digitalmars.D.announce - GtkD 3.0-beta

Mike Wey (10/10) Mar 07 2015 I'm glad to announce the first GtkD release that makes use of the new

stewarth (4/13) Mar 07 2015 I use GtkD so thank you very much for maintaining this project.
=?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" (9/11) Mar 08 2015 Yeah, thank you for maintaining Gtkd. It is by far the best GUI

Mike Wey (6/16) Mar 08 2015 The GtkGLArea looks promising, and yes you can expect a new GtkD release...

captaindet (6/12) Mar 08 2015 thanks mike,

jollie (4/6) Mar 08 2015 I have been using msys2. The mingw-w64 ports work

captaindet (5/12) Mar 09 2015 thanks for the info. however, i am not familiar with this project. to be...

Kagamin (2/4) Mar 10 2015 msys provides pacman and gtk3 package to fetch (and build?).
jollie (64/71) Mar 10 2015 http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/

captaindet (11/82) Mar 10 2015 thanks a lot, jollie, for the detailed description. i tried as advised, ...

Mike Wey (4/13) Mar 10 2015 The CRITICAL errors could be due to changes in the ObjectG memory handli...
jollie (16/23) Mar 10 2015 I have been using both 32 and 64 bit msys2. For this example, I was usi...

captaindet (10/33) Mar 11 2015 one question regarding 32 vs 64 bit MSYS2:

jollie (5/11) Mar 12 2015 If your plan is to just install packages, it doesn't really matter. I us...

captaindet (3/10) Mar 11 2015 and it also allows using the latest version of glade!

Mike Wey (6/13) Mar 09 2015 Yes, it will work with GTK+ 3.8, but you can't use any of the features

Mengu (6/15) Mar 10 2015 i was building a text editor* with D back in 2010 and i was using

Mike Wey <mike-wey example.com> writes:

I'm glad to announce the first GtkD release that makes use of the new 
gir based generator.
The generator was rebuild from the ground up since the old one was no 
longer usable with the new GTK+ documentation.

For a list of changes see the changelog: http://gtkd.org/changelog.html
There is also an list of the breaking changes on the wiki: 
https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/wiki/GtkD-2-vs-GtkD-3

Download: http://gtkd.org/Downloads/sources/GtkD-3.0.0-beta.zip

-- 
Mike Wey

Mar 07 2015

"stewarth" <growlercab gmail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 7 March 2015 at 21:14:36 UTC, Mike Wey wrote:
 I'm glad to announce the first GtkD release that makes use of 
 the new gir based generator.
 The generator was rebuild from the ground up since the old one 
 was no longer usable with the new GTK+ documentation.

 For a list of changes see the changelog: 
 http://gtkd.org/changelog.html
 There is also an list of the breaking changes on the wiki: 
 https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/wiki/GtkD-2-vs-GtkD-3

 Download: http://gtkd.org/Downloads/sources/GtkD-3.0.0-beta.zip

I use GtkD so thank you very much for maintaining this project.

Cheers,
Stew

Mar 07 2015

=?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:

On Saturday, 7 March 2015 at 21:14:36 UTC, Mike Wey wrote:
 I'm glad to announce the first GtkD release that makes use of 
 the new gir based generator.

Yeah, thank you for maintaining Gtkd. It is by far the best GUI 
library we  have currently for D.

With the release of GTK+ 3.16 by the end of the month, can we 
expect another update ? I'm quite excited by the new GtkGLArea[1] 
widget.

Regards,
Théo.

[1] https://www.bassi.io/articles/2014/10/13/quiet-strain/

Mar 08 2015

Mike Wey <mike-wey example.com> writes:

On 03/08/2015 09:08 PM, "=?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno\" 
<munrek gmx.com>\"" wrote:
 On Saturday, 7 March 2015 at 21:14:36 UTC, Mike Wey wrote:
 I'm glad to announce the first GtkD release that makes use of the new
 gir based generator.

