Gtk2 1.038 (beta)

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch web de>]

Gtk2 is a Perl extension providing Perl bindings to the 2.x series of
the Gtk+ graphical user interface library.  This module allows you to
write graphical user interfaces in a perlish and object-oriented way,
freeing you from the casting and memory management in C, yet remaining
very close in spirit to original API.  Find out more about Gtk+ at
http://www.gtk.org , and about Gtk2-Perl at
http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/ .

Despite the warning that comes from Makefile.PL, the API is now frozen. 
  (The warning is still there because we haven't made the stable branch 
yet.)
See the Gnome Platform Bindings Release Set Rules for more info:
http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/bindings/rules.html

As always, the code is available from our sourceforge project page:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=91218&release_id=221137

...and from anonymous cvs, tagged rel-1-03-8 in the directory 
/gtk2-perl-xs/Gtk2 .

Overview of Changes in Gtk2 1.038
=================================

* Despite the warning from Makefile.PL, this release marks an API freeze.
* Code sweep removed many FIXMEs and fixed lots of problems, and uncovered
  a large handful of missing trivial functions.
* Cleanup on examples.  [Ross]
* New bindings, with tests, for things new in gtk+ in the latest unstable
  release, and for things we found at the last minute while auditing 
  the code  [mostly Torsten]:
   Gtk2::ComboBoxEntry::new_text (new in 2.3.5)
   Gtk2::Entry::[gs]et_alignment
   Gtk2::FileChooser::[gs]et_use_preview_label (new in gtk+ 2.3.5)
   Gtk2::FileChooser::new_with_backend (new in gtk+ 2.3.5)
   Gtk2::Gdk::Event::handler_set
   Gtk2::Gdk::Event::set_state (and added setter capability to state())
   Gtk2::Gdk::Event::set_time (and added setter capability to time())
   Gtk2::MenuItem::toggle_size_allocate
   Gtk2::MenuItem::toggle_size_request
   Gtk2::Pango::Layout::[sg]et_auto_dir (new in pango 1.3.5)
   Gtk2::Rc::reset_styles
   Gtk2::TreeModel::ref_node
   Gtk2::TreeModel::unref_node
   Gtk2::TreeViewColumn::cell_get_size
   Gtk2::TreeViewColumn::cell_set_cell_data
   Gtk2::Widget::add_mnemonic_label
   Gtk2::Widget::can_activate_accel (new in gtk+ 2.3.5)
   Gtk2::Widget::child_focus
   Gtk2::Widget::drag_source_[sg]et_target_list
   Gtk2::Widget::list_mnemonic_labels
   Gtk2::Widget::region_intersect
   Gtk2::Widget::remove_mnemonic_label
   Gtk2::Widget::requisition
   Gtk2::Widget::saved_state
   Gtk2::Widget::size_allocate
   Gtk2::Window::activate_key
   Gtk2::Window::propagate_key_event
   Gtk2::draw_insertion_cursor
   Gtk2::main_do_event
  Removed API:
   Gtk2::FileChooser::[gs]et_folder_mode (removed from gtk+ in 2.3.5)
   Gtk2::Allocations have been replaced by Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangles; they
    were just reblessed rectangles anyway.
* Test fixes.  [muppet, Torsten, Ross]
* Random pod updates all over the place.  [muppet]
* Gtk2::CellRenderer now hides "this api is deprecated!" warnings unless env
  var GTK2PERL_DEBUG is set and true.  [muppet]
* Finally fixed Gtk2::Gdk::DragContext::find_window and friends.  [muppet]
* New regression test for custom TreeModel interface implementations.  There
  are several TODO tests that fail, as a reminder to muppet to fix them
  properly.  [Torsten]
* Build GdkX11.xs (and the associated Gtk2::Gdk::X11 namespace) only when
  linking against the x11 gtk+ target.  [muppet]
* Numerous bugfixes.  It was a busy weekend.  Some features important for
  deriving containers in Perl code have been punted for the 1.060 API freeze.