[ANNOUNCE] GtkAda 1.2.4

[ANNOUNCE] GtkAda 1.2.4

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GtkAda 1.2.4 release
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GtkAda is an Ada95 graphical toolkit based on Gtk+ version 1.2.x. It
allows you to develop graphical applications in Ada95 using Gtk+.

Currently, all widgets  of the Gtk+ 1.2 series have  been bound. The
binding  for the Gdk part is not complete yet, but is already pretty
much in place.

To test our toolkit, the testgtk program has been almost completely
re-implemented and is also distributed.

LSM entry follows :
Begin3
Title:  GtkAda
Version: 1.2.4
Entered-date: 22OCT99
Description: Ada95 graphical toolkit based on Gtk+ (version 1.2.x)
Keywords: Ada95 Ada Gtk+ Gtk X Gui Glade Win32
Author: Emmanuel Briot <briot@gnat.com>, Joel Brobecker
<jbrobecker@west.raytheo
n.com> and Arnaud Charlet <charlet@gnat.com>
Maintained-by: gtkada@ada.eu.org
Primary-site:  http://gtkada.eu.org
Original-site: http://ada.eu.org/gtkada/
Platforms: SunOS-5.5.1 Linux-2.0.36 DECUnix-4.0b IRIX-6.5 HP/UX-10.20
NT-4.0 AiX-4.3.2
Copying-policy: GPL (with a slight modification, see headers of *.ad[bs]
files
End


New features in 1.2.4 include:

- GtkAda now supports OpenGL. A binding to GtkglArea is provided, see
e.g
  testgtk which has been updated to give some examples of OpenGL.
  You do *not* need OpenGL to build GtkAda, this is an optional part of
the
  toolkit
  A very thin binding to the OpenGL library MESA is also provided,
although
  you are invited to use your own OpenGL binding rather than this one.
- Handling of Gdk events has been rewritten, so that:
    * It is now much easier to convert from one event type to another
    * It is possible to create events directly from GtkAda, and then
send them
      to any widget.
- Handling of signals has been modified, so that GtkAda now tests that
the
  handler provided are compatible argument-wise with what is expected in
gtk+.
  The same test is done when emitting a signal.
- New code generation in GATE:
    * take advantage of the composite types
    * generate a child package for callbacks related to each composite
widget
    * generate comments in callback stubs to separate cleanly each
callback,
      and to avoid occasional merge failures
- Tested on AiX 4.3.2
- New widgets supported by GATE/DGATE: Gtk_List, Gtk_Clist, Gtk_Paned,
  Gtk_Viewport, Gtk_Vscrollbar
- Fixed GATE support for Gtk_Frame (Label handling)
- Simple minded support for XML attributes in Glib.XML

Have fun!

--
The GtkAda team  <gtkada@ada.eu.org>


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