 Yeah, thank you for maintaining Gtkd. It is by far the best GUI library
 we  have currently for D.

 With the release of GTK+ 3.16 by the end of the month, can we expect
 another update ? I'm quite excited by the new GtkGLArea[1] widget.

 Regards,
 Théo.

 [1] https://www.bassi.io/articles/2014/10/13/quiet-strain/

The GtkGLArea looks promising, and yes you can expect a new GtkD release 
once 3.16 is out.

-- 
Mike Wey

Mar 08 2015

captaindet <2krnk gmx.net> writes:

On 2015-03-07 15:14, Mike Wey wrote:
 I'm glad to announce the first GtkD release that makes use of the new gir
based generator.
 The generator was rebuild from the ground up since the old one was no longer
usable with the new GTK+ documentation.

 For a list of changes see the changelog: http://gtkd.org/changelog.html
 There is also an list of the breaking changes on the wiki:
https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/wiki/GtkD-2-vs-GtkD-3

 Download: http://gtkd.org/Downloads/sources/GtkD-3.0.0-beta.zip

thanks mike,

i am looking forward to trying it out soon

 Wraps the GTK+ 3.14 API

what does it mean for windows users? will it work with the 3.8 DL? can you
point me to a DL of 3.14 for windows?


cheers

/det

Mar 08 2015

jollie <jollie home.net> writes:

captaindet <2krnk gmx.net> Wrote in message:

 
 can you point me to a DL of 3.14 for windows?

I have been using msys2.  The mingw-w64 ports work
well and include an x86 and x86_64 version.

jollie

Mar 08 2015

captaindet <2krnk gmx.net> writes:

On 2015-03-08 22:23, jollie wrote:
 captaindet<2krnk gmx.net>  Wrote in message:

 can you point me to a DL of 3.14 for windows?

 I have been using msys2.  The mingw-w64 ports work
 well and include an x86 and x86_64 version.

 jollie

thanks for the info. however, i am not familiar with this project. to be
honest, it is not quite clear to me what MSYS2 is good for or who would need
it. the dox are very slim. so before i dig too deep into what looks like a lot
of trouble/work, may i ask you this:

after original & package installation & setup & whatnot, will i end up with a
dedicated gtk3 folder somewhere that acts as a (self-sufficient) runtime
environment - i.e., will i be able to just zip this folder, distribute it to
colleagues, unzip it and set the windows path to include the gtk/bin and then
gkt 3.14+ can be used on this computer?

if not, MSYS2 would be of no use to me.

/det

Mar 09 2015

"Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:

On Monday, 9 March 2015 at 18:48:53 UTC, captaindet wrote:
 after original & package installation & setup & whatnot, will i 
 end up with a dedicated gtk3 folder

msys provides pacman and gtk3 package to fetch (and build?).

Mar 10 2015

jollie <jollie home.net> writes:

On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:48:54 -0500, captaindet wrote:

 thanks for the info. however, i am not familiar with this project. to be
honest, it is not quite clear to me what MSYS2 is good for or who would need
it. the dox are very slim. so before i dig too deep into what looks like a lot
of trouble/work, may i ask you this:
 
 after original & package installation & setup & whatnot, will i end up with a
dedicated gtk3 folder somewhere that acts as a (self-sufficient) runtime
environment - i.e., will i be able to just zip this folder, distribute it to
colleagues, unzip it and set the windows path to include the gtk/bin and then
gkt 3.14+ can be used on this computer?
 
 if not, MSYS2 would be of no use to me.
 
 /det


http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/

click Files tab you will see Base and REPOS.
click Base and you will see X86_64 and i686.

which version of msys2 do you want/need?
if you need 64bit select x86_64
else
if you need 32bit select i686

There is an installer you can use, I opt to use
the tar.xz file and unpack it in the root dir
to avoid spaces in dir/filenames.

Run the Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\msys2_shell.bat file.
It will initialize some things then you close window
when done.

