On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Timo <timomlists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> gc.foreground = gtk.gdk.color_parse("orange")
>
> Try the following line instead:
> gc.set_foreground(self.get_colormap().alloc_color("#FF8000"))
>
> Cheers,
> Timo
Yes, that works. Thanks for your help Timo.