[ANNOUNCE] GtkUnique 0.9.0 - Single Instance Application Library
- From: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>
- To: gnome-announce-list gnome org
- Subject: [ANNOUNCE] GtkUnique 0.9.0 - Single Instance Application Library
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:36:54 +0000
Hi all;
here's the initial beta release of GtkUnique, a library for creating
single instance applications[1]. all back-ends are available and
working:
* D-Bus [preferred]
* Xlibs
* Unix domain sockets
the IPC is completely hidden behind the API, so you don't have to care
about it; the better encapsulation of the IPC code made possible to
review the design and actually allow the subclassing of the GtkUniqueApp
object[2]. so, now, you can implement your own application object as a
subclass of GtkUniqueApp.
this is the list of changes since the last announcement:
Overview of changes from GtkUnique 0.1.0 to 0.9.0
=================================================
* Initial beta release;
* Hide the implementation deeper, and finally allow subclassing
the GtkUniqueApp object; also, provide an example;
* Finish the libbacon-like, Unix socket based backend;
* Fixes and performance improvements in the Xlibs backend:
[thanks to Matthew Allum]
- Check every XGetWindowProperty() call with the GDK error
trap;
- Use the _NET_CLIENT_LIST property of the root window
to get the list of top-level windows, and use XQueryTree()
as a fallback;
- Sync the X server before removing the grab, to make sure that
the changes are applied;
- Add multi-head support;
- Add a selection lock when finding the right window to
avoid races;
* Documentation fixes:
- Add a per-backend documentation section;
- Add a spec prototype for the Xlibs backend protocol;
- Complete API documentation coverage;
some projects expressed the intention to use gtkunique as a external
dependency; as such, I decided to import it into GNOME CVS as the
gtkunique module[3] from my bzr repository[4]. if no major bugs are
found, I can make a 1.0.0 release to be blessed by the release team.
I understand that having (yet) another small library to depend upon is
not the optimal solution; importing the module via CVS might be a better
option, until a way to include GtkUnique inside GTK+ is found.
ciao,
Emmanuele.
+++
[1] here you can find more informations:
http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2006/10/love-and-communication/
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2006-October/msg00059.html
[2] even though I said that I would not do it:
http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2006/10/love-and-communication/#comment-10968
I do love contradicting myself.
[3] http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtkunique/
[4] which will be kept around for more off-tree, crack-ridden features.
--
Emmanuele Bassi, E: ebassi gmail com
W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.net
B: http://log.emmanuelebassi.net
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