Re: Bug 50372: Setting stipple to NULL = X error

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On 16 Mar 2001, Owen Taylor wrote:

> Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> writes:

> But the whole point is, you can't set the stipple to None with the
> Xlib API. You have to change the fill mode (gdk_gc_set_fill)
> to be something other than GDK_STIPPLED. But I think changing
> the fill mode would be wrong in this function.
> 
> In the bug report, it suggests simulating unsetting by setting
> a 1x1 solid bitmap as the stipple - this behaves equivalently
> to the "unset" default for a GC. Which is probably the best
> option, though less efficient than for the user to simply
> set the fill mode to something else.

gut feeling is, disallow NULL for stipple then (i.e. g_return_if_fail())
and document to use another fill style instead of stipple NULLL then.

> 
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
> 

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