Hi all, GTK+ 2.90.x doesn't support DirectFB as explicit "gdktarget" also GDK APIs was replaced by cairo ones.
if what I've said is correct then why not to keep DirectFB as "gdktarget" since the the Cairo API is common for all the backends. regards. Haithem On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM, <gtk-app-devel-list-requ...@gnome.org>wrote: > Send gtk-app-devel-list mailing list submissions to > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gtk-app-devel-list-requ...@gnome.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gtk-app-devel-list-ow...@gnome.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gtk-app-devel-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. GTK+ 2.90.7 released (Matthias Clasen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:55:53 -0400 > From: Matthias Clasen <mcla...@redhat.com> > To: gnome-announce-l...@gnome.org, gtk-devel-l...@gnome.org, > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org, gtk-l...@gnome.org > Subject: GTK+ 2.90.7 released > Message-ID: <1284137753.17820.5.ca...@planemask> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > GTK+ 2.90.7 is now available for download at: > > ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/2.90/ > http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.90/ > > > ff8bff6a422c3e8dadfc4bc1448d5e63b1de0a244eb51a8edd33cfe6f06cc2aa gtk > +-2.90.7.tar.bz2 > 3ea3f176ae260a69eb1404ccae62e8839991213590b032fe3fca24777b883dfc gtk > +-2.90.7.tar.gz > > This is the a development release leading toward 3.0. > > Notes: > > * GTK+ 3 will be parallel installable with GTK+ 2.x, and > this release has been prepared to test this by renaming > all .pc files, libraries, include paths, and so forth, > to include a '3.0' component. > > * GTK+ 3 will remove deprecated API from the GTK+ 2.x series > and make struct members unavailable that have been GSEALed > in 2.x. Therefore, applications can be prepared for porting > to GTK+ 3 by making sure that they build with > -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED > and -DGSEAL_ENABLE. For more information about porting concerns, > see the porting guide that is included in the API docs. > > * Bugs should be reported to http://bugzilla.gnome.org. > > > What is GTK+ > ============ > > GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user > interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for > projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application > suites. > > GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of > languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and > Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides > an effective method of rapid application development. > > GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the > licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all > developers, including those developing proprietary software, without > any license fees or royalties. > > > Where to get more information about GTK+ > ======================================== > > Information about GTK+ including links to documentation can be > found at: > > http://www.gtk.org/ > > An installation guide for GTK+ 2.x is found at: > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html > > Common questions: > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-question-index.html > http://www.gtk.org/faq/ > > > Contributing > ============ > > GTK+ is a large project and relies on voluntary contributions. > We are actively searching for new contributors in various areas > and invite everyone to help project development. > If you are willing to participate, please subscribe to the project > mailing lists to offer your help and read over our list of vacant > project tasks: > http://live.gnome.org/GtkTasks > > > Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.90.6 to 2.90.7 > ============================================== > > * Various deprecated APIs have been removed: > - the GtkWidget::draw-border style property > - the GtkEntry::state-hint style property > - the GtkTreeView::row-ending-details style property > - the GtkRange::trough-side-details style property > - the GtkRange::stepper-position-details style property > - the GtkRange::activate-slider style property > - the GTK_CALENDAR_WEEK_START_MONDAY option > - the GtkFrame::shadow and GtkHandleBox::shadow properties > - the GtkTextView::page-horizontally