release-notes r1083 - in branches/gnome-2-24/help: . C

[dneary svn gnome org]

Author: dneary
Date: Fri Sep 19 16:00:00 2008
New Revision: 1083
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/release-notes?rev=1083&view=rev

Log:
2008-09-19  Dave Neary  <bolsh gnome org>

        * C/rnmobile.xml: Sorry for the late edit, the mobile release notes
        section really needed a little work. Updated and added some more links
        & descriptions.




Modified:
   branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnmobile.xml
   branches/gnome-2-24/help/ChangeLog

Modified: branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnmobile.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnmobile.xml	(original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnmobile.xml	Fri Sep 19 16:00:00 2008
@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@
 		and handheld manufacturers can build rich programming environments.
 	</para>
 
-	<para><!-- FIXME: add links -->
+	<para>
 		The GNOME Mobile platform is the technological heart of numerous Linux-based
-		mobile device platforms including Maemo, the ACCESS Linux Platform, the
-		LiMo reference platform, Ubuntu Mobile, Moblin and Poky.
+		mobile device platforms including <ulink 
+    url="http://maemo.org/";>Maemo</ulink>, <ulink 
+    url="http://http://alp.access-company.com/";>the ACCESS Linux 
+    Platform</ulink>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.limofoundation.org";>the LiMo reference 
+    platform</ulink>, <ulink url="http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile";>Ubuntu
+    Mobile</ulink>, <ulink url="http://www.moblin.org/";>Moblin</ulink> and 
+    <ulink url="http://www.pokylinux.org/";>Poky</ulink>.
 	</para>
 
 	<para>
@@ -27,8 +33,22 @@
 	<itemizedlist>
 		<listitem><para>Core Infrastructure</para>
 			<itemizedlist>
-				<listitem><para><application>GLib</application></para></listitem>
-				<listitem><para><application>DBus</application></para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>
+          <ulink
+					url="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/2.18/";><application>GLib</application></ulink>
+					&mdash;
+          provides the core application building blocks for portable libraries 
+          and applications written in C. It provides the core object system 
+          used in GNOME, the main loop implementation and a large set of 
+          utility functions for strings and common data structures.
+        </para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>
+          <ulink
+					url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/";><application>DBus</application></ulink>
+					&mdash;
+          a message bus system providing a simple way for applications to talk 
+          to one another and coordinate process lifecycles.
+        </para></listitem>
 			</itemizedlist>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem><para>System Infrastructure</para>
@@ -98,13 +118,36 @@
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem><para>User Interface</para>
 			<itemizedlist>
-				<listitem><para><application>GTK+</application></para></listitem>
-				<listitem><para><application>Pango</application></para></listitem>
-				<listitem><para><application>ATK</application> (accessibility)</para></listitem>
-				<listitem><para><application>Cairo</application></para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>
+					<ulink
+					url="http://www.gtk.org";><application>GTK+</application></ulink>
+          &mdash; a feature rich cross-platform toolkit for creating graphical
+          user interfaces with an easy to use API.
+        </para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>
+					<ulink
+					url="http://www.pango.org";><application>Pango</application></ulink>
+          &mdash; provides services to GTK+ for laying out and rendering of 
+          text, with an emphasis on internationalization.
+        </para></listitem>
+				<listitem><para>
+          <application>ATK</application> (accessibility toolkit)</para>
+          &mdash; ensures basic accessibility is available for all GTK+ widgets, 
+          allowing accessibility tools full access to view and control 
+          applications.
+        </listitem>
+				<listitem><para>
+          <ulink 
+          url="http://cairographics.org/";><application>Cairo</application></ulink>
+          &mdash; a 2D vector-graphics library designed to produce 
+          consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of 
+          display hardware acceleration when available. Cairo provides a simple 
+          API similar to Postscript.
+        </para></listitem>
 			</itemizedlist>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem><para>Language Bindings</para>
+      <para>All of the GNOME Mobile platform libraries are available through native C APIs, or through high-quality language bindings providing the full power of the libraries with idioms familiar to developers of other high level programming languages. The following languages are fully supported:</para>
 			<itemizedlist>
 				<listitem><para>C</para></listitem>
 				<listitem><para>C++</para></listitem>
@@ -116,8 +159,8 @@
 	<para>
 		GNOME is committed to supporting these platforms, and will be making
 		downloadable, testable virtual machine images of distributions based on
-		GNOME Mobile 2.24, such as Poky, Moblin and Ubuntu Mobile, for developers
-		to try-out and develop against.
+		GNOME Mobile 2.24, such as Poky, Moblin and Ubuntu Mobile, to allow 
+    developers to test the platform and port applications.
 	</para>
 
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