Bug#162207: ITP: libgtk-canvas -- port of GNOME Canvas back to gtk+

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shalehperry@attbi.com>]

On Tuesday 24 September 2002 12:07, Robert Jordens wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-09-24
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name    : libgtk-canvas
>   Version         : 0.1
>   Upstream Author : Andy Tai <atai@atai.org>
> * URL             : http://www.atai.org/gtk-canvas
> * License         : GPL and LGPL
>   Description     : port of GNOME Canvas back to gtk+
>
>
>  This is a straight port of the GNOME Canvas from the stable gnome-libs
>  1.2.4 back to gtk+.  The widget is called GtkCanvas.
>
>  This widget behaves identically to the GnomeCanvas widget, with the
>  same APIs, except the names are changed from gnome_canvas to
>  gtk_canvas.  Thus you can use the GNOME documentation on this widget.
>  The test-gtkcanvas program in the test directory can serve as a
>  starting point on learning to use the widget.
>

Now to get the GNOME group to use this one instead.  The Canvas has long been 
the piece of the GNOME libs that pulled people away from pure GTK+.  Small 
steps to revert the past's mistakes.