Re: gdk_draw_text and offsets

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Paul Barton-Davis <pbd op net> writes:

> here is some code:
> 
> 		gdk_draw_text (area_widget->window,
> 			       area_widget->style->font,
> 			       area_widget->style->text_gc[GTK_STATE_NORMAL],
> 			       10, 10,
> 			       label,
> 			       label_len);
> 
> can anyone explain to me what set of circumstances can lead to this
> drawing the text at some position that is *not* (10,10) in the window
> provided ? this is happening to me on a regular basis, and i simply
> have no idea how it can happen.

Absolutely no circumstances. Are you sure you are accounting for
the fact that y=10 is the position of the baseline, not the top
of the text?

Regards,
                                        Owen