Re: Cairo and gtkmm

[John Taber <jtaber johntaber net>]

Murray Cumming wrote:
> > I remember some talk a while ago about Cairo and gtkmm.  Does anybody
> > know the status of this?  Will the cairo API be exposed in gtkmm
> > anytime soon?  Is there a timeframe for this sort of thing.
>
>
> There isn't much to expose. I think there are 2 or 3 functions, such as
> one to provide a cairo "surface" on which you can use cairo functions.
> That will be wrapped faster if someone provides a patch.
>
> An at some point we need to bless a cairo C++ API, if the C API is not
> incredibly easy. I haven't looked at it yet and, and usual, I hope someone
> else does it.

I've got Cairo working fine in c++, albeit another toolkit - I couldn't 
figure out the cairo surface hook in gtkmm, so we need a better gtkmm 
programmer to chip in here - but you're right, it shouldn't be too hard. 
 But it should get top priority - what is needed is a good example 
(either in the sample programs or in the tutorial).