Gwf News & Release Notes
News about version 0.7.7
There was a bug in version 0.7.6 causing a crash when you tried to save a project, when no project existed. This bug was fixed.
News about version 0.7.6
The source writing wrote "#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG" at the start of each c-file. This should be "#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H", so it was fixed.
When loading or saving a project, the program remembers the last directory you entered. Also instead of showing a warnig, a
filename can be entered when trying to save a project without a filename. Also both the file-selections start in you're homedir
instead of in the program directory.
News about version 0.7.5
On the elements tab of the widget properties, the indicators for the get function ("Create get function" and "Allocate get value") showed the
state for the set-function. This was corrected.
The element source writing wrote a number of line-feeds in the h-file, when no set -or get-function was created. This was removed.
The marshaller writing when there were no parameters declared (gtk_marshal_*__NONE) didn't work right : standard marshallers were not recognised
and the marhaller name was invalid: *_NONE instead of *__NONE. Besides that, there was a semi-colon written after each marshaller typedef.
Also a button was added to the project options in the save-files tab. This buttons sets the filenames of the .c and .h file depending on the name
of the widget.
News about version 0.7.4
Version 0.7.3 used the BSD-function scandir(), thus preventing a succesfull compile on Solaris and probably and number of other OS'es. This
was corrected, and bug number 108940 was solved.
Also the properties "Strict parent checking" and "Strict type checking" were removed as they didn't really servered a purpose. It was an
idea launched in the beginning of the program which proved useless later on.
The ability to display widget properties settings in a separate window was removed. This functionality wasn't implemented and it didn't
servered any real purpose, so the architecture enabeling it was deleted.
News about version 0.7.3
On request of a user, the function and variabel names are now influenced by the captials in the widget name. Whereever there isa capital in
the widget name, there will be an underscore ( '_' )in the function name inserted before the capital. For example: the function name of a
GtkToggleButton is gtk_toggle_button.
Also there was a minor comestic bug: the number of tabs added after the functions was sometimes incorrect, thus showing a functions parameter
list not inline with the other functions. This was fixed.
News about version 0.7.2
There was a known bug in version 0.7.1 which was fixed: clicking on the delete button of a signal or an element caused the program to crash.
At first glance i thought it was a rather complex bug, hence the decision to bring out version 0.7.1 without this bug being fixed. Afterall,
it proved to be very hard to solve. Also an other bug was solved, brought to me under attetion by a user of the program: the creation of
the user plugin directories caused a crash. This was solved and there was also a change in it's behaviour: the directories were only created
when they are neccesairy.Also there was a small change in the aboutbox: the webpage and the email-address were changed. Also the version
shown was made to be in sync with the program version (as it should be!).
News about version 0.7.1
Version 0.7.0 included some major bugs which were discovered after its release, hence this quick update. There were also a few additions
that were forgotten to be included in 0.7.0 or that proved not to be working as desired.
News about version 0.7.0
Finally 0.7.0 is ready now. The program had some really major changes. The most visual part of this was the complete redesign of the
GUI. All separate windows of the previous version are now combined into one window. This way it'll be easier to quickly create a widget.
Also the complete non-gui parts were separated from the rest of the program. They are now part of a library which will be linked
to the program. A more complete list of all changes can be found in the Changelog. Currently IMHO the program is almost finished now.
I'll be adding DnD functionality in version 0.8.0, and maybe create a Gnome version of the program. However, much work won't be done
anymore (or someone has to come up with a good idea).
News about version 0.6.0
It took a little longer than i thought, but here it is: version 0.6.0!
The source code writing module is ready now. Real widgets can now be created, so the main functionality of the program is ready now.
To do this, i had to add/remove/change some properties of the project:
- Set & Get function are now booleans (wheter to create or not)
- Set & Get function allocation code added: holds the code to set and get a values with allocation
- The ParentClass property was removed. It showed to be useless (ParentClass = Parent + "Class")
Because of these changes the fileformat is also changed (version 0.2.0). However it is of course possible to load the
old format.
Also the I/O Buffers were removed. I planned to include a way to output the files to different "places" like directly send
send via email, import in an other program, etc,etc. However during design I decided not to include this. I doesn't
really add much functionality, and costs a lot of work :it wasn't worth the effort.
The whole project I/O functionality (Load, Save and Source code writing) is moved to a separate unit. It doens't belong in the mainwindow
code where it was until now. To do this an error dialog was created. This window holds a list of all errors that have occured.
Also the configure script was updated: it now checks for libxml (gnome-xml). Also to functions of the program can be set:
- Automatic filename completion: Append the filename extension while saving if the filename doesn't have this extension
- Type guessing : Automaticly guess the type of a signal return value and parameter if the added GtkType was GTK_TYPE_INVALID
News about version 0.5.0
Loading and saving of projects is now ready. Projects can now be saved to the native Gwf-fileformat (version 0.1.0). A description
of this format will be(come) available on the webpage of Gwf (http://gwf.sourceforge.net). It's also possible load and save using
a specific buffer and file format (Advanced loading and saving). There was a small bug found in the Signal tab of the widget
properties window, which was fixed : previously added signals weren't shown in the list. This became clear when a project was
loaded containing signals. I changed the dialogs, so they have a variabel size, depending on the message, to conform a bit more
to the gnome-dialog widgets, because of the planned port to gnome (in later versions). I planned to automaticly set the extension
of a filename of a project, if it wasn't set by the user. However i doubt if this is wanted, so it's left out for now.
News about version 0.4.0
Complete rewriting of the GUI. All windows will be created as decendants of GtkWidgets. The widget
options will be take care of the plugin settings. The file gwf_data.[ch] will be deleted, it's
functionality will no longer be requiered when the windows will be designed as widgets. Also the
Widget Tree window will be added WITHOUT drag-n-drop functionality, because this requeiers some great
additions to the Data Plugin structures. This will be added in a later version. All windows are designed in a way
to minimize the work needed to expand some functionality using plugins.
News about version 0.3.0
During development I noticed i couldn't stick to the roadmap as described in version 0.2.0. Plugin is so heavily
integrated in the program it had to be made now (or atleast the structures needed to be ready). Building these I
also added libxml to the project. None of these functions are as yet accesible, only the functionality is ready
,although it is not yet debugged.
News about version 0.2.0
The elements of a project and the options offered by the GUI are in sync now. Saving of these new elements will have
to wait until verison 0.4.0 ,when libxml will be used to save the projects.
News about version 0.1.0
The primary GUI elements work now. I've planned to integrate source code writing in version 0.2.0. Now I've decided
to shedule this for a later version, probably 0.4.0 or something like that.
News about version 0.0.1
Primary version with abilities to load and save projects.
News about version 0.0.0
Just a simple test version, nothing was released actualy.