Release Digest: GNOME, August 5, 2003

SLgtk v0.3.5

Hello Folks,

Version 0.3.5 of SLgtk is now available at

http://space.mit.edu/~mnoble/slgtk

There have been several minor releases since the last
announcement was made here. Changelogs for each are appended
below.

Highlights include FORTRAN support in the bundled code generator
(SLIRP), Win32 (CygWin) portability, easier FITS pixbuf loader
builds (may now be done directly w/in SLgtk distro), a SLIRP
resource file which forms the basis of an OpenGL module currently
under construction, greater platformspecific type-size safety
(SLIRP), and a bit more documentation.

Cheers,
-Mike

Changes in v0.3.5 (8/4/2003):

SLIRP (code generator) 0.9.2 changes:
- initial support for generating modules from FORTRAN 77 source
  (see slirp/doc for more details)
- exit with non-zero status if there is _any_ error whilst
  generating code for _any_ (of the potentially multiple) input
  files, which gives make a better chance at identifying code
  generation failures
- streamlined code emission for multiple input files: when both a
  module name (-m option) AND multiple input files are specified,
  generated code/constants/functable entries/etc will be emitted to
  only one file (prefixed with the module name), rather than one file
  per input file name (prefixed with the input file name stem)
- More stringent tests of #define macros for intrinsic const
  emission
- Consolidated most state control variables into SlirpController
  struct
Silence compile warnings seen in io-fits.c w/ very old
SparcWorks compiler.

Changes in v0.3.4 (07/11/2003):

Win32 portability. See doc/win32.notes for details.
During module importation, emit message upon Gtk initialization
failure.
Stricter SLIRP code emission, towards compilation under
stricter C++ rules.
Added sample SLIRP resource file for generating OpenGL (Mesa)
module (slirp/examples/slirprc.opengl)
More accurate installation of FITS pixbuf loader, through the
use of “pkg-config –variable=gtk_binary_version”
Various minor improvements to utility scripts and SLIRP.

Changes in v0.3.3 (07/3/2003):

When reusing a key with g_object_set_data() there’s no need to
free the data previously registered … the underlying GObject code
will do it.
Ensure persistence of tooltips in examples code.

Changes in v0.3.2 (07/1/2003):

For symmetry with other shapes, vwhere() now permits creation
of polygons with some vertices beyond the plot axes.
Minor usability enhancements to importify script.
The GdkPixbuf loader for FITS images may now be built directly
from the SLgtk tree, instead of being copied into the gdk-pixbuf
subdir of the Gtk2 distribution. Use ‘make pixbuf_loader’ to build
it, and see contrib/gdk-pixbuf/README for more details.
Draw/refresh polygon segments only after expose event is
received (vwhere), which eliminates spurious cruft (leftover 1st
segment) on slow X servers.
Added guaranteed 16, 32, and 64-bit size type mapping funcs to
SLIRP.
More documentation.
Added admin/cvs_changed packaging utility, used to restore “cvs
edit” tags when they’ve been clobbered by an apparent bug in CVS
checkout.