Re: [Vala] gtkaml 0.2.11 and 0.2.12 released

[Vlad Grecescu <b100dian gmail com>]

Changes in 0.2.11:
 - fixed building with libvala-0.10
 - fixed a crash in reporting parsing errors
 - fixed build warnings
 - added test case3  / example for instantiating a non-visual class

Changes in 0.2.12
 - fixed building with libvala-0.12

Many thanks to pancake nopcode org for his contribution to all these!


Gtkaml is an markup language that reuses the Vala compiler to write Gtk+
widgets through casual XML.

<HBox homogeneous="false">
      <Label label="_Hello" with-mnemonic="true" expand="false"
fill="false"/>
      <Entry g:public="my_entry" text="World! "/>
</HBox>

Features:
  * compact XML syntax for describing Gtk widgets
  * code 'islands' (written in Vala) - for signal handling and other code in
your widget class (so you don't modify the generated code ever)
  * doesn't depend on an external library at run-time (other than Gtk+)
  * much more readable than the usual UI boilerplate (e.g. you don't need to
worry about temporary variables, or ever write hundreds of lines of code)
 * no Gtk+ magic - gtkaml can be used for any component/widget library,
given that the composition method selection is specified in the *.implicits
file


Gtkaml 0.2.x is currently in maintainence mode. Only releases to sync with
Vala are made, and bugs may be fixed if they don't require
re-architecturing.

Gtkaml 0.4 is in prototyping phase. Changes include re-using Vala's parser
for expressions and Vala symbol resolver as much as possible, opening the
oportunity to data binding based on 'notify' signal.

Full release notes: http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/wiki/ReleaseNotes
Downloads: http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/downloads/list

[1] Examples: http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/wiki/Example


Regards,
Vlad Grecescu