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First Release!

I've decided to release 0.1.1, a developer's version, of librox-perl. It has also been tagged in CVS as 'librox-perl-0-1-1'.

It is pre-alpha software at this point as not everything works, but it *IS* possible to create applets and AppDir applications using the library. Such applications can:

* Grab options either via the XDG_(CONFIG|DATA)_DIR environment (using defaults, if not found; see ROX::Basename for more details) or the CHOICESPATH environment (see ROX::Option and ROX::OptionGroup for more details).
* Create Applets with context menus (see ROX::Applet and ROX::Menu::Popup)
* Create menubars for application windows (see ROX::Menu)
* Create a variety of GTK2 info, dialog, and alert windows with one-step commands (see ROX.pm)
* Open ROX-Filer windows and highlight files in them (see ROX::Filer)
* Add I18N support to your application (see ROX::I18N)
* Add MIME support to your application (useful for examining files for compatability with your application; see ROX::MIME)

Since librox-perl utilizes the gtk2-perl library (tested with 0.90), you can extend any widget created using the library with gtk2-perl.

As noted in the release notes, everything currently works *EXCEPT*:

ROX::OptionsBox*
ROX::Save*
ROX::Loader (untested)
ROX::Process (untested)

If you wish to provide patches or help develop, please contact me via the tracker.

Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney 2003-08-08

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