Re: pixmap tiling on canvas

[Erik Andersen <andersen xmission com>]

On Mon Oct 11, 1999 at 11:09:41AM -0400, Jeffrey W. Bizzaro wrote:
> Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> > 
> > I am not sure whether adding support for this would be useful; usually
> > you want the canvas as a "real" blank area onto which you draw.
> 
> I see.  Pixmap backgrounds are unsupported because a gtk theme may clutter up someone's drawing area.
> 
> How then would you suggest tiling the canvas's background?
> 

In gnomehack, I just tile the canvas with a CanvasImage, and then lower
that image to the bottom of the Z-order. I then tile other images on top
of the background image. Works fine, and produces the same effect.

 -Erik

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