Re: [GtkGLExt] subwindows for newby

["ivan" <ivand blueyonder co uk>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Timothy M. Shead" <tshead k-3d com>
To: <ivand blueyonder co uk>
Cc: "gtkglext-list" <gtkglext-list gnome org>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [GtkGLExt] subwindows for newby


> On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 17:44 +0100, ivan danicic wrote:
> > Hello All, in order to achieve the equivalent of glutCreateSubwindow
(which
> > look just like plain rectangles) I think I need to be able to make a
> > gtk_window without any borders, decorations, etc. How can I do that?
> > I need to do this because I want the subwindow to have its own
projection
> > matrix (and stack) but to be non-removable and in fact looking just like
a
> > drawing_area. Any suggestions gratefully anticipated.
>
> Ivan:
>
> This is more of a GTK than a GtkGLExt question - I think you want to use
> multiple GtkDrawingArea widgets for your main window and sub-windows,
> and use a GtkFixed widget as the container.  The main issue will be
> handling Z-order, which I assume is based on the order in which you add
> widgets to GtkFixed.  With GtkFixed you will have to manage the sizes of
> your widgets explicitly, e.g: when your main window is resized.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>

Hello, I don't think that GtkDrawingArea is recognized by the X-windows
manager, I read this somewhere but I could be wrong.
Ivan