Re: Compositing with GDK/GTK

["Donny Viszneki" <donny viszneki gmail com>]

I'm worried that all the "canvas" offerings do not provide extensible
drawable classes, as GDK seems to have built-in support for, but as I
said, I can't find any documentation for this :(

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com> wrote:
>
>  On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 01:05 -0400, Donny Viszneki wrote:
>  > Hi all,
>  >
>  > Certain parts of my application's GUI contain logical widget-like
>  > components, but which are different from GTK widgets (or my limited
>  > understanding of them) in that they do not fit well into a
>  > hierarchical model for several reasons:
>  >
>  > - Widget positioning is totally independent of the positions of other widgets
>  > - Widgets may overlap each other and are transluscent
>  > - Notional "space" within my GtkDrawingArea widget is also an
>  > interactive GUI component
>
>  you are looking for a "Canvas" widget.
>
>  unfortunately the state of things in GTK is such that you have to choose
>  from one of several possible canvas widgets, all with their own benefits
>  and drawbacks.
>
>  here is a reasonably informative and accurate comparison:
>
>   http://live.gnome.org/ProjectRidley/CanvasOverview
>
>  but please, do NOT start another canvas widget.
>
>



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