Release Notes for Clutter 0.8
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+* ClutterStage is not an abstract type anymore: it can be instantiated
+ using clutter_stage_new() and it can be properly subclassed. If the
+ backend supports multiple stages, every stage will be a new window,
+ whose lifetime will have to be managed by the developer. Clutter will
+ still create the default stage, and guarantees that every call to
+ clutter_stage_get_default() will return exactly the same pointer.
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* Actors now have a new 'show-on-set-parent' property set to TRUE by
default. With this property set to TRUE, actors will automatically
have clutter_actor_show() called on them when a parent is set (i.e
* Clutter now features support for multiple stages assuming supported
by the backend. See test-multistage.c for example of usage. This
- does not change the automatic creation of the default stage. Stages
- can now also be subclassed
+ does not change the automatic creation of the default stage.
* There is now an experimental native Win32 WGL backend.