On 31 July 2011 23:24, James Morris <jwm.art....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It appears that the 'irregularly shaped' windows which used to be > possible by using now-deprecated GDK code even without full > compositing available, are no longer possible using non-deprecated > code. > > Using the old deprecated code, a GdkRegion could be created with the > desired window shape (with the region defining fully transparent and > fully opaque areas) and a call to gdk_window_shape_combine_region to > bring it about. > > I've been trying to work around this but feel like a dog running in > circles chasing my tail. > > gdk_window_shape_combine_region is not deprecated, but GdkRegion will > be replaced in GTK3.0 with cairo_region_t for which there is no > gdk_window_shape_combine_region equivalent. Furthermore the > gdk_region_polygon call necessary to create the GdkRegion of the > desired shape, is deprecated without replacement. > > So I look into gdk_window_shape_combine_mask instead, but > gdk_bitmap_create_from_data is of course deprecated. The docs do at > least suggest cairo alternatives, but none of which are compatible > with gdk_window_shape_combine_mask.
I'm just going to start looking into these functions: cairo_xlib_surface_create_for_bitmap as they *might* do what I wish. > Please please tell me if there's anyway around this mess. I can't > force or assume use of compositing. > > Cheers, > James. > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
