> What are the other methods mentioned? I have seen the Widget one, > For learning purposes why does the fl_line or fl_rectf calls seem to > not do anything unless implemented in this widget fashion? Is > the window > not interpreted as some kind of 'surface' and whichever is > the 'current' > or 'pointed to' surface the call to fl_line say would be > executed there? > > It seems like it does not know about the active window(s)? I would
What is it you are trying to do? You can only do drawing calls from within a draw method, but any draw calls made from within a draw method should Just Work. > just like to populate an area with lots of coloured > rectangles generated > on the fly, updated regularly, drawing filled rectangles seems a lot > faster than using fl_box for example, so i chose to try drawing > functions, but am not clear how it all goes together in FLTK. Fl_Box is a GUI widget, it is not intended to be used just for drawing rectangles on the screen, so yes, in that case drawing simple rectangles should be quicker... Have you played with the various examples in the test folder? Maybe something there will clarify? SELEX Galileo Ltd Registered Office: Sigma House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3EL A company registered in England & Wales. Company no. 02426132 ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
