[graphic-forms-announce] Graphic-Forms 0.3.0 release

[Jack Unrue]

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/

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Jack Unrue