Re: alpha for text?

[Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev gmx net>]

Olexiy Avramchenko wrote:
> Paul Pogonyshev wrote:
> > I have not coded it yet, just pondered about it.  I was going to render
> > with gdk_draw_layout() to a GdkImage (which is a client-side GdkDrawable,
> > as said in the reference.)  And that proceed with GdkPixbuf.  So, like
> > you described, except that layout is rendered directly to a GdkImage.  I
> > have not tested yet, but from the docs it looks like it should work.
>
> It, actually, should not. GdkImage is not drawable. It's a client-side
> object with a user-accessible memory, but you can't draw to it in
> 'normal' way, e.g. with gdk_draw_*(). There's a trick [1] that allows
> you to do so, but it's X11-backend feature and can give some troubles
> with gdk_draw_layout() text output.
>
> There're only two types of drawables in GDK: windows and
> pixmaps/bitmaps.

Yes, I have already found that, I'm using GdkPixmap.  Thanks.

Paul