[Gtk-osx-users] Drawing outside an expose event

[Joe Jones <joeknockando googlemail com>]

Hi

I'm porting a small program to OS x. I have to assume it works just
fine on linux/X11.

Anyway, this program has a custom widget. It is drawing on this widget
in response to keyboard and mouse events (gdk calls, not cairo or GL),
only you don't see it unless you happen to be resizing the window at
the same time. I read somewhere that os x double buffers everything,
so I assume that the drawing commands are going into an off screen
surface. I guess on linux these commands go straight onto the screen.

So I look for a way to update the screen, and all I can see is
gtk_widget_queue_draw_area and other functions which result in an
expose event. Correct me if I'm wrong, I believe inside the expose
event handler is the correct place to do drawing?

My main question is, is there a way to draw outside the expose event
handler, and have the screen updated.

Sorry if this is a newbie question.

Thanks for your time

Joe Jones




If your interested what the program is, here is the url
http://pin.if.uz.zgora.pl/~trasz/jack-keyboard/