hi, i do something like this in an application to draw probability density function plots. what i do is render the image to an internal RGB buffer, followed by gdk_draw_rgb_image() to render it to the internal pixmap (this pixmap subsequently rendered to the screen): width = DrawingArea->allocation.width; height = DrawingArea->allocation.height; rgbbuf = malloc(width * height * 3); memset(rgbbuf, 240, width * height * 3); // set the background to GREY=(240, 240, 240) DrawBufferImage(rgbbuf, width, height, data); gdk_draw_rgb_image(pixmap, DrawingArea->style->fg_gc[GTK_STATE_NORMAL], 0, 0, width, height, GDK_RGB_DITHER_NONE, rgbbuf, width*3); free(rgbbuf); inside the DrawBufferImage() routine, i examine the data, point by point, and assign each pixel to be the RGB combination corresponding to the colour defined/assigned for each data value. my input data also dictates an absolute starting size, so inside the DrawBufferImage() routine, i also magnify the image using a bi-cubic spline interpolation algorithm. the speed achieved in ultimately rendering the image is as fast as possible, and there is no real discernable delay between receiving the data to plot and rendering the image to the screen, i.e., it's instantaneous. plotting pixel by pixel (and magnifying to boot) can result in a quickly drawn image (depending on the number of data points, of course), if gone about in the right manner. cheers, richard On Jun 18, 2006, at 1:28 PM, kamil stachowski wrote: > thank you for the answer :) > >> Don't draw pixel by pixel, it would be awfully slow. >> Use GdkPixbufs and gdk_draw_pixbuf(). > > you mean "don't draw pixel by pixel using drawpoint", is that it? > >> Something along these lines should be doable *if* you can >> get a indexed color visual, which you cannot count on. So >> I would just redraw it (incidentally I develop a program >> which uses false-color maps a lot and redrawing works good >> enough). > > that's a pity but i'll have to cope with that if there's no other way. > > however, i ran into a problem with colourmaps. i was using > gdk.image (has the > putpixel method which treats the colours in a more traditional way, > and seems > to be fast enough for my needs) but didn't manage to change the > colours it > uses. i keep getting a blue gradient which is not precisely what i > want. > here's the code: > > def img=Image(ImageType.Fastest,Visual.System,500,500); > for (mutable x=0, x<500; x++) for (mutable y=0; y<500; y++) > img.PutPixel(x,y,(x+y):>UInt32); > > def gc=GC(args.Event.Window); > mutable col=Color(0xff,0,0); > gc.Colormap.AllocColor(ref col,true,true); > img.Colormap=gc.Colormap; > > args.Event.Window.DrawImage(gc,img,0,0,0,0,500,500); > > i don't seem to be able to spot anything red in the result. could > you please > tell me what i am doing wrong? > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
