RE: gdtk_draw_text deprecated , what use instead of it ?

["Tom Liu" <tom liu flextrade com>]

Agree! Pango is hard to learn, Hope someone can make an easy interface
for us.

But, for your problem,
You don't need to create 32 layout, you just need 1 layout and draw.

PangoLayout     *pl;
pl = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(w, NULL);
for (i=0;i<8;i++) {
        sprintf(s, "%c", i+'A');
        pango_layout_set_text(pl, s, -1);
        gdk_draw_layout(w->window, w->style->black_gc, i*20,0, pl);
}
g_object_unref(pl);

this will draw:
A B C D E F G H

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gtk-app-devel-list-admin@gnome.org [mailto:gtk-app-devel-list-
> admin@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Reymond Dominique
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 1:05 PM
> To: Paul Pogonyshev
> Cc: gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: gdtk_draw_text deprecated , what use instead of it ?
> 
> 
> I approve with you: I don' t know pango, I am not enjoyed  to learn it
> and modify all my code for placing text lavel;
> the gdk_draw_text is very convenient, light,  and simple to use.
> 
> Dominique Reymond
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Paul Pogonyshev wrote:
> 
> >Tom Liu wrote:
> >
> >
> >>You should use pango, read the FAQ came with GTK document,there is
an
> >>example over there.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I once raised this issue but got no answer.  Consider a chess board:
> >
> >   a b c d e f g h
> > 8		   8
> > 7		   7
> > 6		   6
> > 5		   5
> > 4		   4
> > 3		   3
> > 2		   2
> > 1		   1
> >   a b c d e f g h
> >
> >To draw the labels with Pango one would need 32 layout structures,
unless
> >i miss something.  Ok, moving further.  I'm writing a program that is
an
> >interface for the game of go.  Standard go board (goban) is 19x19 and
so
> >i would have to use 76 Pango layouts, which is simply ridiculous.
> >
> >I think deprecating gdk_draw_text() was a hastily decision.  I can
see
> >absolutely no point in creating a layout for drawing a single letter
(or
> >even two, like "15") at a certain position.  I understand that Pango
> >provides better support for unicode, can break lines and so on.  But
if
> >i simply don't need any of its features?
> >
> >It seems to me it was better to _recommend_ using Pango layouts for
most
> >purposes, rather than deprecating gdk_draw_text() completely.  You
cannot
> >say that any characters drawn need to be text.  And Pango layouts are
> >there to handle exactly text, not single characters.
> >
> >Performance issues mentioned here are also a good reason to resurrect
> >gdk_draw_text().
> >
> >If no one can point me to a nice and simple way of drawing 76+ labels
> >scattered on a widget using Pango layouts, i think i'll have to use
> >gdk_draw_text().  And i can't say i like it this way, because i
> >currently compile my program with *_DISABLE_DEPRECATED flags defined.
> >
> >Paul Pogonyshev
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