Run the Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\msys2_shell.bat file
again use pacman package manager to install packages.

type the following pacman command to download gtk3
and its dependencies.

$ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gtk3
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: mingw-w64-i686-harfbuzz will be installed before its
mingw-w64-i686-freetype dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: mingw-w64-i686-cairo will be installed before its
mingw-w64-i686-freetype dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: mingw-w64-i686-fontconfig will be installed before its
mingw-w64-i686-freetype dependency

Packages (42) db-5.3.28-2  gdbm-1.11-3  libdb-5.3.28-2  libgdbm-1.11-3
              mingw-w64-i686-adwaita-icon-theme-3.15.1-1
              mingw-w64-i686-atk-2.15.4-1  mingw-w64-i686-bzip2-1.0.6-3
              mingw-w64-i686-cairo-1.14.0-3  mingw-w64-i686-expat-2.1.0-4
              mingw-w64-i686-fontconfig-2.11.1-3
              mingw-w64-i686-freetype-2.5.5-3  mingw-w64-i686-gcc-libs-4.9.2-4
              mingw-w64-i686-gdk-pixbuf2-2.31.1-2
              mingw-w64-i686-gettext-0.19.4-2  mingw-w64-i686-glib2-2.42.2-2
              mingw-w64-i686-gmp-6.0.0-2  mingw-w64-i686-gnome-common-3.14.0-1
              mingw-w64-i686-harfbuzz-0.9.39-1
              mingw-w64-i686-hicolor-icon-theme-0.14-1
              mingw-w64-i686-icon-naming-utils-0.8.90-1
              mingw-w64-i686-jasper-1.900.1-3  mingw-w64-i686-jbigkit-2.1-1
              mingw-w64-i686-json-glib-1.0.2-2  mingw-w64-i686-libcroco-0.6.8-2
              mingw-w64-i686-libffi-3.2.1-2  mingw-w64-i686-libiconv-1.14-3
              mingw-w64-i686-libjpeg-turbo-1.4.0-2
              mingw-w64-i686-libpng-1.6.16-1  mingw-w64-i686-librsvg-2.40.6-1
              mingw-w64-i686-libtiff-4.0.3-4
              mingw-w64-i686-libwinpthread-git-5.0.0.4455.32db221-1
              mingw-w64-i686-libxml2-2.9.2-5  mingw-w64-i686-lzo2-2.09-1
              mingw-w64-i686-pango-1.36.8-2  mingw-w64-i686-pixman-0.32.6-2
              mingw-w64-i686-shared-mime-info-1.4-1  mingw-w64-i686-xz-5.2.1-1
              mingw-w64-i686-zlib-1.2.8-6  perl-5.20.2-1
              perl-XML-Parser-2.43-1  perl-XML-Simple-2.20-2
              mingw-w64-i686-gtk3-3.14.9-2

Total Installed Size:  229.98 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

Type Y and pacman will download and install gtk3
in the Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\{mingw32,mingw64}
folder.

Pack the appropriate mingw{32,64} folder and you
have a gtk3 runtime. (this will include c library
and include files, I will leave it to you to 
separate the wheat from the chaff).

Alternatively, I just set my path to include 
Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\{mingw32,mingw64}\bin,
then use pacman to update my files.

Mar 10 2015

captaindet <2krnk gmx.net> writes:

On 2015-03-10 10:56, jollie wrote:
 On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:48:54 -0500, captaindet wrote:

 thanks for the info. however, i am not familiar with this project. to be
honest, it is not quite clear to me what MSYS2 is good for or who would need
it. the dox are very slim. so before i dig too deep into what looks like a lot
of trouble/work, may i ask you this:

 after original&  package installation&  setup&  whatnot, will i end up with a
dedicated gtk3 folder somewhere that acts as a (self-sufficient) runtime
environment - i.e., will i be able to just zip this folder, distribute it to
colleagues, unzip it and set the windows path to include the gtk/bin and then
gkt 3.14+ can be used on this computer?

 if not, MSYS2 would be of no use to me.

