From: Phlip <pplumlee@...>
Date: 2001-10-28T01:38:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23639] Re: How to draw using Ruby/GTK?

dAHen wrote:
> 
> I have created small applications width Ruby/GTK.
> But I have only used the widgets.
> 
> Now I want to be able to draw (like on a Java Canvas).
> I can't find a class similar to Canvas.
> I want to be able to create components and tell them to paint themselves.
> In Java I just pass them a Graphics-object. How do I do it in Ruby/GTK?

I typed this into bash on my 'puter...

	grep -i canvas `locate .rb | grep gtk`

....and discovered gtk/sample/drawing.rb contains this line:

	class Canvas < Gtk::DrawingArea

That looks very close to what you need.

I hope this little experience has taught you a lesson about reading the
documentation vs grepping the source.

-- 
Phlip

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