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diff --git a/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-overview.xml b/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-overview.xml index a015fd22a..5a2fc9c0b 100644 --- a/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-overview.xml +++ b/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-overview.xml @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Actors are also able to receive events.</para> <para>Subclasses of #ClutterActor include #ClutterStage, #ClutterTexture, - #ClutterLabel, #ClutterRectangle, #ClutterEntry and - #ClutterGroup. #ClutterActor<!-- -->s are added to a parent, transformed + #ClutterText, #ClutterRectangle, #ClutterCairoTexture, #ClutterGroup and + #ClutterBox. #ClutterActor<!-- -->s are added to a parent, transformed and then made visible.</para> <para>#ClutterStage is the top level #ClutterActor - it's the @@ -37,16 +37,25 @@ when Clutter is initialised. #ClutterStage is a #ClutterGroup, a class implementing the #ClutterCointainer interface.</para> + <para>Clutter allows explicit positioning and sizing through the + #ClutterFixedLayout layout manager; and implicit positioning and sizing + through fluid layout managers like #ClutterBoxLayout, #ClutterFlowLayout + and #ClutterTableLayout. Actors inside fixed layout managers like + #ClutterGroup and #ClutterStage can also be positioned and sized implicitly + using the #ClutterConstraint sub-classes.</para> + <para>#ClutterTimeline<!-- -->s provide the basis for Clutter's animation - utilities. Multiple timelines can be synchronised using #ClutterScore, - and #ClutterBehaviour and #ClutterEffect allow for the creation of - animation effects such as transitions.</para> + utilities. #ClutterActor<!-- -->s can be animated using explicit animations + through the various #ClutterBehaviour implementations, or implicit + animations, through the clutter_actor_animate() function. Animations can + also be defined as named states through the #ClutterState class.</para> <para>Clutter further contains a number of utilities, including; #ClutterScript - for loading 'UI definition' files formatted in - <ulink type="http" url="http://json.org">JSON</ulink>, #ClutterShader - a + <ulink type="http" url="http://json.org">JSON</ulink>; #ClutterShader - a class for applying GPU shaders to actors, #ClutterModel - a utility class - for MVC list type implementations, and fixed point math utilities.</para> + for MVC list type implementations; #ClutterAction<!-- -->s, + #ClutterConstraint<!-- -->s and #ClutterEffect<!-- -->s.</para> </partintro> |