

			     Welcome to Glade
                             ================

	 (a user interface builder for the GTK+ toolkit and Gnome)

        Glade's Home Page                      : http://glade.pn.org
        Email Address for comments/bug reports : glade@glade.pn.org


General Information
===================

Glade is a RAD tool to enable quick & easy development of user interfaces
for the GTK+ toolkit and the Gnome desktop environment. It also contains
built-in support for generating the C source code needed to recreate the
interfaces.

The user interfaces designed in Glade are stored in the well-known XML format,
enabling easy integration with external tools. Several tools are already
available which can turn the XML files into source code in other languages
such as C++, Perl and Python. Other tools such as libglade can load the XML
files and create the interfaces at runtime (see the Languages Supported section
below).

Glade is primarily aimed at Linux and other Unix variants, though it can be
run on Win32 platforms (without the Gnome support). A port is included in the
Ada95 package (see the link below). Note that this may not be very stable.


Glade Documentation
===================

A User Guide and FAQ are available from the 'Help' menu in Glade.
The User Guide is not finished yet.

See the 'TODO' file for current status & planned future developments.


License
=======

Glade is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), as described
in the COPYING file.

Note that you are free to use whatever license you like for the source code
generated by Glade. (We do not consider the code generated by Glade to be
'a work based on the Program' as described at the start of the GPL.)


Requirements
============

 o GTK+ 1.2.0 or above - http://www.gtk.org

 o gnome-libs >= 1.0.50 if you want Gnome support. If you have an older version
   of gnome-libs installed and don't want to upgrade, use
   './configure --disable-gnome' to build Glade without Gnome support.

 o Automake 1.4 - ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake
                  http://www.gnu.org/software/automake
		  ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
			(for i386 RPMs)
   This is needed to build the C source code generated by Glade.

 o Autoconf 2.13 - ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf
                   http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf
		   ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
			(for i386 RPMs)
   This is needed to build the C source code generated by Glade.

 o Gettext 0.10.35 - ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gettext-0.10.35.tar.gz
   This is needed if you want to build applications with support for gettext.
   (Gettext provides support for translating the strings in your application
    into other languages such as French, German, Spanish etc.)


Languages Supported
===================

 o C - Glade outputs C code itself. The libglade library is also under
   development, allowing the XML files describing the user interface to be
   loaded dynamically. (See http://www.daa.com.au/~james/gnome/.)

 o C++ (for the Gtk-- bindings) - http://home.wtal.de/petig/

 o Ada - support is included in the Ada GTK+ bindings: http://ada.eu.org/gtkada

 o Python support is included in the PyGTK bindings. See http://www.gtk.org

 o Perl - http://freespace.virgin.net/dermot.musgrove/computers/perl/
       or http://www.glade.perl.connectfree.co.uk/index.html
       or on CPAN under the Glade module,
	 e.g. ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/CPAN/modules/by-module/Glade/

 o Eiffel - http://www.lfix.co.uk/eiflib/index.html#eglade


The Glade web site may contain more up-to-date links.


Installation
============

See the file 'INSTALL'


Mailing Lists
=============

There are two mailing lists related to Glade - one for announcements of new
versions of Glade, and the other for discussions of the development of Glade.
See the 'Mailing Lists' page at http://glade.pn.org for details.


How to report bugs
==================

To report a bug, send mail to glade@glade.pn.org

In the mail include:

* The version of Glade.

* Information about your system. For instance:

   - What version of GTK+.
   - If you have Gnome.
   - What operating system and version.

  And anything else you think is relevant.

* How to reproduce the bug. 

* If you can, send a stack trace. To do that, start gdb with 'gdb glade',
  start glade with 'r', do whatever causes the crash, and then type 'bt' in
  the debugger to print a stack trace.


Submitting Patches
==================

Please use diff -ru to create the patch, and send it as a gzipped file
attachment. If it entails major changes to Glade, please discuss it on
the glade-devel list first.


Damon Chaplin (glade@glade.pn.org), 14 May 2000
