Re: Drawing over other widgets/windows

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Andrew "Silver Blade" Greenwood wrote:
> Just had a quick look and saw a thread about terminal/console windows 
> with transparent backgrounds which seems slightly related...
>
> Can you specify any particular thread titles I should look for?

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2004-November/msg00196.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2004-December/msg00042.html

> Russell Shaw wrote:
>
> > Andrew "Silver Blade" Greenwood wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone, I'm new to GTK so please bear with me if I'm asking 
> > > something obvious!
> > >
> > > I'm in need of a toolkit which will allow me to draw some images over 
> > > existing widgets. This is in order to re-create a GUI simiar to an 
> > > existing prorgam called Reason, where you link up audio modules via 
> > > the use of cables - these cables are drawn over the device modules 
> > > and some controls.
> > >
> > > I've yet to find anything that'll let me do this, and am reluctant to 
> > > make my own solution.
> > >
> > > How easy is it to do this, if it is indeed possible at all?
> >
> >
> > There's some posts showing that in the archives in the last few weeks.