 /det


 http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/

 click Files tab you will see Base and REPOS.
 click Base and you will see X86_64 and i686.

 which version of msys2 do you want/need?
 if you need 64bit select x86_64
 else
 if you need 32bit select i686

 There is an installer you can use, I opt to use
 the tar.xz file and unpack it in the root dir
 to avoid spaces in dir/filenames.

 Run the Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\msys2_shell.bat file.
 It will initialize some things then you close window
 when done.

 Run the Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\msys2_shell.bat file
 again use pacman package manager to install packages.

 type the following pacman command to download gtk3
 and its dependencies.

 $ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gtk3
 resolving dependencies...
 looking for conflicting packages...
 warning: dependency cycle detected:
 warning: mingw-w64-i686-harfbuzz will be installed before its
mingw-w64-i686-freetype dependency
 warning: dependency cycle detected:
 warning: mingw-w64-i686-cairo will be installed before its
mingw-w64-i686-freetype dependency
 warning: dependency cycle detected:
 warning: mingw-w64-i686-fontconfig will be installed before its
mingw-w64-i686-freetype dependency

 Packages (42) db-5.3.28-2  gdbm-1.11-3  libdb-5.3.28-2  libgdbm-1.11-3
                mingw-w64-i686-adwaita-icon-theme-3.15.1-1
                mingw-w64-i686-atk-2.15.4-1  mingw-w64-i686-bzip2-1.0.6-3
                mingw-w64-i686-cairo-1.14.0-3  mingw-w64-i686-expat-2.1.0-4
                mingw-w64-i686-fontconfig-2.11.1-3
                mingw-w64-i686-freetype-2.5.5-3  mingw-w64-i686-gcc-libs-4.9.2-4
                mingw-w64-i686-gdk-pixbuf2-2.31.1-2
                mingw-w64-i686-gettext-0.19.4-2  mingw-w64-i686-glib2-2.42.2-2
                mingw-w64-i686-gmp-6.0.0-2  mingw-w64-i686-gnome-common-3.14.0-1
                mingw-w64-i686-harfbuzz-0.9.39-1
                mingw-w64-i686-hicolor-icon-theme-0.14-1
                mingw-w64-i686-icon-naming-utils-0.8.90-1
                mingw-w64-i686-jasper-1.900.1-3  mingw-w64-i686-jbigkit-2.1-1
                mingw-w64-i686-json-glib-1.0.2-2 
mingw-w64-i686-libcroco-0.6.8-2
                mingw-w64-i686-libffi-3.2.1-2  mingw-w64-i686-libiconv-1.14-3
                mingw-w64-i686-libjpeg-turbo-1.4.0-2
                mingw-w64-i686-libpng-1.6.16-1  mingw-w64-i686-librsvg-2.40.6-1
                mingw-w64-i686-libtiff-4.0.3-4
                mingw-w64-i686-libwinpthread-git-5.0.0.4455.32db221-1
                mingw-w64-i686-libxml2-2.9.2-5  mingw-w64-i686-lzo2-2.09-1
                mingw-w64-i686-pango-1.36.8-2  mingw-w64-i686-pixman-0.32.6-2
                mingw-w64-i686-shared-mime-info-1.4-1  mingw-w64-i686-xz-5.2.1-1
                mingw-w64-i686-zlib-1.2.8-6  perl-5.20.2-1
                perl-XML-Parser-2.43-1  perl-XML-Simple-2.20-2
                mingw-w64-i686-gtk3-3.14.9-2

 Total Installed Size:  229.98 MiB

 :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

 Type Y and pacman will download and install gtk3
 in the Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\{mingw32,mingw64}
 folder.

 Pack the appropriate mingw{32,64} folder and you
 have a gtk3 runtime. (this will include c library
 and include files, I will leave it to you to
 separate the wheat from the chaff).

