Vertical strings in a PixMap

Hi, I would like to write a string to a pixmap, but have the string be rotated. i.e. vertical text. I have looked at the gdk_draw_string function, and font objects, and have not managed to locate a switch to control text rotation. Any hints on where I should be looking ?? I look forward to

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Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

You are doomed, GTK just uses the underlying X string-drawing mechanism, and X does not support this. The only thing you can do is use some sort of client-side font rendering, then push a big bitmap of your string onto the X server. People sometimes use FreeType for that. Havoc If you do,

Re: Using gifs/jpegs for icons

Andrei Zmievski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I wanted to use gif/jpeg files for icons or other images in the application, what's my best route to take? GdkPixbuf and then use its gdk_pixbuf_render_to_drawable() function? Yep, since pixbuf will be in GTK 2 it's the clear choice for image

Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

Havoc Pennington wrote: You are doomed, GTK just uses the underlying X string-drawing mechanism, and X does not support this. Am I right in remembering that GTK has a pixmap rotation jobby? If so, you could write a /fairly/ simple wrapper to write the text to a temporary 1-bit pixmap (there

Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

Neil Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am I right in remembering that GTK has a pixmap rotation jobby? Nope. ;-) That's the fatal flaw in your plan! muhahahaha Havoc ___ gtk-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

Havoc You are doomed, GTK just uses the underlying X string-drawing Havoc mechanism, and X does not support this. X itself doesn't, but the cool little xvertext package does. It can be found in one of the contrib directories on the X.Org sites (http://www.x.org or ftp://ftp.x.org).

Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

Havoc Pennington wrote: Neil Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am I right in remembering that GTK has a pixmap rotation jobby? Nope. ;-) That's the fatal flaw in your plan! muhahahaha @rse. I know asclock does rotation somehow from when I was poking around inside it, but now I come to think

Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

Havoc Pennington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to write a string to a pixmap, but have the string be rotated. i.e. vertical text. You are doomed, GTK just uses the underlying X string-drawing mechanism, and X does not support this. Well,

Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

On 2001.05.04 17:12:36 +0200 Neil Bird wrote: Havoc Pennington wrote: Neil Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am I right in remembering that GTK has a pixmap rotation jobby? Nope. ;-) That's the fatal flaw in your plan! muhahahaha @rse. I know asclock does rotation somehow from when I

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Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

On 04 May 2001 09:54:50 -0400 Havoc Pennington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Colin Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to write a string to a pixmap, but have the string be rotated. i.e. vertical text. I have looked at the gdk_draw_string function, and font objects, and have

Re: Vertical strings in a PixMap

Havoc Pennington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to write a string to a pixmap, but have the string be rotated. i.e. vertical text. I have looked at the gdk_draw_string function, and font objects, and have not managed to locate a

Re: PROBLEM: Can't compile Gtk+-1.3.4

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