SWE-GLib final release
######################

:date: 2013-09-16T21:37:17Z
:category: blog
:tags: development,astrology
:url: blog/2013/9/16/swe-glib-final-release.html
:save_as: blog/2013/9/16/swe-glib-final-release.html
:status: published
:author: Gergely Polonkai

Few of you may know that I’m interested in astrology.  About two months ago I have decided to
create an astrologers’ software for the GNOME desktop.  Since then, I have contacted Jean-André
Santoni, who created a software called `Astrognome <https://code.google.com/p/astrognome/>`_ some
years ago.  We exchanged some e-mails, and after several weeks of coding, I’m proud to present
`SWE-GLib <https://github.com/gergelypolonkai/swe-glib>`_ 1.0.1.  This is “just” a library which
wraps `Swiss Ephemeris <http://www.astro.com/swisseph/>`_, creating a nice GLib-ish interface
around it.  See the project page and the built-in GTK-Doc document for more information.

The astrologer’s software I’m writing will be Astrognome (you can check the `GitHub repository
<https://github.com/gergelypolonkai/astrognome>`_ already, thanks for Jean-André for letting me
use the name).  It is currently in pre-alpha status, but already utilizes SWE-GLib (it just can’t
display the results yet).  If you happen to be interested in astrology and/or Astrognome, fork the
repository and contribute!  You can also contact me (or open an enhancement issue on GitHub) if
you have any ideas.
