Re: [Gtk2hs-users] Anyone want to update the gtk2hs HC&A Report entry?

[Axel S. <A....@ke...>]

On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 14:57 +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> All,
> 
> The HC&A report (May 2005 edition) call for contributions has been sent
> out. The editor has sent me our entry from last time (in tex format).
> 
> Does anyone fell like updating our entry? (I'll do it if no one else
> wants to). Or any suggestions of what to add are also welcome.
> 
> I've attached our last entry. If we send it back in tex format it'll
> save him time. If anyone wants to do it just say so and post their
> submission to this list before sending it in.
> 
> Some things that have changed since the last submission:
>       * we've released 0.9.7 and 0.9.7.1
>       * Mozilla rendering engine widget binding
>       * now uses heirarchical modules names
>       * Gtk+ does adopt it's look and feel to the platform (which was
>         not previously true). So that's another improvement vs.
>         wxHaskell. :-)
Well. Gtk ships with an improved theme on Windows. Look-and-feel is
inherently incompatible with Aqua (Mac OS).

>       * we have a new web site
>       * we have had a intoriductory paper written for The Monad.Reader
>       * experimental high level API (written by someone else and
>         available seperately, but implemented on top of gtk2hs)
>       * new code generaotr to make binding other glib/gtk/gnome style
>         modules quicker and easier
>       * (possible) plans to add Cairo support in cooperation with
>         hscairo

True!

> On a slight tangent: we may want to think about doing another release
> before the report deadline (or at least be planning to do another
> release so that we can include the fact that a release is iminant in our
> report submission).
> 
> Things that will be in the 0.9.8 release
>       * improved, more extensive haddock docs
>       * almost complete coverage of the Gtk+ API up to the latest
>         version 2.6
>       * minor bug fixes
>       * [TODO] minor API cleanup
>       * [In Progress] wxHaskell/Yampa style properties API
>       * [TODO] wxHaskell/Yampa style events API
>       * [???] improved pixbuf support? (eg what HRay uses)

I'll see if I can get rid of the Mogul stuff this weekend.

Axel.