ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.13.0

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*** gtkmm 2.14:

 

gtkmm 2.13 wraps new API in GTK+ 2.13. It will become the API/ABI-stable

gtkmm 2.14 when GTK+ 2.14.0 is released. gtkmm 2.13 is API/ABI-compatibile with

gtkmm 2.12, 2.10, 2.8, 2.6 and 2.4. It is a version of the gtkmm-2.4 API.

 

gtkmm stays in-sync with GTK+ by following the official GNOME release schedule:

http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/

 

Bindings for the rest of the GNOME Platform are also available, and are also

API-stable.

 

http://www.gtkmm.org

 

 

*** Changes

 

gtkmm 2.13.0 (unstable);

 

 

Gtk:

* Action, RadioAction, ToggleAction: Added create_with_icon_name() functions,

allowing IconTheme icon names to be used instead of stock IDs.

(Christian Hammond) Bug #437041.

* Action: Added the icon_name, visible_overflown, and action_group properties.

* Calendar: Added set_detail_func(), set_detail_width_chars(),

set_detail_height_rows(), get_detail_width_chars(), and

get_detail_height_rows(), and these properties.

* EntryCompletion:

- Added set_popup_single_match(), deprecating the wrongly-named

set_popup_single_width().

Bug #473750 (Kevin Daughtridge).

- Added a const version of get_text_column() and deprecated the

non-const version.

* IconInfo, IconTheme, AttrList: Deprecated the non-const

operator bool()s and added const versions.

* PageSetup:

- Added copy(), wrapping gtk_page_setup_copy().

- Added const version of save_to_key_file() and deprecated the non-const one.

* PrintSettings:

- Added copy(), wrapping gtk_print_settings_copy().

- Added const version of save_to_key_file() and deprecated the non-const one.

* StockID: Added operator bool().

* TreeView: set_headers_visible(): Added default parameter value.

* Widget:

- drag_data_get(): Deprecated the current version and added a version

that takes a const Glib::ustring& for the target.

- Added the grab_broken_event signal

(with no_default_handler, to preserve ABI).

Bug #473465 (Balazs Scheidler).

- Added the popup_menu signal, now that we know that it is public API.

(with no_default_handler, to preserve ABI).

Bug #304103 (Philip Langdale).

(Murray Cumming)

 

Gdk:

* Color

- Added to_string().

- Deprecated the non-const operator bool()s and added a const version.

* Drawable: dAdded a const override of get_size() and deprecated the non-const

version.

Bug #467539 (Bobby DaSilva).

 

Build:

* Removed the tutorial and examples. They are now in the gtkmm-documentation

module.

 

 

*** Development