Re: [gtk-list] ANNOUNCE: GTK+ and GLib 1.2.0 Released

[Walt Pohl <pohl math washington edu>]

This is an awesome day.  GTK is a beautiful thing.  I want everyone who
works on it to know how much we all appreciate it.

Walt

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Shawn T . Amundson wrote:

>                        GTK+ Version 1.2 Released
>                        =========================
>      
> The GTK+ development team is pleased to announce the release of
> version 1.2 of the GIMP Toolkit.
>      
> GTK+ is a multi-platform open source GUI Toolkit. Everything about
> GTK+ from the object-oriented design to the Free Software LGPL
> licensing allows you to code your project with the most freedom
> possible. You can develop open software, free software, or even
> commercial non-free software without having to spend a dime for
> licenses or royalties.
> 
> GTK+ is a set of libraries to create graphical user interfaces. It
> works on many Unix-like platforms, and a Windows version is in
> development. GTK+ is released under the GNU Library General Public
> License (GNU LGPL), which allows for flexible licensing of client
> applications. GTK+ has a C-based object-oriented architecture that
> allows for maximum flexibility.  Bindings for other languages have
> been written, including C++, Objective-C, Guile/Scheme, Perl, Python,
> TOM, Ada95, Free Pascal, and Eiffel.
> 
> GTK+ consists of the following component libraries:
>  o GLib. Provides many useful data types, macros, type conversions,
>       string utilities and a lexical scanner. Includes Win32 support.
>  o GDK. A wrapper for low-level windowing functions.
>  o GTK. An advanced widget set.
> 
> New and improved features in version 1.2 include:
> 
>  o Theme support. Dynamically change the appearance of your GTK+
>       applications.
>  o Thread support. Including POSIX threads, Solaris threads and
>       experimental NSPR threads support.
>  o New Drag and Drop (DND) support. Both the XDND and Motif protocols
>       are supported, and the programmer is presented with a single,
>       unified interface.
>  o Runtime loading of dynamic modules.
>  o 300 Page Tutorial.
>  o Internationalization of standard dialogs.
>  o Wide character support for text widgets.
>  o New widgets:
>     - new multi-column Tree widget
>     - font selection dialog
>     - plug/socket widgets for inter-application embedding
>     - calendar widget
>     - item factory
>  o Enhanced functionality to many GTK+ 1.0 widgets
> 
> GTK+ is already being used in many major projects, such as the GIMP
> and GNOME projects. Don't get left out!
> 
> GTK+ is also being ported to Win32. For further information see:
> http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/
> 
> GTK+ and GLib can be downloaded at:
> ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/
> 
> For further information please visit:
>  o GTK+ Home page: http://www.gtk.org/
>  o GNOME Home page: http://www.gnome.org/
>  o GIMP Home page: http://www.gimp.org/
> 
> --
> The GTK+ Team
> http://www.gtk.org/
> 
> --
> Shawn T. Amundson               
> amundson@gimp.org               http://www.gimp.org/~amundson
> 
> "The assumption that the universe looks the same in every
>  direction is clearly not true in reality." - Stephen Hawking
> 
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