Preventing a GtkWindow from redrawing

["Ian King [ES]" <king eiffel com>]

Hi,

Is there any way to prevent a titled GtkWindow from redrawing its entire 
contents when I change the layout within so as to prevent a user from 
seeing the unsightly redraw?  I've tried gdk_window_freeze_updates but 
this doesn't seem to do anything.

The reason I need this is for the correct setting of splitter positions 
of GtkPaned widgets, as by default Gtk does all of its sizing upon idle 
I have to force resizing by looping on gtk_main_iteration until all 
pending resizes have completed.  If gtk_container_set_resize_mode 
(container_widget, GTK_RESIZE_IMMEDIATELY) was stable then I would use 
that.  At the moment I have to add the widgets to the mapped parent, 
make gtk do all the pending gtk sizing, and then query the size of the 
widget, this leads to the unsightly redraw...

Thanks for your time

Ian