GTK+ 2.13.1 unstable release

GTK+ 2.13.1 is now available for download. This is the second development release leading up to GTK+ 2.14.

gtk+-2.13.1.tar.bz2 md5sum: 16f57400a352aadda4b19f95aed14d0c
gtk+-2.13.1.tar.gz md5sum: 19875a16e2b1db06ac4d0e9744f0c3a4

Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.13.0 to 2.13.1

    Add GtkMountOperation, a subclass of GMountOperation that can show password dialogs when mounting volumes
  • Add GDI+-based pixbuf loaders for bmp, emf, gif, ico, jpeg, tiff, wmf
  • Add support for pixmap redirection, new api includes the gtk_widget_get_snapshot() function and the GtkWidget::damage-event signal and the lower-level gdk_window_redirect_to_drawable() and gdk_window_remove_redirection() functions
  • Add gtk_show_uri(), a replacement for gnome_vfs_url_show() and gnome_url_show()
  • Add a “changed” signal to GtkCellRendererCombo
  • Sync keysyms and compose sequences with recent X.org
    • GtkBuilder

    • – supports custom stock icons
    • – supports Pango attributes in labels
    • GtkRecentManager

    • – uses GIO to monitor .recently-used.xbel
    • – limits the growth of .recently-used.xbel with a gtk-recent-files-max-age setting
  • Filechooser autocompletion has been reworked
  • The cups print backend displays printer status information
  • On OS X, accelerators are displayed using Unicode characters, matching the native behaviour
  • GtkIconTheme and GtkImage support GIcon
  • Bugs fixed: too many to list here. For the complete list, go to
  • Author: andreasn

    GNOME Artist based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Working at Imendio AB.