Re: [gtk-list] Proposal: how about a gtk_canvas widget?

[Rob Browning <rlb cs utexas edu>]

Des Herriott <des@ops.netcom.net.uk> writes:

> One thing I've always liked about Tk is the canvas widget.
> 
> For those who haven't used it, it's a widget which allows you to add
> simple graphical elements (lines, arcs, polygons, text etc.) to it, as
> well as widgets.  Each element on the canvas has a unique ID, and
> elements' attributes (geometry, colour, line width...) can be updated
> by their ID.  It's also possible to tag a whole bunch of elements and
> update elements by tag.  Each element can also respond to various
> events - mouse & keyboard events, mainly.

If you do this, make sure you leave hooks/provisions for postscript
dumping.  Then I, or someone else, can go back in and add the actual
postscript code later.

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Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
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