[pygtk] Getting the pixel dimensions of a monospace font

[Noam Raphael]

Ok, I found a solution. Here's what I did:

        tv = self.textview
        context = tv.get_pango_context()
        metrics = context.get_metrics(tv.style.font_desc,
                                      context.get_language())
        width = pango.PIXELS(metrics.get_approximate_digit_width()*81)
        height = pango.PIXELS(
            (metrics.get_ascent() + metrics.get_descent())*30)
        self.window_main.set_default_size(width, height)

Have a good day,
Noam

2008/8/31, Noam Raphael <noamraph at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
>  I have a TextView which uses a monospace font. I would like to set its
>  width (by using textview.props.width_request = width) to the width of
>  80 characters. The question is, how can I know the width and height,
>  in pixels, of a character?
>
>  Thanks,
>
> Noam
>