 Alternatively, I just set my path to include
 Drive:\{msys32,msys64}\{mingw32,mingw64}\bin,
 then use pacman to update my files.

thanks a lot, jollie, for the detailed description. i tried as advised, the
shell output was a bit different than in your example, i guess because i
installed the 32 bit version and your example was probably for 64bit.

the problem though is that my GTK application lost most icons and there are
tons of warning/critical messages (repeating every time i move the mouse):

Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'help-contents' for stock: Icon
'help-contents' not present in theme

Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'image-missing' for stock: Icon
'image-missing' not present in theme

GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_cairo_surface_create_from_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF
(pixbuf)' failed

GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)'
failed



any idea how to fix this?

cheers,

det

Mar 10 2015

Mike Wey <mike-wey example.com> writes:

On 03/10/2015 09:41 PM, captaindet wrote:
 GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)'
 failed

 Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_cairo_surface_create_from_pixbuf: assertion
 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed

 GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT
 (object)' failed



 any idea how to fix this?

 cheers,

 det

The CRITICAL errors could be due to changes in the ObjectG memory handling.

-- 
Mike Wey

Mar 10 2015

jollie <jollie home.net> writes:

On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:41:54 -0500, captaindet wrote:

 thanks a lot, jollie, for the detailed description. i tried as advised,
 the shell output was a bit different than in your example, i guess
 because i installed the 32 bit version and your example was probably for
 64bit.

I have been using both 32 and 64 bit msys2.  For this example, I was using
i686(32bit).  If your machine is a 32bit machine use i686 or x86_64 for a
64bit machine. Once msys2 is installed, you can download 32bit or 64bit
mingw_w64 packages. In this example "C:\msys32\mingw32"

 the problem though is that my GTK application lost most icons and there
 are tons of warning/critical messages (repeating every time i move the
 mouse):

Most likely, the adwaita theme was not installed. Try to download the icon
themes again.

This will say [installed] if theme is installed. Here I have both 32/64 bit.
$ pacman -Ss adwaita
mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-adwaita-icon-theme 3.15.1-1 (mingw-w64-i686-gnome)
[installed]
    GNOME icon theme (mingw-w64)
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-adwaita-icon-theme 3.15.1-1 (mingw-w64-x86_64-gnome)
[installed]
    GNOME icon theme (mingw-w64)

If not type:
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-adwaita-icon-theme mingw-w64-i686-hicolor-icon-theme


jollie

Mar 10 2015

captaindet <2krnk gmx.net> writes:

On 2015-03-10 18:05, jollie wrote:
 On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:41:54 -0500, captaindet wrote:

 thanks a lot, jollie, for the detailed description. i tried as advised,
 the shell output was a bit different than in your example, i guess
 because i installed the 32 bit version and your example was probably for
 64bit.

 I have been using both 32 and 64 bit msys2.  For this example, I was using
 i686(32bit).  If your machine is a 32bit machine use i686 or x86_64 for a
 64bit machine. Once msys2 is installed, you can download 32bit or 64bit
 mingw_w64 packages. In this example "C:\msys32\mingw32"

one question regarding 32 vs 64 bit MSYS2:
i am on 64bit win7, but for the time being i only use the dmd toolchain, i.e.,
i create 32bit executables using optlink. so i need the 32bit GTK3 to call into.

quite confusingly MSYS2 i686 (32bit) created a mingw32 and a mingw64 folder. so
i was wondering if i could - or rather should - install MSYS2 x86_64 (64bit)
after all and then be able to use the mingw32 folder for my 32bit D
applications? would this be possible just by installing the one gtk3 package
you mentioned (mingw-w64-i686-gtk3)?

  
 the problem though is that my GTK application lost most icons and there
 are tons of warning/critical messages (repeating every time i move the
 mouse):

 Most likely, the adwaita theme was not installed. Try to download the icon
 themes again.

