Re: Gtk::DrawingArea gtk_widget_create_pango_layout()

[Antonio Coralles <noche suapie reflex at>]

Jeff Simpson wrote:

> I'm trying to write text to a Gtk::Drawing area using it as a gdk
> drawable and Pango, but I'm having trouble getting the pango layout
> out of the widget.
>
> Basically, every variation I try to use ends up with a deadend because
> Gtk::DrawingArea isn't a GtkWidget and can't be cast as one. What is
> the right method for getting a Pango Layout using gtkmm? Thanks!
>
>   - Jeff
Look at
http://www.gtkmm.org/gtkmm2/docs/tutorial/html/ch14s06.html [here is an 
exapamle]
http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1Widget.html#a100

Gtk::DrawingArea is a Gtk::Widget as you may see at 
http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1DrawingArea.html 
[maybe you confuse that with Gdk::Drawable], so 
Glib::RefPtr<Pango::Layout>  create_pango_layout (const Glib::ustring& 
text) should be exactly what you need.

antonio