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?...

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