Re: now that we're on GtkDrawingArea... =)

[Paul Davis <pbd Op Net>]

>I have my DrawingArea on a ViewPort on a ScrolledWindow on a pane on a noteboo
>k on a table..... like the song...
>
>I couldnt use any function that gets a GdkWindow as a parameter. As in the scr
>ibble example, the Area is just under the Window, and it works. But i had the 
>DrawingArea somewhere else, and area->window sent messages like:
>
>Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkdraw.c: line 42 (gdk_draw_point): assertion `drawable
> != NULL' failed.

at what point in your code are you trying to draw on the DrawingArea?
i hope, given all the messages about this, that its within an
expose_event handler.

>As i read, some widgets does not have its own window (but the example worked u
>sing the Area's window, widget-window), and they draw on its parent window.
>I thought maybe DrawingArea is one such widget (though doesnt sound like it), 
>and since the example works, i used the main window's window as the parameter 
>to gdk_pixmap_new and other functions. It works.

it has its own window.

--p