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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:22:08 pm by AristotlePagaltzis
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:59:56 pm by JohnMcPherson Revert
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-[GTK2] is an acronym for the second version of The [GimpToolKit] or [GTK+ ]  
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-while many users assume from the name that this is GTK 2.x, and ,as such , just the next major revision of the original toolkit, it is in fact so different that applications can require considerable modification in order to build against GTK2.  
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-GTK2, however , provides such a wide array of new functionality that these conversions are well worth the effort, and with [GNOME] 2.x built entirely upon GTK2, if an application is to fit in and avoid being replaced it's almost a requirement.  
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-Some of the most noticeable improvements to the widgets in GTK2 (from an end-user's point of view, at least) is the built-in use of AntiAliasedFonts and much internationalisation (use of [Unicode]/multi-byte characters, and support for languages written right-to-left). These features are mostly achieved through the use of [Pango ]. 
+[GTK2] is the second version of [GTK], the GimpToolKit , a redesign with far reaching internal changes and lots of changed [API ]s