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

[Maciej Katafiasz <mnews22 wp pl>]

W liście z śro, 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 Ugh, you're not using the oldest, already superseded twice, hopelessly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 outdated, not supported since forever, dating back to GTK+ 1.0 GtkList,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 It was superseded for a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).

Cheers,
Maciej

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