Re: gtk_drawing_area repaint

[Michael Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>]

On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 19:27, Maximo Pech wrote:
> If i draw things in a gtk_drawing_area after covering the drawing_area all of them disappear. How can i 
> avoid this?. Do i have to paint all the things again?

Yes.

Most people use a gdk_pixbuf as a backing store.  Draw to that, then
draw that to the gtk_drawing_area on expose.  This is known as
double-buffering.  If you don't double-buffer, then yes you will have to
redraw everything every time the window is exposed.


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Michael Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>