Synopsis

class gtk.gdk.CairoContext(pangocairo.CairoContext):
    def set_source_color(color)
    def set_source_pixbuf(pixbuf, pixbuf_x, pixbuf_y)
    def rectangle(rectangle)
    def region(region)
    def set_source_pixmap(pixmap, pixmap_x, pixmap_y)

Ancestry

+-- cairo.Context
  +-- pangocairo.CairoContext
    +-- gtk.gdk.CairoContext

Description

Cairo is a graphics library that supports vector graphics and image compositing that can be used with PyGTK. Since 2.8, GTK+ and Pango do most of their drawing using Cairo. The Cairo drawing model and primitives are similar to PostScript which uses an imaging model of painting on a two dimensional surface. There is a Python module that wraps the Cairo API that is used by PyGTK via subclassing of the cairo.Context class by the pangocairo.CairoContext class. The cairo.Context class provides most of the drawing primitives used for drawing on Cairo surfaces.

PyGTK (and GTK+ and GDK) does not wrap the Cairo API, instead gtk.gdk.CairoContext objects can be used to draw on gtk.gdk.Drawable objects. A gtk.gdk.CairoContext is created using the gtk.gdk.Drawable.cairo_create() method. See the pangocairo.CairoContext and Python cairo module documentation for additional methods.

Methods

    def set_source_color(color)

    def set_source_pixbuf(pixbuf, pixbuf_x, pixbuf_y)

    def rectangle(rectangle)

    def region(region)

    def set_source_pixmap(pixmap, pixmap_x, pixmap_y)