On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:54:28 +0200 Arne Pagel <a...@pagelnet.de> wrote:
> Point is that I don't want to spend a lot of time in this feature, so I am > searching for the easiest > solution, especially since I never did some pure graphic programming like > this, just a little bit 2D > plotting with get-extra and normal Widget usage. I'm sure I'll get comments on this. Graphics drawing in gtk is in some strange state. I used to employ gnome_canvas for this, which is relatively easy to use, but has been declared deprecated for quite a few years, but with no real direct alternative (geocanvas, goocanvas and others having been candidates). As far as I can say, you have two alternatives: 1) if you just need a drawing, which doesn't have to scale with the GUI, and probably would not print very well, you can use the GD library to generate an image dynamically. GD is easy to use, and quite powerful. It's also frequently part of distros. 2) if you want better quality, look at cairo, which is native to gtk now, but is somewhat more difficult to use, but is vector based, and as such capable of much better quality. Also, you can easily generate image files, and even PDFs to print. Even though more complicated, the quality of Cairo is worth it... John _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
