The next release of Graphic-Forms (version 0.3.0), a CL library for
Windows GUI programming, is now available. This is definitely pre-alpha
code, so be prepared for missing features, bugs, and API changes in
subsequent releases.
Download a release tarball from here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/graphic-forms/graphic-forms-0.3.0.tar.gz?download
The primary changes in this release are as follows:
� implemented graphics-context methods for the typical drawing operations
and pen attributes; see the new test program invoked by
(gft::run-drawing-tester)
� implemented a representation of fonts and font data, including an API
for looking up fonts based on font data
� implemented font metrics and text metrics querying
� expanded image drawing operations to support double-buffering
� expanded the classes representing different window types: top-level
represents primary application windows, panel represents child-windows,
and the root-window class represents the desktop
� formalized the window parent and owner concepts with documentation and
functions
� implemented the display class to represent the monitor attached to the
system
� implemented new window style attributes to help applications choose whether
the system should automatically repaint the background
� provided maximum-size and minimum-size functions to allow applications to
constrain window sizes
� revised label controls to support either text or images
� implemented the file-dialog class which encapsulates the standard open/save
dialog
� made other bug fixes and resource usage cleanup
Please consult README.txt for other details about this release.
The main project website is:
http://common-lisp.net/project/graphic-forms/
--
Jack Unrue