signal > - the GDK_WINDOW_DIALOG window type > - the GTK_SELECTION_EXTENDED selection mode > - the GtkProgressBarOrientation, GtkAnchorType and GtkVisibility > enumerations > - GtkDialog separators, including the GtkDialog::has-separator > property, including setter/getter, the GTK_DIALOG_NO_SEPARATOR > flag and the GtkMessageDialog::use-separator style property > - gtk_status_icon_set/get_blinking > - gdk_window_et_deskrelative_origin > - The GtkItem class has been removed. Its functionality has > been merged into is sole subclass, GtkMenuItem > > * The GtkIconView::orientation property has been renamed > to 'item-orientation' > > * GtkProgressBar and GtkCellRendererProgress implement GtkOrientable > now, and their 'orientation' property have been split into > a 'orientation' property of type GtkOrientation and a boolean > 'inverted' property > > * GDK no longer exports variables: gdk_threads_lock, gdk_threads_unlock, > gdk_threads_mutex and gdk_display are no longer available > > * GTK no longer exports variables: gtk_major_version, gtk_minor_version, > gtk_micro_version, gtk_binary_age, gtk_interface_age have been > converted to functions. gtk_debug_flags has a getter and a setter. > Misc. variables that had been exported by the semi-private text > API have been removed. > > * All GDK keysym names have been changed from GDK_<keysym> to > GDK_KEY_<keysym>; the previous names are still available in > gdkkeysyms-compat.h. Furthermore, gdk.h now includes gdkkeysyms.h. > > * GtkWrapBox is a new container, which distributes its children > over multiple rows/columns > > * GTK+ now uses standard icon names when looking up stock icons > > * More widgets and cell renderers have been converted to support > width-for-height: GtkCellRendererText, GtkAccelLabel, GtkCellView, > GtkComboBox, GtkMenu, GtkMenuItem > > * Button boxes are now semi-homogeneous. > > * The directfb backend has been removed > > * Bugs fixed: > 77669 GtkWrapBox for gtk itself, not gimp? > 84188 "Dialogue" button widths should not be homogenous > 414712 gtk_container_set_focus_child leaks widget > 527499 FileFilter combo becames too wide > 528257 File selector and stock string problems > 605186 Use G_DEFINE_INTERFACE macro > 614006 File chooser crashes when creating a new folder... > 616401 Noneffective gdk_keymap_map_virtual_modifiers in early use > 626710 GailScaleButton calculates wrong value for minimum increment > 627028 Marked state of calendar day is not accessible > 627139 gtkfilechooserentry shows completion progress tooltip... > 627445 Removal of GtkWidget::draw-border breaks gtk_widget_queue_draw() > 627580 GtkFontSelection: don't notify the non-existent "font" property > 627643 gtkaboutdialog gettext problem > 627828 Drag and drop between treeviews in different window groups... > 627843 set_active_iter doc: remove restriction on path length > 627867 tests/testsocket is broken > 627912 misprint in the desc. of "hover-expand" and "hover-selection"... > 628160 introspection: Update to new scanner API > 628308 docs referencing non existing icons > 628656 _gdk_windowing_get_startup_notify_id memory leak > 628807 Add more "reserved for expansion" fields to GtkWidgetClass > 628808 Warn if a widget requests minimum size > natural size > 628884 Use a bitfield for Widget::private_flags, ::state, ::saved_state > 628935 add gtk_radio_button_join_group method for bindings > 629110 gtk_spinner_accessible_get_type always returns null > > * Translation updates > Arabic > Armenian > Brazilian Portuguese > British English > Bulgarian > Danish > Estonian > French > Galician > Hebrew > Hungarian > Indonesian > Kazakh > Norwegian bokm?l > Norwegian Nynorsk > Portuguese > Serbian > Slovenian > Spanish > Telugu > Traditional Chinese > > Thanks to all contributors: > Tomeu Vizoso > Javier Jard?n > Christian Persch > Tristan Van Berkom > Stefan Kost > Benjamin Otte > Sandeep Shedmake > Jonh Wendell > Philip Withnall > Tor Lillqvist > Sergey Orlov > Daiki Ueno > Szil?rd Pfeiffer > Martin Schlemmer > Fridrich ?trba > Colin Walters > Carl-Anton Ingmarsson > Murray Cumming > Havoc Pennington > John Palmieri > Owen Taylor > Mike Gorse > > > September 10, 2010 > Matthias Clasen > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > > End of gtk-app-devel-list Digest, Vol 77, Issue 8 > ************************************************* > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
