[pygtk] [jeenuv.otherinbox.com] Re: [jeenuv.otherinbox.com] Re: Drawing and signals

[Jeenu V]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:23 PM, David Ripton <dripton at ripton.net> wrote:
> Yes, of course you can just use PyCairo rather than a canvas.  It's just
> more work that way.  I ended up having to go this route at work because
> we're stuck on RHEL 5 which has ancient versions of GTK+ and Cairo, and
> all the nice new canvases I tried require newer versions.

Alright. If you've anything that can be shared about how you took the
long(er) route, please consider doing so.

> Last time I checked there were no API docs for PyCairo.  There are a
> couple of simple tutorials for it, and then there are the C API docs for
> Cairo.  Follow the Python tutorials to learn the basics, and then learn
> how to translate the C API docs to Python.  It's annoying to have to do
> that, but not really difficult.  If you're unhappy with that situation
> then please contribute some PyCairo docs.

I'll sure try :)

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