ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 3.6.0

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

*** gtkmm 3.6:

gtkmm 3.6 wraps GTK+ 3.6.

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

http://www.gtkmm.org


*** Changes

Changes in 3.6 compared to 3.4:

Gtk:
* Application:
 - Added get_active_window() and get_window_by_id().
   (Murray Cumming)
* ApplicationWindow: Add get_id().
  (Murray Cumming)
* Builder: Add create_from_resource() and add_from_resource().
  (Kalev Lember) Bug #674545
* Button: Addedset/get_always_show_image() and the property.
* CellRendererText: Added the placeholder_text property.
  (Murray Cumming)
* ComboBox: Add set_active_id(), deprecating get_active_id(string).
  (Murray Cumming) Bug #685801 (Phil Wolff)
* Container: Add forall(), propagate_draw(),
  get_focus_child() and get_path_for_child().
  (Murray Cumming)
* Entry:
  - Add input purpose and input hints methods.
    (Murray Cumming)
  - Undeprecate the activate signal.
    (Murray Cumming) Bug #655500 (Kjell Ahlstedt)
* IconView: Add get_item_row() and get_item_column()
  and reorderable, tooltip-column and item-padding properties.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Added the LevelBar widget.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Added MenuButton.
  (Murray Cumming)
* PrintJob: Added get/set_page_ranges().
  (Murray Cumming)
* Added SearchEntry.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Settings: Added the enable_primary_paste property.
  (Murray Cumming)
* StyleContext:
  - Add render_icon() and render_insertion_cursor() and deprecate some 
    functions.
    (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #675632
  - Add get_style_property().
    (Mark Vender) Bug #674746
* TargetList: Add some add_*_targets() methods.
  (Murray Cumming)
* TextView: Added input purpose and input hints methods.
  (Murray Cumming)
* UIManager: Add add_ui_from_resource().
  (Kalev Lember) Bug #674545
* Widget: Add has_visible_focus() and insert_action_group().
  (Murray Cumming)
* WidgetPath: Added to_string(), iter_get_siblings() and 
  iter_list_regions().
  (Murray Cumming)
* Window: Add set_startup_id(), is_active(), 
  has_toplevel_focus(), set_default_geometry(), 
  resize_to_geometry(), has_group().
  Add the focus-visible and attached-to properties.
  (Murray Cumming)
* WindowGroup: Add list_windows() and get_current_grab().
  (Murray Cumming)

Gdk:
* Pixbuf: Added  const version of save() and friends
  (Mark Vender) Bug #678886.
* Screen: Added get_monitor_workarea().
  (Murray Cumming)


*** Development 

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


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