ANNOUNCE: Glade-Perl 0.60

[dermot glade perl connectfree co uk]

Hi all,

I have just uploaded perl module Glade-Perl-0.60.tar.gz to CPAN
    ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Glade/ 

but please use your local mirror 
    (see ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY)

Until it is mirrored around the world, tarballs and RPMs are available 
on the Glade-Perl website.
    http://www.glade.perl.connectfree.co.uk
   
Glade-Perl generates object-oriented perl code from a Glade file - Glade
is Damon Chaplin's beautiful Gtk+/Gnome UI builder. 

Glade-Perl can display the UI as it is built and/or generate Perl source,
distribution and skeleton documentation files. The generation script
'glade2perl' can be called directly from Glade's 'Build' button. 

If you prefer, glade2perl can generate code that uses libglade to construct
the UI directly from the Glade file.

Regards, Dermot

snipped from http://www.glade.perl.connectfree.co.uk/Changelog
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Fri May  3 03:56:25 BST 2002 Dermot Musgrove <dermot.musgrove at virgin.net>
  - Version 0.60
  - Documentation and dist files written for Libglade style apps as well.
  - PerlRun->save_file_from_string() allows writing undef string.
  - PerlUI->new_GtkSpinButton() bug fix for set_wrap() code.
  - PerlProject->use_Glade_Project() forces a leading '#' for 'copying'.
  - PerlSource->perl_preamble() (extra) leading '#' removed from 'copying.
  - PerlSource->dist_Makefile_PL() now uses Glade-Perl's min. requirements
    as defaults for Makefile.PL version checks for Gtk and Gnome.
  - PerlUI->internal_pack_widget() fixed to add() Gnome::IconLists instead
    of add_with_viewport() - thanks to René Seindal <rene at seindal.dk>
  - PerlUI->new_accelerator() changed to generate code that looks up the
    keyval at UI construction time so that apps are more portable.
    Also generated code will use Gtk::Gdk->keyval_from_name() in case any
    subsequent app user doesn't have a populated Gtk::Keysyms.pm (some RPMs)
  - PerlUIExtra->new_GtkPixmapMenuItem() similarly changed.
  - PerlUIExtra->new_GnomeEntry() fixed to set history ID correctly.
    Thanks to Franco Broi for the bug report.
  - PerlSource->perl_AUTOLOAD_top() small change to generated sub AUTOLOAD()
  - PerlSource->perl_*_top() now generate modules with initial version
    number of 0.10 (was 0.01) to make scripts handling the distribution of
    modules more predictable - minor version now always has 2 significant
    digits and can be incremented without packing (eg. 0.10 > 0.11).
    Also %params now passed through from toplevel script to app_run()
  - New user option <source><save_connect_id>1</save_connect_id></source>
    and PerlUI->new_signal() changed to generate code that will save all 
    the signal connection ids in a predictable way so that signals can be
    blocked and unblocked in handlers. The connection id is held in eg:
      my $id = $forms->{'__CONNECT_ID'}{'entry1'}{'after_key_press_event'}
    and can be used like $form->{'entry1'}->signal_handler_block($id);
    and later $form->{'entry1'}->signal_handler_unblock($id);
    or $form->{'entry1'}->signal_disconnect($id);
    or $form->{'entry1'}->signal_emit($id);
    The last hash key is either 'signal' or 'after_signal' depending on
    whether the signal is connected normally or after. I have never needed
    this functionality but someone asked for it, the costs of the changes
    are negligible and they should not affect any existing code - just 
    don't give any widget the name '__CONNECT_ID'. 
    The default (0) produces the same code as previous versions.
  - PerlProject->use_Glade_project() fixed to write missing project logo.
  - PerlSource->dist_MANIFEST_SKIP() generates file MANIFEST.SKIP such that
    src/ProjectSIGS.pm will not be included in default MANIFEST file when 
    you run 'make manifest'
  - PerlRun->write_missing_gettext_strings() produces better .pot file
  - FAQ - new Q/A about automatic installion using CPAN.pm and updated Q/A 
    about accessing widgets with PerlRun->lookup_widget() new in 0.59
  - PerlUI->use_par() fixed to escape leading single quote in string
  - PerlUI->Widget_from_Proto() split into construct_widget() and 
    new_sub_widget(). This is an attempt to tidy the code a little.
  - PerlRun data fields altered to double quote default 'copying' message
    so that the \n is interpolated. Thanks to Mark W. Eichin for report.
  - PerlProject->use_Glade_project() fixed to not escape author strings
    and PerlSource->perl_preamble() to cope with the change. Also Mark :)
  - PerlSource->perl_about() fixed to pass author/description/copying
    as single-quoted literals in generated code (see above).
  - $PACKAGE, $VERSION, $AUTHOR, $DATE fields not now inherited from
    Glade::PerlRun. This was bad behaviour and broke the CPAN automatic
    updating module so each module is separately updated now.
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