ANNOUNCE: gucharmap 0.8.0

[Noah Levitt <nlevitt columbia edu>]

Application
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gucharmap 0.8.0

Description
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gucharmap is a Unicode character map using GTK+ 2.2 or later.

Enhancements
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- full character details are now in a textview in separate tab
- as a result of this, much of the View menu evaporates
- characters mentioned in the details tabs are clickable links; back and
forward history for clicked-characters
- useful character information is shown in the status bar; this includes at
a minimum the codepoint and character name; for CJK ideographs, the
definition; usage notes if the character has any
- got rid of the U+xxxx page listings in the left pane, since they weren't
very useful
- search and jump-to-codepoint dialogs are a bit nicer, work better
- got rid of Zoom Mode menu item; keyboard users can hold down Shift
instead
- install "gnome-character-map" symlink to gucharmap (requested by the
gcharmap maintainer)
- change "Char_map" menu to "_File"
- it says in the magnification window which font is actually being used to
draw the character
- function names in the public API changed to start with "gucharmap_"
prefix
- header files start with "gucharmap"; only need to #include
<gucharmap/gucharmap.h>


Fixes
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- ./configure option not to generate gtk.immodules (mainly useful for
distro package maintainers)
- accessibility fix: emit active-descendant-changed signal when selected
cell changes (bug #112981, Padraig O'Briain)
- ignore keypresses with modifiers in the character table

Home Page
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http://gucharmap.sourceforge.net/

Download
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http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gucharmap/

GNOME Software Map entry
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http://www.gnome.org/softwaremap/projects/gucharmap