1 Announcement

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This is version 0.31.1 of the GNUstep GUI library ('gnustep-gui').

1.1 What is the GNUstep GUI Library?

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It is a library of graphical user interface classes written completely

in the Objective-C language; the classes are based upon Apple's Cocoa

framework. The library has been enhanced in a number of ways to take

advantage of the GNU system. These classes include graphical objects

such as buttons, text fields, popup lists, browser lists, and windows;

there are also many associated classes for handling events, colors,

fonts, pasteboards and images.

The GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts. The first part is

the front-end component which is independent of platform and display

system. This front-end is combined with a back-end component which

handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to

X/Windows. This design allows the GNUstep applications to have the

"look and feel" of the underlying display system without any changes to

the application, and the library can be easily ported to other display

systems.

The GNUstep GUI Library requires the GNU Objective-C compiler, the

GNUstep Base Library, the TIFF Graphics library, Independent JPEG

Group's libjpeg library, and a back-end component from the GNUstep

'Back' library.

Additional functionality may be enabled by installing additional

libraries. For example, to build the Cairo backend in the GNUstep Back

library, you will need to install Cairo.

1.2 Noteworthy changes in version '0.31.1'

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This is a bugfix release

* Fix bug decoding menu items (breaking archive)

* Remove use of deprecated lock from base library

1.3 Where can you get it? How can you compile it?

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The gnustep-gui-0.31.1.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at

<ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core>.

It is accompanied by gnustep-gui-0.31.1.tar.gz.sig, a PGP signature

which you can validate by putting both files in the same directory and

using:

gpg --verify gnustep-gui-0.31.1.tar.gz.sig

Signature has been created using the key with the following

fingerprint:

83AA E47C E829 A414 6EF8 3420 CA86 8D4C 9914 9679

Read the INSTALL file or the GNUstep-HOWTO for installation

instructions.

1.4 Where do I send bug reports?

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Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep> or send bug reports to

<bug-gnustep@gnu.org>.

1.5 Obtaining GNU Software

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Check out the GNUstep web site. (<http://www.gnustep.org/>), and the

GNU web site. (<http://www.gnu.org/>)