Re: Re: Help with flickering widgets when showing and hiding!!

[<crypto_stonelock sympatico ca>]

> W li?cie z ?ro, 21-07-2004, godz. 07:10, crypto_stonelock sympatico ca
> pisze: 
> > > > I'm wondering if there is any way to get rid of flickering when hiding
> > > > vs showing (gtk_widget_hide/show) widgets.
> > > > I'm using the equivalent of scrolling in a custom made menu directly
> > > > sitting on inside the window and I get some flickering when hiding and
> > > > showing GtkListItem widgets in my GtkList.
> > > 
> > > Ugh, you're not using the oldest, already superseded twice, hopelessly
> > > outdated, not supported since forever, dating back to GTK+ 1.0 GtkList,
> > > are you?
> > I'm afraid so; It does exactly what I want it to do so why not use it :)? In any case, it being deprecated is not the issue here; flickering is (gtk_widget_show/hide) ;).
> 
> Precisely because it's old and unsupported. It was superseded for a
> reason, and also even if it is present for legacy reasons in current
> GKT+, it doesn't receive all the love new widgets get, for example it's
> pretty much possible that double-buffering work (which deals with
> flickering) missed GtkList. Also, code bitrots and there may arise new
> issues that weren't present earlier due to changes in GTK+ internal code
> paths, for which deprecated widgets obviously aren't updated. 
> All in all, using widget deprecated over 4 years ago is asking for
> trouble (if nothing else, that's because people no longer remember how
> it works, and new ones don't know).

I would agree with you if it was a question of using GtkList's functionnalities, but its not. The problem occurs with any widget within or outside of a GtkList.

I understand this GtkList business is gravely offending all of you but the list is not what I'm having trouble with. I could have stated my problem without ever mentioning it. If it really is whats stopping you from helping me then forget I ever mentioned GtkList.

I heard about CVS but i'm not sure what it is yet so I have to research it. I can't really change developping envionment right now if this is what it takes as it would gobble up too much time. I don't have that much time left to finish this project up; a few weeks at most. Every day is precious.

Alright i'll restate my problem without talking about the GtkList.

I'm having problems with flickering when using gtk_widget_show/gtk_widget_hide. Is there any way to avoid flickering by maybe having the whole screen redrawn at once or something similar?

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