GTK+ Archive

GLib 2.4.5 released

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-31 GTK+ 9 Comments

GLib-2.4.5 is now available for download. This is a bug fix release and is source and binary compatible with 2.4.0. The main reason for this release is a bug in the routines converting between filenames and URIs, which can cause problems when used with filenames which are not encoded in UTF-8.

PHP 5 Release Sparks Up PHP-GTK 2.0

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-22 GTK+ 16 Comments

Since the release of PHP5 a lot of interest has reverberated down through the whole PHP community. In particular, there's a call for a PHP-GTK 2.0 which will utilize GTK2 and will have an entire rewrite of it from the ground up to make use of new features.

GTK+ 2.5 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-20 GTK+ 22 Comments

The first unstable major version of GTK+ are out and about: Pango 1.5.1, GTK+ 2.5.0 and GLib 2.5.0. Among the new features are some visual ehancements on the way windows draw/resize.

GLib/GTK+ 2.4.4 released

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-10 GTK+ No Comments

The bug-fixed GLib-2.4.4 is now available for download here. UPDATE: And here is GTK+ 2.4.4.

On the Future of GTK+

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-30 GTK+ 54 Comments

At GUADEC, Owen Taylor and the other GTK+ developes got to discuss the future of the toolkit.

GTK+ 2.4.3 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 GTK+ 63 Comments

GTK+ 2.4.3 is a bug fix release and is source and binary compatible with 2.4.0. The main reason for this quick followup release is a problem with the button size allocation logic in 2.4.2, which showed up in the Gimp. A number of other bugfixes have been included as well.

Image Processing using GTK+

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-06 GTK+ 16 Comments

This document aims to explain the feasibility of image processing using GTK. The document scratches the surface when it comes to explaining the nook & corner of Image processing theory. It shows examples of pixel based filters and convolution filters. Developers are asked to rewrite the doc to GTK#.

GTK+ 2.4.2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-04 GTK+ 16 Comments

GTK+ and GLib 2.4.2 are released. This is a bug fix release and is source and binary compatible with 2.4.0. There are a considerable number of fixes in this release, especially in the areas of GtkFileChooser, GtkComboBox and GtkEntryCompletion. Also, a problem on Solaris has been fixed.

Develop Desktop GUI Apps with PHP-GTK, the Standalone PHP

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-01 GTK+ 23 Comments

PHP enters the standalone GUI application arena with PHP-GTK. Learn the basic building blocks of PHP-GTK coding with a tutorial for first installing the language and then building and connecting its widgets, buttons, and functions.

Rendering Good Looking Text with Resolution-Independent Layout

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-25 GTK+ 47 Comments

Seen at Ximian's Federico Mena-Quintero blog: GTK+'s Owen Taylor posted an interesting study on how to render nice fonts on a resolution-independent screen. It seems that Red Hat is gearing up to compete with Longhorn's features. Elsewhere, Søren Sandmann posted a good list of interaction problems in GTK+ that individual hackers might enjoy fixing.

GTK+ 2.4.1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-01 GTK+ 16 Comments

GTK+-2.4.1 and GLib-2.4.1 are now available for download. This is a bug fix release.

gtkmm and glibmm 2.4.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-12 GTK+ 27 Comments

On time and in-sync, gtkmm 2.4 is now here. gtkmm provides a C++ interface to GTK+, with comprehensive documentation. gtkmm 2.4 wraps additional API in GTK+ 2.4. gtkmm 2.4 installs in parallel with gtkmm 2.2, so you can have both installed at the same time. glibmm is now a separate module, for use in non-GUI software.

Issue of GTK+’s Performance Once More in the Spotlight

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-08 GTK+ 84 Comments

CinePaint is taking a new direction to migrate away from GTK+ to FLTK and this has lit up a new discussion about GTK+ 2.x's speed problems on both Windows and Unix. The CinePaint project cited other reasons as well, like the non-elegance of the API, the bloated source that makes it difficult to debug it and thread-safe reasons.

GTK 2.4.0 released

Submitted by Razvan Corneliu VILT 2004-03-16 GTK+ 18 Comments

Pango, Glib & GTK 2.4.0 have been released. The announces with a changelog are here, here and here.

GTK+-2.3.6 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-10 GTK+ 15 Comments

Owen Taylor released development versions of GLib-2.3.6, Pango-1.3.6 and GTK+-2.3.6. Also, there was a GTK+-2.4.0 schedule change, while Owen posted a summary of a GTK+ team meeting regarding 2.4.

GTK+ 2.3.5 released

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-03 GTK+ 28 Comments

Development versions GTK 2.3.5, GLib 2.3.5 and Pango 1.3.5 were released for testing.

Gtk+ 2.3.4 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-02-25 GTK+ 21 Comments

Owen Taylor released GTK+ 2.3.4, Glib 2.3.3 and Pango 1.3.3. These versions are intended for testing.

GTK+ 2.3.2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-01-23 GTK+ 11 Comments

This is a development release leading up to GTK+-2.4. Changes since GTK+-2.3.1 include many API fixes for new widgets and bug fixes in new and old code, along with various new API enhancements, such as allowing saving a GdkPixbuf to an in memory buffer, and a "blazingly fast" fixed-height mode that can be enabled for GtkTreeView. GLib 2.3.2 and Pango 1.3.2 were also released. Elsewhere, ComputerWorld interviews Jeff Waugh, release manager of Gnome.

Advanced UI Development in GTK+

Eugenia Loli 2004-01-21 GTK+ 47 Comments

GTK programming has almost never been this easy: IBM developer shares his skills, his enthusiasm, and his modified code for the SimpLIstic sKin interface (or SLIK). SLIK provides a great tool for building advanced user interfaces in Linux or Unix systems. A part of the GQmpeg toolset, it is written using the GTK toolkit, a powerful set of widgets for graphics used by such applications as the GIMP and other GNOME-based apps.

Suggestion for the UI of GTK+’s New FileSelector

Eugenia Loli 2004-01-07 GTK+ 208 Comments

A lot of waiting and criticism has being wasted on Gnome/GTK's new file selector window. I decided to give my two cents on how I would personally perceive a good GTK+ file selector and make an honest suggestion. Special thanks to Tigert who gave me the motivation to work on this earlier today.