news 28 Posted March 22, 2011 Hello, We are proud to announce the 0.4.3 version of Gtkaml with the new Gtkon syntax. Changes in 0.4.3: - #! shebang support for Gtkon files to be used with the `gtkaml' executable - vim syntax files for gtkon and gtkaml files. (thanks pancake ( -at -) nopcode.org). CDATA will never be the same. See editors/vim/README on how to use them. - optional running of tests with --enable-tests at configure stage - removed own debian/* files in favour of debian's own packaging scripts (thanks David ) ================ What is it? Gtkaml is a markup language based on Vala which lets you create Gtk+ composite widgets through concise XML: Gtkon is an object notation alternative to the XML syntax, contributed by pancake at nopcode.org: HBox !homogeneous { Label with-mnemonic label="_Hello" !expand !fill; Entry $my_entry text="World!"; } More information on the Gtkon syntax is available here [2] and in the tests and examples gtkaml comes with. Features: * compact XML syntax for describing composite Gtk widgets * Gtkon syntax for JSON-like sources * code 'islands' (written in Vala) - for signal handling and other code in your widget class (so you don't modify the generated code ever) * you don't depend on gtkaml at run-time * 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) * works with any library that has a .vapi file, not just Gtk+ (composition methods can be specified in the *.implicits file) 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 [2] Gtkon http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/wiki/Gtkon _______________________________________________ Share this post Link to post
