Re: How to set a transparent style?

[rsteinke w-link net]

> From: <hunchback netcabo pt>
>
> Hi, 
>
> i'm doing something that involves GtkDrawingArea, in which i paint
> some GdkPixmaps, and some of this GdkPixmaps have some
> transparent areas, the problem is when i paint them, the transparent 
> areas are painted in white! How do i do so that the transparent areas aren't 
> painted?

The problem is, there is no such thing as a GdkPixmap with a transparent
area. Transparent pixels are handled by setting the clip mask in the
graphics context. If you created the pixmap from an xpm, the same function
which created the pixmap also created the mask you need to use.

Ron Steinke