PHP-GTK Community Site: Gul 2.0 on the way
Original post provide by PHP FreaksA new post on the PHPGTK Community website has pointed out the beta release of a PHPGTK tool for parsing XUL Gul 2.0.
2 years after begining, I’m happy to announce you the Beta release of the Gul 2.0 project, the XUL parser for PHP GTK (97% released). I have to do lot of things, but i think it looks like something.
You can find out more information about the project on the Gul project page over on the redsoft.net domain (including the downloads).
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