Release Digest: GNOME, July 12, 2004

Bakery 2.3.8

Bakery is a C++ Framework for creating document-based GNOME
applications using gtkmm. Bakery 2.3.x is for gtkmm 2.4 and
libxml++ 2.6

• Bakery provides a Document/View architecture, but it doesn’t
  force you to use the whole architecture.
• Bakery can use XML as a document storage format.
• Bakery provides default functionality, which can be easily
  customized.
• Bakery makes it easy to start developing gtkmm/GNOME
  applications.
• Bakery gives your application structure.
• Bakery provides useful utility classes.

Documentation and downloads are available at http://bakery.sourceforge.net

Changes:

bakery 2.3.8:

• Views inherit from sigc::trackable, to avoid crashes when
  calling dead signal handlers. (Murray Cumming)

2.3.7:

• Document:
  • Create new documents with sensible (rather than bizarre)
    permissions.
  • Add parameter to the modified signal, and send it whenever it
    changes. (Murray Cumming)

—
Murray Cumming
murrayc@usa.net
www.murrayc.com

Glom 0.8.7

Glom

Glom is a GUI that allows you to design database table
definitions and the relationships between them. It also allows you
to edit and search the data in those tables. The design is loosely
based upon FileMaker Pro, with the added advantage of separation
between user interface and data.

Glom uses the PostgresSQL database backend but it can not edit
databases that it did not create, because it uses only a simple
subset of Postgres functionality.

Here are some screenshots:
http://www.glom.org/screenshots/

Glom is written in C++, with gtkmm, Bakery, and libgdamm.

More information is at
http://www.glom.org

Obvious/Known problems.

• There is no way to administer the users.
• The User Level is not dependent on database access rights.
• The Details view should show lists of related records directly
  among the regular fields.
• There is no printing/reports.

Changes

glom 0.8.7:

• Field Definition:
  • Add Boolean field type, which is displayed as a checkbox.
  • Default values can be the result of python calculations.
  • Default values are validated according to the field type.
• Pressing cancel on the initial dialog closes the
  application.
• Details view:
  • Corrected widget layout problems.
  • Do not lose the layout groups after a while.
  • Fix crash when changing user level, with related records.
    (Murray Cumming)
• Added Albanian translation. (Laurent Dhima)

—
Murray Cumming
murrayc@murrayc.com
www.murrayc.com
www.openismus.com