[pygtk] color setting?

[John Finlay]

Tobias Bengtsson wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to draw an arc with a gray color using this code:
>  color = gtk.gdk.color_parse('gray')
you need to allocate the color something like:
color = win.get_colormap().alloc_color(color)
>  graygc = win.new_gc(background=color, foreground=color)
>  win.draw_arc(graygc, True, self.x+w-5, self.y, 10, h, -90*64, 180*64)
>
> I've printed out the color and checked for correct values, but the arc 
> get black.. what am I doing wrong?
John