news 28 Posted September 5, 2008 GTK+ 2.14.0 is now available for download at: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.14/ gtk+-2.14.0.tar.bz2 md5sum: 8cd2732b4e07a490691ae3635b71d932 gtk+-2.14.0.tar.gz md5sum: 8ae7ed0c95907b5be29fc4a3c36f0499 Release notes are available at: http://www.gtk.org/notes/gtk-2.14.0-notes.txt What is GTK+ ============ GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites. GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides an effective method of rapid application development. GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all developers, including those developing proprietary software, without any license fees or royalties. GTK+ is the only 100% free-of-cost open source industrial-strength GUI toolkit available today. Since its origins as the toolkit for the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), GTK+ has been used in a wide range of software. Notably, GTK+ is the foundation of the GNOME desktop; GTK+ 2.14 will be incorporated into version 2.24 of the GNOME desktop. What's new in GTK+ 2.14 ======================= GTK+ 2.14 adds new functionality while maintaining source and binary compatibility with GTK+ 2.12. Highlights of new features and improvements in GTK+ 2.14 are: New widgets and objects * GdkAppLaunchContext, provides startup notification with g_app_info_launch() * GtkMountOperation, can ask for passwords when mounting volumes with g_volume_mount() * GtkToolShell, an interface for containers of GtkToolItems Noteworthy new APIs * gtk_show_uri(), a replacement for gnome_vfs_url_show() and gnome_url_show() * gtk_widget_get_snapshot(), using pixmap redirection to render snapshots of widgets Changes in the file chooser The file chooser uses GIO directly, loadable backends are no longer supported. Autocompletion in the file chooser entry has been improved. Changes in printing support The print dialog displays printer status information. Support for rearranging pages when printing multiple pages per sheet has been added to the cups backend. Accessibility support The gail module is shipped with GTK+, GtkBuilder supports accessibility attributes and GtkStatusIcon supports keyboard navigation. Internationalization support The compose sequences understood by GTK+'s builtin input method have been synchronized with recent X.org compose sequences, adding a large number of new sequences. GTK+ no longer uses translations when an application is not translated to the current locale. gdk-pixbuf changes * Support loading OS X icns format * Support loading JPEG 2000 images * Support loading and saving to GIO streams * Use GIO for mime information GDK changes GDK uses Xrandr instead of Xinerama to provide more (and dynamic) monitor information. Font configuration changes are now picked up at runtime, without an application restart. For more details and lists of fixed bugs, see the announcements for the 2.13.x development releases: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-February/msg00079.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-May/msg00112.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-June/msg00033.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-June/msg00158.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-July/msg00044.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-July/msg00182.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-August/msg00023.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-August/msg00153.html Where to get more information about GTK+ ======================================== Information about GTK+ including links to documentation can be found at: http://www.gtk.org/ An installation guide for GTK+ 2.x is found at: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html Common questions: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-question-index.html http://www.gtk.org/faq/ Contributing ============ GTK+ is a large project and relies on voluntary contributions. We are actively searching for new contributors in various areas and invite everyone to help project development. If you are willing to participate, please subscribe to the project Share this post Link to post
