Re: How to repaint widgets??

[Carlos Pereira <carlos pehoe civil ist utl pt>]

> > Carlos Pereira <carlos pehoe civil ist utl pt> writes:
> >
> > Could someone explain the differences between
> > gtk_widget_draw(drawing_area, &area) and
> > gtk_widget_queue_draw(drawing_area)?
> >
> > Both seem to work fine for me, I am wondering what
> > the >queue< word means in gtk_widget_queue_draw
>
> gtk_widget_draw() simply invokes the draw virtual method on the
> widget, immediately.
>
> gtk_widget_queue_draw() schedules the widget to be redrawn in an idle
> handler.
>
> The practical difference is that you can call queue_draw() several
> times and still get only one draw when you return to the event loop,
> while calling gtk_widget_draw() will draw once every time you call
> it. Also, gtk_widget_draw() is deprecated in GTK 2.0, and queue_draw()
> is not. So you want to use queue_draw() pretty much always.
>
> Havoc

Thanks!

Carlos