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16 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Matthias Clasen
f53b59533d README: Cosmetics 2020-09-01 19:21:32 -04:00
Matthias Clasen
ec6d3ead03 Add a license clarification 2020-09-01 14:25:56 -04:00
Emmanuele Bassi
c63087a563 Remove ATK
To build a better world sometimes means having to tear the old one down.
        -- Alexander Pierce, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"

ATK served us well for nearly 20 years, but the world has changed, and
GTK has changed with it. Now ATK is mostly a hindrance towards improving
the accessibility stack:

 - it maps to a very specific implementation, AT-SPI, which is Linux and
   Unix specific
 - it requires implementing the same functionality in three different
   layers of the stack: AT-SPI, ATK, and GTK
 - only GTK uses it; every other Linux and Unix toolkit and application
   talks to AT-SPI directly, including assistive technologies

Sadly, we cannot incrementally port GTK to a new accessibility stack;
since ATK insulates us entirely from the underlying implementation, we
cannot replace it piecemeal. Instead, we're going to remove everything
and then incrementally build on a clean slate:

 - add an "accessible" interface, implemented by GTK objects directly,
   which describe the accessible role and state changes for every UI
   element
 - add an "assistive technology context" to proxy a native accessibility
   API, and assign it to every widget
 - implement the AT context depending on the platform

For more information, see: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/2833
2020-07-26 20:31:14 +01:00
Emmanuele Bassi
1b64a17547 docs: Link the license file from the README 2020-04-29 12:49:35 +01:00
Emmanuele Bassi
f1741584e6 docs: Link the contribution guide from the README
Hopefully people will read it.
2020-04-29 12:49:05 +01:00
Emmanuele Bassi
55d2f190ef docs: Update link to the discussion forum
The README file still links to the old web page about mailing lists; the
link is now a 404 after the website redesign, and we don't use mailing
lists any more, in favour of Discourse.
2020-04-29 12:47:57 +01:00
Matthias Clasen
d080be3e50 Rename some references to GTK+
We are dropping the plus.
2019-02-04 11:58:09 -05:00
Carlos Soriano
3e6a473082 README: Fix Gdk doc website link 2018-08-05 21:59:27 +00:00
Carlos Soriano
580d96620e README: Document nightly docs location
Useful for exposing the documentation early.
2018-08-05 20:41:29 +00:00
Emmanuele Bassi
f260e76ede docs: Drop the 'Contributing' section from the README
We have a whole document for that, and it's up to date with regards to
the GitLab workflow.
2018-03-21 01:02:23 +00:00
Emmanuele Bassi
09e6b4dc01 docs: Point at the right place for new bugs
We use GitLab issues, now.
2018-03-21 00:58:46 +00:00
Emmanuele Bassi
9165dd33ed Add a build status badge
Like all cool kids are doing, these days.
2018-03-21 00:45:09 +00:00
Matthias Clasen
ab322e33aa README.md: Minor updates 2018-02-24 21:31:52 -05:00
Emmanuele Bassi
453a50dc95 docs: Link to the compiler requirements wiki page
From the README file.
2018-02-08 14:11:42 +00:00
Emmanuele Bassi
9957dd59b0 docs: Update references to Meson CLI utilities
The separate `mesonconf` and `mesontest` binaries have been deprecated,
in favour of `meson` sub-commands.
2017-08-15 14:08:57 +01:00
Emmanuele Bassi
98ed797731 docs: Update the README
Let's bring it into this century, and drop outdated information.
2017-08-14 22:23:09 +01:00