Announcing PHP-GTK-EDGE

From: Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:38:07 +0000
Subject: Announcing PHP-GTK-EDGE
Groups: php.gtk.dev php.gtk.general 
Hi all,

If you're one of the impatient; and can't wait to try out the
bleeding-edge widgets that are now available for PHP-GTK; the
PHP-GTK-EDGE repository is for you.

You can check out a copy from:

svn://svn.cweiske.de/php-gtk-edge

(WebSVN:
http://svn.cweiske.de/listing.php?repname=php-gtk-edge&path=%2Ftrunk%2F)

This version of PHP-GTK includes:

 * Gtk+ 2.8 and 2.10 support (thanks to Elizabeth); which means you can
build against these versions of Gtk+ and use widgets like GtkAssistant
and the much wanted GtkTrayIcon.

 * GtkSpell: spell checking extension for GtkTextView (and GtkSourceView)

 * GtkExtras: Specialized widgets like GtkSheet and GtkPlot.

in addition to everything that's already in php-gtk-proper (mozembed,
sourceview and scintilla; of course)

I wanted to include libgnome in the repository too; but unfortunately I
can't find a backup of my files yet and the tarball on kix.in doesn't
seem to work.

This version of PHP-GTK should probably be helpful to all of you who've
been asking for GtkExtras and GtkTrayIcon. All feedback is appreciated;
and the more positive feedback we get; the sooner all of this will be
migrated to the official php-gtk release.

All of the code in the repository currently works only on *nix systems
and a simple `./buildconf && ./configure && make install' should do. All
extensions are enabled by default; so it will simply pick what you
libraries you have your system and build support for it. If you need to
explicitly disable an extension; pass the --disable-whatever flag to the
configure statement.

For windows users; Elizabeth is providing builds on
http://www.callicore.net/php-gtk2/ I'll work with her to get those
builds into php-gtk-edge soon.

DISCLAIMER:
I am not responsible if your computer explodes while compiling
php-gtk-edge ;) Basically, this version of php-gtk is very experimental
and is expected to be broken from time to time. Use with care!

There are some screenshots for a few of the widgets at
http://www.kix.in/php-gtk2/

Cheers,

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