Re: colormaps

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw iprimus com au>]

Olexiy Avramchenko wrote:
> Russell Shaw wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In an expose-event callback of a gtk_drawing_area this always paints
> > a black region even tho i have it set for white:
...

> You should allocate colors before gdk_gc_set_*ground calls. You see the 
> black color because of zero *pixel* field value in foreground/background 
> structures. If you want to avoid color allocation - use 
> gdk_gc_set_rgb_*_color functions:
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gdk/gdk-Graphics-Contexts.html#gdk-gc-set-rgb-fg-color

Thanks.
I never understand colormaps stuff until now: http://www.gtk.org/faq/#AEN834