 This will say [installed] if theme is installed. Here I have both 32/64 bit.
 $ pacman -Ss adwaita
 mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-adwaita-icon-theme 3.15.1-1 (mingw-w64-i686-gnome)
[installed]
      GNOME icon theme (mingw-w64)
 mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-adwaita-icon-theme 3.15.1-1 (mingw-w64-x86_64-gnome)
[installed]
      GNOME icon theme (mingw-w64)

 If not type:
 $ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-adwaita-icon-theme mingw-w64-i686-hicolor-icon-theme

it works now! i figured that the original installation was incomplete because i
had to set rules for a lot of program executions and internet accesses
(firewall rules). some parts of the MSYS2 install script timed out too quick
and therefor some packages were skipped. i just followed the instructions on
http://sourceforge.net/p/msys2/wiki/MSYS2%20installation part III. updating
packages - and everything is there now (icons, pixbuffer dependencies). so far
it works better than 3.8 which produced a good deal of these CRITICAL
messages...

also it is so much prettier ;)

thanks jollie for your help getting GTK3 via MSYS2 and mike for providing GtkD!!

/det

ps: the mingw32 folder is >150MB (bin, etc, share only), the GTK3.8 folder was
only ~50MB. gotta play with it a bit to see what i can leave out before
distributing to other machines..

Mar 11 2015

jollie <jollie home.net> writes:

On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:48:27 -0500, captaindet wrote:

 one question regarding 32 vs 64 bit MSYS2:
 i am on 64bit win7, but for the time being i only use the dmd toolchain, i.e.,
i create 32bit executables using optlink. so i need the 32bit GTK3 to call into.
 
 quite confusingly MSYS2 i686 (32bit) created a mingw32 and a mingw64 folder.
so i was wondering if i could - or rather should - install MSYS2 x86_64 (64bit)
after all and then be able to use the mingw32 folder for my 32bit D
applications? would this be possible just by installing the one gtk3 package
you mentioned (mingw-w64-i686-gtk3)?
 

If your plan is to just install packages, it doesn't really matter. I use the
x86_64 msys2 on my 64bit machines.

 and it also allows using the latest version of glade!

And more!

jollie

Mar 12 2015

captaindet <2krnk gmx.net> writes:

On 2015-03-08 22:23, jollie wrote:
 captaindet<2krnk gmx.net>  Wrote in message:

 can you point me to a DL of 3.14 for windows?

 I have been using msys2.  The mingw-w64 ports work
 well and include an x86 and x86_64 version.

 jollie

and it also allows using the latest version of glade!

/det

Mar 11 2015

Mike Wey <mike-wey example.com> writes:

On 03/09/2015 01:02 AM, captaindet wrote:
 thanks mike,

 i am looking forward to trying it out soon

 Wraps the GTK+ 3.14 API

 what does it mean for windows users? will it work with the 3.8 DL? can
 you point me to a DL of 3.14 for windows?


 cheers

 /det

Yes, it will work with GTK+ 3.8, but you can't use any of the features 
added in later releases.
I don't know a download location for 3.14 for Windows.

-- 
Mike Wey

Mar 09 2015

"Mengu" <mengukagan gmail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 7 March 2015 at 21:14:36 UTC, Mike Wey wrote:
 I'm glad to announce the first GtkD release that makes use of 
 the new gir based generator.
 The generator was rebuild from the ground up since the old one 
 was no longer usable with the new GTK+ documentation.

 For a list of changes see the changelog: 
 http://gtkd.org/changelog.html
 There is also an list of the breaking changes on the wiki: 
 https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/wiki/GtkD-2-vs-GtkD-3

 Download: http://gtkd.org/Downloads/sources/GtkD-3.0.0-beta.zip

i was building a text editor* with D back in 2010 and i was using 
gtkD. mike was always there to help and answer my n00b questions. 
thank you for supporting this library and your users for years 
mike. thank you. it really means a lot.

* nope, never finished.

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