Re: Clarification about surfaces in Gtk 2.6 and 2.10

[Tim Janik <timj imendio com>]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Raju S N wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am familiar with Gtk2.6 version code. We have plans to migrate to 2.10.
> In 2.6, it was not mandatory to use cairo. Now I see that Cairo is an
> integral part of 2.10.
> Can I know how the approach is changed from 2.6 to 2.10 in the case of
> handling surfaces ?
> And how the migration happened in GdkDraw, gdkpixmap, gdkwindow, gdkdrawable
> to use cairo
> How cairo_surface_t structure is used during rendering text, image, etc ?
> Please clarify this.

can you please make an effort at rephrasing your questions?
i have a hard time understanding what it is you're asking for.
yes, gtk+ >= 2.8 depends on cairo and the rendering backend is properly
integrated with it, this move was made because cairo provides vastly
better drawing primitives than raw X.

> Thanks
> Raju S N
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