On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 12:08 -0300, Joao Victor wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I'm trying to draw on the root window using the gtk API, but with no
> success. Basically this is what i'm trying to do:
>
> ---------- begin code -------------
>
> static void draw( GtkWidget *widget,
> gpointer data ) {
>
> GdkWindow *root_window;
> GdkPixmap *pixmap;
>
> root_window = widget->window;
> pixmap = gdk_pixmap_new(root_window,
> 100,
> 100,
> -1);
>
> gdk_draw_rectangle (pixmap, widget->style->black_gc, TRUE, 0, 0, 100, 100);
>
> ---------- end code -------------
>
> But it doesn't happen anything. Could somebody please help me?
If you are running a file manager like Nautilus or Konqueror, it will
use a big window that covers the real root window.
Regards,
Owen
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