GTK+ 2.24.8

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

GTK+ 2.24.8 is now available for download at:

 http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.24/
 ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtk+/2.24/

ac2325a65312922a6722a7c02a389f3f4072d79e13131485cc7b7226e2537043  gtk+-2.24.8.tar.bz2
8a3b29f667933cf52eea2db7b066723edbc80443ca9c75b7cd7cbe8c8b90b93c  gtk+-2.24.8.tar.xz

This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.24 series.

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GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for
projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application
suites.

GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of
languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and
Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides
an effective method of rapid application development.

GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the
licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all
developers, including those developing proprietary software, without
any license fees or royalties.


Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.24.7 to 2.24.8
==============================================

* Win32 updates:
 Major update of the win32 backend, it now works
 at least as well as the old 2.16.x version that
 a lot of windows applications was forced to use

 Some particular highlights:
 - Tablet support (wintab) works
 - The MS-Windows theme works better, and is enabled
   by default on Windows
 - Pointer grabs on button press now works
 - Initial Window positioning is improved and now
   works very similarly to the X11 backend
 - Scrolling a window with another window overlapping it
   doesn't produce rendering artifacts on XP
 - Configure event delivery after window move or resize
   is much more robust, fixing a variety of rendering hangs
   and misbehaviours
 - Scrolling with synaptics touchpads work better

* OS X updates:
 - Add Command-cursor keyboard navigation in text widgets
 - Fix loss of motion events after using the menu bar
 - Handle recursive CFRunLoops, fixing e.g. crashes
   when dropping files from finder
 - Set proper event->state values in all events

* Ensure that the MOD1 modifier always means ALT, as this
  assumption is already used in many places in Gtk+

* Search engine backend updated to Tracker 0.12

* Bugs fixed:
  84314  gdk_display_sync() and gdk_flush()
 142874  use of SetWindowLong in gdkwindow-win32.c causes...
 169811  configure_event and window-state-event are not...
 171456  "Keep Above" option in Gimp broken on Win32 
 324254  Realizing a top-level window widget early positions...
 516822  gtk_window_fullscreen does not resize correctly if...
 537296  Maximizing a window larger than the screen makes...
 542777  Scroll-Wheel doesn't scroll (Win)
 552041  Windows' System Menu from taskbar is buggy 
 574935  win32: gtk_window_set_geometry_hints() has no effect...
 604156  gtk_window_set_modal() freezes application completely 
 612359  Dialog positioning hints fail on Windows 7 
 631384  Images pasted from clipboard are shifted/wrapped 
 647460  typo in msw_style.c?
 650300  Notebook tabs are incorrectly displayed with the...
 658272  Port gtksearchenginetracker.c to tracker 0.11/0.12
 659565  unbreak compilation on OpenBSD
 661997  Gtk crashes when changing the TreeView model while ...
 662633  Scheduled transaction editor crashes with gtk+-2.24.7
 662670  Pressing "Enter" in print dialog box will not cause...
 663138  iconview: layout items immediately when setting...
 663182  NSImage throws an exception from _gtk_quartz_...
 663543  Huge memory leak while using MS-Windows theme (gtk-demo)
 663605  Fix event->state of many event types on quartz

November 10, 2011
Alexander Larsson