[pygtk] Re: How to Tell Window to Redraw

[Nikolaus Rath]

Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I want to write a small script that shows a number of bodies moving in
> a 2d coordinate systems. The positions at different times are stored
> in a csv file. Since I have wanted to learn some python for quite some
> time I have decided to try this in pygtk.
[...]

I have gotten the solution from a helpful guy in IRC:

The proper way to send the event would be to call

    event = gtk.gdk.Event(gtk.gdk.EXPOSE)
    emit("expose-event", event)

but the better solution is to simply call the gtk.Widget method
queue_draw().

Best,

   -Nikolaus

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