Re: gdk pixbufs, rgbbufs, efficiency, painting onto them

["cali" <calculus softhome net>]

> Have you tried gdk_draw_rgb_image() and gdk_draw_gray_image()? They
> draw an RGB or greyscale buffer to the screen as quickly as possible.
> On my (rather modest) machine with no h/w accelleration I get >30
> megapixels / sec. There's a benchmark program in
> gtk+-2.4.x/tests/testrgb.

I've tried this, it is fine but the problem is the availability of 
primatives for drawing directly onto the buffer; especially stuff like text, 
splines and stuff. Unless I am mistaken, are such primatives available that 
write directly to a gchar buffer?

cali