<book>
<bookinfo>
- <date>November 4th 2003</date>
+ <date>November 5th 2003</date>
<title>GTK+ FAQ</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
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<sect1>
-<title>What is the + in GTK+?</title>
+<title>What is the + in GTK+? <emphasis>[GTK 2.x]</emphasis></title>
<para>Peter Mattis informed the gtk mailing list that:</para>
being an enhancement to the original gtk that adds object
oriented features.</quote></para>
+<para>Although much has changed with GTK+, and Peter, Spencer and Josh
+don't have any direct involvement these days, the name is kept to keep
+a link with the heritage of GTK+.</para>
+
+<para>GTK+ is now additionally based upon the Pango and ATK
+libraries, that provide text layout and rendering and accessibility
+interfaces.</para>
</sect1>
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<sect1>
-<title>Does the G in GTK+, GDK and GLib stand for?</title>
+<title>Does the G in GTK+, GDK and GLib stand for? <emphasis>[GTK 2.x]</emphasis></title>
-<para>GTK+ == Gimp Toolkit</para>
+<para>GTK+ == The GIMP Toolkit</para>
<para>GDK == GTK+ Drawing Kit</para>
<para>GLib == G Library</para>
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<sect1>
-<title>Where is the documentation for GTK+?</title>
+<title>Where is the documentation for GTK+? <emphasis>[GTK 2.x]</emphasis></title>
<para>In the GTK+ distribution's doc/ directory you will find
-the reference material for both GTK and GDK, this FAQ and the
+the API Reference for both GTK and GDK, this FAQ and the
GTK Tutorial.</para>
<para>In addition, you can find links to HTML versions of
-these documents by going to <ulink url="http://www.gtk.org/">
+these documents by going to <ulink url="http://www.gtk.org/">
http://www.gtk.org/</ulink>. A
packaged version of the GTK Tutorial, with SGML, HTML,
Postscript, DVI and text versions can be found in <ulink
ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/tutorial
</ulink></para>
-<para>There are now a couple of books available that deal with
-programming GTK+, GDK and GNOME:</para>
+<para>There are now a few books available that deal with
+programming GTK+, GDK and GNOME. Unfortunately, they
+currently are all based upon GTK+ 1.x:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><simpara>Eric Harlows book entitled "Developing
http://pobox.com/~hp/gnome-app-devel.html
</ulink></simpara>
</listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>"GTK+ Programming in C" by
+Syd Logan. ISBN: 0-1301-4264-6</simpara>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>"Linux GNOME/GTK+ Programming Bible" by
+Arthur Griffith. ISBN: 0-7645-4640-6</simpara>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>"Beginning GTK+/GNOME Programming" by
+Peter Wright. ISBN: 1-8610-0381-1</simpara>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>"Sams Teach Yourself GTK+ Programming
+in 21 Days" by Donna Martin
+. ISBN: 0-6723-1829-6</simpara>
+</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Is there a mailing list (or mailing list archive) for
-GTK+?</title>
+GTK+? <emphasis>[GTK 2.x]</emphasis></title>
<para>Information on mailing lists relating to GTK+ can be
found at: <ulink
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<sect1>
-<title>How to get help with GTK+</title>
+<title>How to get help with GTK+ <emphasis>[GTK 2.x]</emphasis></title>
<para>First, make sure your question isn't answered in the
documentation, this FAQ or the tutorial. Done that? You're