March 2021 Updates and News

 

 

Fashionably late? Maybe not. Here's a listing of the recent enhancements to the gnocl core modules.

2021-03:
    gnocl::fileChooserButton
        o -fileFilters option now works correctly
    gnoclKeyboardCmd, retrieve keyboard state.
        o Returns list of boolean for: NumLock CapsLock ScrollLock
          For Overwrite Mode of text and entry widgets, obtain setting from wiget directly
          using %w cget -overwrite.
    gnocl::window, gnocl::frame, gnocl::expander, gnocl::handleBox, gnocl::scrolledWindow
        o -onDelete %c string option added to handle GTK_BIN objects, return sole child widget.
    gnocl::dialog
        o new option -noButtons, creates a buttonless dialog, with
          response handled through dialog closure 

Most of March saw me working on the complete rewrite of my translator's workbench, code named 'JMLS'. I've worked on various 'manifestations' of this platform since 1998 but, such a complete and thorough rewrite, I'm seriously reconsidering renaming as 'Tyndale' after arguably the greatest translator in the English language who lived during the 16th Century.

Next month will see a near complete binding of the gtk vte widget along with its introspective help. The absolute dearth of meaningful public documentation on the virtual terminal is frustrating as its difficult to determine how the large range of options and signals work together to form a meaningful whole. Still, time will tell.

Now to bring the gnocl::canvas widget up to date!