hello :) i understand this is a basic question and am sorry for my ignorance. i really haven't managed to find an answer though i've searched quite a time. i've actually got two problems (using nemerle (mono, i.e. gtk#)): 1. i'd like to generate a terrain heightmap and draw it onto a widget. should i be using drawingarea.gdkwindow.drawpixel (how to handle colours, then?), try to convert it to an xpm (how?) or what other method would be most appropriate? (please, read the second question before answering this one) 2. i'd like to be able to fluently change the colours while the heightmap is already generated. in the old days (i haven't written much for quite a time) it was possible to just draw a bitmap onto the screen and keep redefining the colours, which was pretty fast and looked nice in its way. is it still doable? i'd need it for altering the water level on the map. any help would be appreciated :) _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list