>From: "Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-" <msterret@xxxxxxxx> >To: David L <idht4n@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: gnomecanvas rotate text and print? >Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:03:24 -0400 (EDT) > >Isn't that what pango's for? Could be... there's a nice example of using Pango with Cairo that shows text at arbitrary angles at: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/pango-Cairo-Rendering.html But I don't really see how it relates to gnomecanvas text items. Half a day of google and gnome documentation searches hasn't really been too fruitful. I found basically the same question that I'm asking from 4 years ago, but there was only one answer saying something about GnomeCanvasHacktext, but I don't find any documentation on that. Basically, I'm looking for the line or lines of code that will follow this command to rotate the canvas text: textp = gnome_canvas_item_new(gnome_canvas_root(GNOME_CANVAS(parent->gc.gobj())), gnome_canvas_text_get_type(), "fill_color", "black", "x", txtx, "y", txty, "text", length, "anchor",GTK_ANCHOR_W, "font", "-*-verdana-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1", NULL); // how do I write a function that will rotate textp? Or do I need to add text that I want at an arbitrary angle using a different mechanism? (eg pango_add_rotated_text_to_gnomecanvas("foo", 30.0)) If so, can somebody point me to a simple example that uses pango or whatever to add rotatable text to a gnomecanvas?? Thanks! David > >Michael Sterrett > -Mr. Bones.- >michael.sterrett@xxxxxxxx > > >On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, David L wrote: > >> >>>Hi David, >>> >>>Maybe you should use the gd library or imagemagick. As I remember, both >>>have antialiasing functions. >> >>gnomecanvas has anti-aliasing... I just can't figure out how to >>print or rotate text. I know apps like gnumeric use gnomecanvas >>and seem to print nice anti-aliased looking plots, >>so I assume there's a way to print the canvas... am I wrong? >> >>I'm a little concerned about text rotation... I've done google searches >>that seem to imply that gnomecanvas can't rotate text, but that seems >>odd. I've found some documentation on affine transformations, but >>when I try to rotate text with it, it seems to just translate it. >> >>Thanks! >> >> David >> >>> >>>>I've started a simple little gtk / gnomecanvas floor plan >>>>drawing application. I need to figure out how to >>>>rotate gnome canvas text at an arbitrary angle (to put >>>>dimensions on the floor plan). Also, I want to be able >>>>to print an anti-aliased gnomecanvas with high >>>>resolution to give to an architect. (I've been just taking >>>>screenshots of the canvas which is cumbersome and >>>>doesn't look very good). How can I do these things? >>>> >>>>Thanks! >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>>Get the new Windows Live Messenger! >>>>http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>gnome-list mailing list >>>>gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx >>>>http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >>>> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Get real-time traffic reports with Windows Live Local Search >>http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=42.336065~-109.392273&style=r&lvl=4&scene=3712634&trfc=1 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>gnome-list mailing list >>gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx >>http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >> >> _________________________________________________________________ Got something to buy, sell or swap? Try Windows Live Expo ttp://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwex0010000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://expo.live.com/ _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
