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I am fairly new to GTK and I am having problems wrapping my head Pixmaps and Pixbufs and how to use them effectively.
What I am trying to do is create a special purpose custom graphing widget (mainly for financial-type data). I know how to use Gtk2::Gdk::Drawable objects for my rendering, however I'd like to structure my graphs similar to how GIMP handles layering. I'd draw a base 'grid' which would contain my X & Y axis labels and ticks, then have seperate modules draw layers which would overlay to create the overall graph. This will require knowledge of how to use Gtk2::Gdk::Pixbuf and Gtk2::Gdk::Pixmap, but I am unable to wrap my head around these 2 classes and how to apply the properly to a widget (or any drawable for that matter). I have read through both the C references and the Gtk2::Perl references, but still find it confusing. Does anyone have any suggestions for other reference material that covers these 2 topics in detail, or have any suggestions on how to proceed? My imaginary API would look something similar to this: my $graph = MyGraphClass->new(); $window->add($graph); $graph->add_object(MyGraphClass::Candlestick->new($graph, $open, $close, $high, $low, $timestamp)); $graph->add_object(MyGraphClass::TrendLine->new($graph, $ts1, $val1, $ts2, $val2)); $graph->add_object(MyGraphClass::Text->new($graph, "Hello World", $timestamp_anchor, $value_anchor)); ... for every object on the graph Each MyGraphClass::XXX class would inherit from a base 'MyGraphClass::Item' class which would emit events for mouse overs, clicks, etc. The main MyGraphClass class would call a render method for each object, which would pass back a Pixmap?/Pixbuf? which would then be rendered onto the main drawable widget for the graph. I'd like to extend this eventually to include a number of different types of objects on the graph including animations. |