“GTK+ is emerging as a standard for both open-source and commercial software on Linux. Soon to be released GTK+ version 2.0 provides advantages for the user and programmer as well as for people deploying the resulting applications. Users will appreciate the enhanced functionality of existing and new widgets as well as the improvements to the look and feel of the user interface. Programmers will find the powerful new widgets easier to use and more functional. Markets will grow with the ports to additional windowing systems and the enhanced internationalization.” Owen Taylor writes. Read the rest of this very interesting tech article on the upcoming release of GTK 2.0. The article is available in Postscript and PDF format.
New GTK+ 2.0 Tech Article
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This article came out last year! The front page is dated “October 4, 2000”.
Hmm, you are right. 😮
I was given that URL on IRC from someone “as new”, but I did not see the date.
Anyways, it in interesting read though.
Around thesame time they also created a pdf on the alternate C++ bindings for GTK/Gnome
http://www.redhat.com/devnet/articles/inti100.pdf