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Articles From September 2003

GTK-Wimp 0.4.3 released
Posted on September 21st, 2003 by

The Gaim buddy icons were still not drawn correctly, even with 0.4.2. This time, I tested the problem more thoroughly and now I really fixed the problem. So, 0.4.3 should be the best release so far. Hopefully, it gets included as default into the GTK Windows installer.

GTK-Wimp 0.4.2 released
Posted on September 18th, 2003 by

Another emergency update. Some changes in 0.4.1 had an unforeseen impact and were backed out. The trouble was that buddy icons disappeared in Gaim.

GTK-Wimp 0.4.1 released
Posted on September 15th, 2003 by

This is a minor update to iron out some bugs. Particularly, obscure console messages caused by the previous version have been fixed. It also includes a few new tweaks: tree expanders look a bit better in the non-XP case now, and the cursor blink time has been adjusted to follow the Windows setting.

GTK-Wimp 0.4.0 released
Posted on September 11th, 2003 by

Dom Lachowicz joined in and did most changes for 0.4.0. Most important changes: enable proper fonts/sizes for menus, status bars. Handle boxes/panes now do XP style REBAR theming. Toolbars should draw the REBAR part properly. Menubars and toolbars now are etched-in to mimic Windows' behavior. Furthermore, scrollbar sizes, radio/check button sizes, paned sizes tooltip color/font, font preferences including bold or italic are now all properly adhered to. Thanks, Dom!

Nightly builds
Posted on September 10th, 2003 by

We have set up a nightly build system . Currently, it builds a Debian package, source tarball, and a Windows installer version. Interesting to note is that the Windows version is completely built on a GNU/Linux system, using a cross-compiler and Wine to create the final setup.exe .

German leaflet
Posted on September 4th, 2003 by

We now have a German leaflet available, thanks to Johannes Rohr.

Patents endangering OSS development
Posted on September 4th, 2003 by

Soon the European Commission is going to vote a revised version of the European Patentability rules. The proposed revision contains a set of serious challenges to Open Source development since regulation regarding software patents will be broadly extended and might forbid independent development of innovative (Open Source and not) software-based solutions. For further information please see http://swpat.ffii.org and http://petition.eurolinux.org . Please show your support there.