diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index bba6784bd..aed549de2 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 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 + 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. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ library, you will need to install Cairo. ========================================== - Fixes for new GIF library versions -- Theming of named images for spe$cific applications by the use of the +- Theming of named images for specific applications by the use of the CFBundleIdentifier in the theme - New icons and corresponding constants for special folders, recycler and others diff --git a/Documentation/announce.texi b/Documentation/announce.texi index caa772988..1aa653da4 100644 --- a/Documentation/announce.texi +++ b/Documentation/announce.texi @@ -8,26 +8,31 @@ This is version @value{GNUSTEP-GUI-VERSION} of the GNUstep GUI library (@samp{gn @section What is the GNUstep GUI Library? -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 (which came from the OpenStep -specification as release by NeXT Software, Inc). 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. +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 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, and a back-end -component like the GNUstep 'Back' Backend. + 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. @set ANNOUNCE-ONLY @include news.texi @@ -36,10 +41,19 @@ component like the GNUstep 'Back' Backend. @section Where can you get it? How can you compile it? @ifset GNUSTEP-GUI-FTP-MACHINE -The gstep-gui-@value{GNUSTEP-GUI-VERSION}.tar.gz distribution +The gnustep-gui-@value{GNUSTEP-GUI-VERSION}.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at @url{ftp://@value{GNUSTEP-GUI-FTP-MACHINE}/@value{GNUSTEP-GUI-FTP-DIRECTORY}}. @end ifset +It is accompanied by gnustep-gui-@value{GNUSTEP-GUI-VERSION}.tar.gz.sig, a PGP signature +which you can validate by putting both files in the same directory +and using: +`gpg --verify gnustep-gui-@value{GNUSTEP-GUI-VERSION}.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. @section Where do I send bug reports? diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e22b35c06..d5449ecd3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The currently released version of the library is `0.25.0'. ========================================== - Fixes for new GIF library versions -- Theming of named images for spe$cific applications by the use of the +- Theming of named images for specific applications by the use of the CFBundleIdentifier in the theme - New icons and corresponding constants for special folders, recycler and others