Ian Britten wrote: >In addition to using a background pixmap (as suggested), I also 'attach' >the pixmap to the window (using gdk_window_set_back_pixmap()). >This way, you never have to deal with expose events (unless you are >drawing stuff that isn't in your background pixmap). > >All in all, this give a very fast and pleasing application. No flicker, >no waiting for expose events to be processed, the data is always visible >(Even when stepping through the debugger! :-) etc, etc. >(As you've discovered, trying to draw all your data within every expose >event is really inefficient, and grinds your app to a standstill if you >have much data to draw....) > We almost forget to say about gtk_widget_set_double_buffered() in gtk+-2.0. In this case you have to turn off gtk double buffering stuff, cause its not needed: gtk_widget_set_double_buffered(widget, FALSE);
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