Hi all, In order to make the transition from Windows to Linux, I have to port one of my most important tools, a molecular sequence editor (DNA, RNA, and amino acid) that I have been developing and using for the past decade. I have chosen gtk+/Gnome to make the port, for a variety of reasons, and in my initial efforts it is obvious that gtk+ is a much simpler and cleaner programming environment than the Windows API--with perhaps one exception: writing characters and strings to the screen. Virtually all of my screen writing, outside of dialog boxes, requires placing a single, mono-spaced ASCII character on the screen at specific x,y coordinates, in a particular color. I have spent some time with the gtk+ tutorial, have consulted the gtk+ reference manual as well as a number of gtk+ books, but have been unable to figure out how to put a single character on the screen. I would note, that to re-draw the screen, it is necessary to do this several thousand times. So my question is straight-forward: What is the best way to display a single character in a specified font (mono-spaced in my application, since text columns have to align vertically), in a specified color (since each residue will have an associated color), at a specfic position withing an editing window? Thanks, in advance, Andy Beckenbach beckenba@xxxxxx _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
