (Bonobo dialog hacker) Bonobo maintainers: Miguel de Icaza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Nat Friedman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Mailing lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of the message put the word "subscribe". Archive of the mailing list is available at: http://www.gnome.org/mailing-lists/archives/gnome-components-list Enjoy! Miguel. -- FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions at http://www.gnome.org/gnomefaq To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
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