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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ General Information =================== -This is GTK+ version 2.10.2. GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for +This is GTK+ version 2.11.0. 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 projects to complete application suites. @@ -27,6 +27,27 @@ Installation See the file 'INSTALL' +Release notes for 2.12 +====================== + +* Functions: gtk_about_dialog_get/set_name() were deprecated in favour of + gtk_about_dialog_get/set_program_name(), the GtkAboutDialog now uses the + "program-name" property instead of the conflicting "name" property. + +* The tiff loader now requires libtiff 3.6.0 or later. + +* Support for Windows 9x/ME has officially been removed. It hasn't worked + since 2.6 anyway. + +* The GtkTextBufferTargetInfo enumeration values have been changed from + G_MAXUINT-0, G_MAXUINT-1, G_MAXUINT-2, etc, to -1, -2, -3 to stay within + ANSI C limits. + +* A change in the handling of _NET_WM_USER_TIME properties on toplevel + windows can cause deadlock problems with window managers that are using + GDK for drawing decorations. In particular, metacity <= 2.18.0 is affected + by this. The problem has been fixed in metacity 2.18.1. + Release notes for 2.10 ====================== @@ -126,7 +147,7 @@ Release notes for 2.8 Release notes for 2.6 ===================== -* GTK+ 2.6 supports clipboard persistence. To make use of this feature, +* GTK+ 2.6 supports clipboard persistency. To make use of this feature, a clipboard manager following the specification at http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/clipboard-manager-spec must be running. A sample implementation of such a clipboard manager @@ -137,11 +158,11 @@ Release notes for 2.6 * Notification on clipboard ownership changes via GdkOwnerChange events requires the XFIXES X extension. Applications can use the function - gdk_display_supports_selection_notification() to find out if ownership + gdk_display_supports_selection_notification() to find out if ownerchip change notification is available. * The icon theme code in GTK+ 2.6 follows the freedesktop.org icon theme - specification. Setting the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable may be + specification. Setting the XDG_DATA_DIRS environtment variable may be necessary if your icons aren't installed in the default location /usr/share/icons. @@ -151,7 +172,7 @@ Release notes for 2.6 see the gtk-update-icon-cache man page or the GTK+ documentation. * To reduce code size and improve efficiency, GTK+, when compiled - with the GNU tool chain, has separate internal and external entry + with the GNU toolchain, has separate internal and external entry points for exported functions. The internal names, which begin with IA__, may be seen when debugging a GTK+ program. @@ -179,7 +200,7 @@ Release notes for 2.6 compatibility are provided. * On Unix, the assumption of GLib and GTK+ by default is that filenames on - the file system are encoded in UTF-8 rather than the encoding of the locale; + the filesystem are encoded in UTF-8 rather than the encoding of the locale; the GTK+ developers consider that having filenames whose interpretation depends on the current locale is fundamentally a bad idea. @@ -197,7 +218,7 @@ Release notes for 2.6 On Windows, filenames passed to GTK+ should always be in UTF-8, as in GLib 2.6. This is different than in previous versions of GTK+ - where the system code page was used. As in GLib, for DLL ABI + where the system codepage was used. As in GLib, for DLL ABI stability, applications built against previous versions of GTK+ will use entry points providing the old semantics. @@ -233,7 +254,7 @@ In the bug report please include: that can be downloaded. * If the bug was a crash, the exact text that was printed out when the - crash occurred. + crash occured. * Further information such as stack traces may be useful, but is not necessary. If you do send a stack trace, and the error is an X error, @@ -251,7 +272,8 @@ report. Otherwise, enter a new bug report that describes the patch, and attach the patch to that bug report. -Bug reports containing patches that add to or change the GTK+ programming -interface should include the API keyword in their keyword fields. +Bug reports containing patches should include the PATCH keyword in their +keyword fields. If the patch adds to or changes the GTK+ programming +interface, the API keyword should also be included. Patches should be in unified diff form. (The -u option to GNU diff.) |