Gtk2Hs - A Haskell GUI library based on the Gtk+ GUI Toolkit. Version 0.9.8 is now available from: http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/ Changes since 0.9.7: * much greater API coverage, including the new Gtk+ 2.6 APIs * Yampa/wxHaskell-style properties added for all widgets * improved reference documentation, there is more of it and the docs for each module are now split into sections. * works with GHC 6.4 * there is now an easy-to-use installer for Windows * build process now works in 80Mb of RAM rather than 380Mb * added functions for manipulating Pixbufs using the Haskell mutable array interface * fixed a limitation on signal handlers on Sparc machines * minor API changes * minor bug fixes * completed GPL to LGPL conversion * internal code cleanups and improvements The API changes are documented here: http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/archives/2005/06/20/api-changes-between-gtk2hs-097... Other changes since the last release announcement: * new screenshots, including HRay and HanDict: http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/screenshots/ * we are now included in the Gnome news feed: http://planet.gnome.org/news/ Gtk2Hs feature highlights: * automatic memory management * Unicode support * nearly full coverage of Gtk+ 2.6 * bindings for several Gnome modules: * libglade for loading GUIs from xml files at run-time. This allows you to design your user interface visually with the Glade user interface builder. (This works on Windows too.) * GConf, Gnome's system for storing app preferences * SourceView, code editor widget with syntax highlighting * the Mozilla browser rendering engine in a widget * API reference documentation * multi-platform support with native look * LGPL licence Platforms and requirements: * an installer for Windows is available * packages are now available for Fedora Core 3,4 and Gentoo * packages for other platforms should become available soon * builds from source on Linux, Windows, MacOS X and Solaris * builds with GHC 6.4.x, 6.2.x, 6.0.x and 5.04.x * works with Gtk+ version 2.0 through to 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 * optional Gnome support requires Gnome 2.0 or better * optional Mozilla support requires Mozilla 1.4 or better Goals for the 1.0 release: * autumn 2005 release * a stable API for the 1.0.x series * complete coverage of the Gtk+ API (we're about 90% there now) * support for OpenGL 3D rendering API * support for cairo 2D rendering API * bindings for more Gnome modules * introductory and other tutorials * packages for all popular platforms Please report all problems to gtk2hs-users@sourceforge.net Contributions and feedback are also most welcome. Duncan