ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.22.0

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

*** gtkmm 2.22:

gtkmm 2.22 wraps new API in GTK+ 2.22. It is is API/ABI-compatible with 
gtkmm >=2.4. It is a version of the gtkmm-2.4 API.

gtkmm stays in-sync with GTK+ by following the official GNOME release schedule:
http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/

Bindings for the rest of the GNOME Platform are also available, and are also 
API-stable.

http://www.gtkmm.org


*** Changes

Build changes in gtkmm 2.22:

* Remove support for these glibmm build options via ifdefs:
  --enable-api-exceptions
  --enable-api-properties
  --enable-api-default-signal-handlers
  (All this gtkmm API is now always present.)
* atkmm is now a separate tarball module.

New API in gtkmm 2.22:

Gtk:
* AlignmentEnum: Add ALIGN_START and ALIGN_END to match gtkmm 3,
  to help future porting.
* Assistant: Added commit().
* Button: Added get_event_window().
* Entry: Added im_context_filter_keypress() and reset_im_context().
* Expander: Added get/set_label_fill() and property.
* IconView:
  - Added tooltip-column and reorderable and
  item-padding properties.
  - Added get/set_item_orientation().
* MenuItem: Added unset_submenu().
* MessageDialog:
  - Added get_message_area() and message-area property.
* TextBuffer: Added get_copy_target_list() and
  get_paste_target_list().
* MenuBar: Added set/get_pack_direction()
	and set/get_child_pack_direction.
* Notebook:
  - Deprecated pages().
  - Added get_tab_hborder() and get_tab_vborder().
* PaperSize: Added get_paper_sizes().
* PrintOperation:
  - Added run_page_setup_dialog() overloads.
* PrintUnixDialog: Added get_manual_capabilities().
* SeparatorToolItem: Added get/set_draw().
* StatusBar: Added remove_all_messages().
* Style: Added copy().
* Table:
  - Deprecated children().
  - Added get_size().
* TextView: Added get_hadjustment(), get_vadjustment(),
  im_context_filter_keypress(), reset_im_context().
* Viewport: Added get_view_window().
* Widget:
  - Added send_focus_change().
  - Added const version of get_accessible().
* Added many properties.

Gdk:
* Color: Deprecate rgb_find_color().
* Cursor: Added get_cursor_type().
* Device: Added get_key(), get_axis_use(), get_n_axes().
* RgbCMap: Deprecated.
* Visual: Added  get_visual_type(), get_depth(), get_byte_order(), 
	get_colormap_size(), get_bits_per_rgb(), get_red_pixel_details(),
	get_green_pixel_details(), get_blue_pixel_details().
* Window: Added get_composited(), is_input_only(), is_shaped(),
  has_native(), get_modal_hint(), get_background_pattern(),
  coords_to_parent(), coords_from_parent(),
  get_effective_parent(), get_effective_toplevel(), create_similar_surface(),
  get_accept_focus(), get_focus_on_map().
* Added many properties.

*** Development 

There is active discussion on the mailing list: 
http://www.gtkmm.org/mailinglist.shtml
and in the #c++ channel on irc.gnome.org


-- 
Murray Cumming
murrayc murrayc com
www.murrayc.com
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