Bitmaps and Pixmaps

Bitmaps and Pixmaps — Offscreen drawables

Synopsis

#include <gdk/gdk.h>

typedef             GdkPixmap;
GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_new                      (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height,
                                                         gint depth);
GdkBitmap *         gdk_bitmap_create_from_data         (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         const gchar *data,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height);
GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_create_from_data         (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         const gchar *data,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height,
                                                         gint depth,
                                                         const GdkColor *fg,
                                                         const GdkColor *bg);
GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm          (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         const gchar *filename);
GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkColormap *colormap,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         const gchar *filename);
GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm_d        (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         gchar **data);
GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm_d
                                                        (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkColormap *colormap,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         gchar **data);
void                gdk_pixmap_get_size                 (GdkPixmap *pixmap,
                                                         gint *width,
                                                         gint *height);
#define             gdk_pixmap_ref
#define             gdk_pixmap_unref
typedef             GdkBitmap;
#define             gdk_bitmap_ref
#define             gdk_bitmap_unref

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GdkDrawable
         +----GdkPixmap

Description

Pixmaps are offscreen drawables. They can be drawn upon with the standard drawing primitives, then copied to another drawable (such as a GdkWindow) with gdk_pixmap_draw(). The depth of a pixmap is the number of bits per pixels. Bitmaps are simply pixmaps with a depth of 1. (That is, they are monochrome bitmaps - each pixel can be either on or off).

GTK 3 will remove GdkPixmap and GdkBitmap. You should use cairo surfaces instead. However, because a lot of functions still use these types, they are not deprecated.

Details

GdkPixmap

typedef struct _GdkDrawable           GdkPixmap;

An opaque structure representing an offscreen drawable. Pointers to structures of type GdkPixmap, GdkBitmap, and GdkWindow, can often be used interchangeably. The type GdkDrawable refers generically to any of these types.

gdk_pixmap_new ()

GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_new                      (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height,
                                                         gint depth);

Create a new pixmap with a given size and depth.

Please use gdk_window_create_similar_surface() instead of this function if you're not forced to use a GdkPixmap. It is intended as the replacement function for this function in GTK 3.

drawable :

 A GdkDrawable, used to determine default values for the new pixmap. Can be NULL if depth is specified,

width :

 The width of the new pixmap in pixels.

height :

 The height of the new pixmap in pixels.

depth :

 The depth (number of bits per pixel) of the new pixmap. If -1, and drawable is not NULL, the depth of the new pixmap will be equal to that of drawable.

Returns :

 the GdkPixmap

gdk_bitmap_create_from_data ()

GdkBitmap *         gdk_bitmap_create_from_data         (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         const gchar *data,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height);

Warning

gdk_bitmap_create_from_data has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. You can create a Cairo image surface using cairo_image_surface_create_for_data() instead. Specify CAIRO_FORMAT_A1 as the format to get a bitmap. Keep in mind that Cairo images must have a rowstride of 4 bytes, so you will need to align your data properly. If you must use a pixmap, use gdk_pixmap_new() with a depth of 1 to create a bitmap and then use gdk_cairo_create(), cairo_set_source_surface() and cairo_paint() to draw the image surface to the bitmap.

Creates a new bitmap from data in XBM format.

drawable :

 a GdkDrawable, used to determine default values for the new pixmap. Can be NULL, in which case the root window is used.

data :

 a pointer to the XBM data.

width :

 the width of the new pixmap in pixels.

height :

 the height of the new pixmap in pixels.

Returns :

 the GdkBitmap

gdk_pixmap_create_from_data ()

GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_create_from_data         (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         const gchar *data,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height,
                                                         gint depth,
                                                         const GdkColor *fg,
                                                         const GdkColor *bg);

Warning

gdk_pixmap_create_from_data has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. If you must replicate the functionality of this function, create a pixmap using gdk_pixmap_new(), cairo_paint() it with the background color and then create a Cairo image surface as pointed out in the docs to gdk_bitmap_create_from_data() and use this surface with cairo_mask_surface() to paint the foreground color.

Create a two-color pixmap from data in XBM data.

drawable :

 a GdkDrawable, used to determine default values for the new pixmap. Can be NULL, if the depth is given.

data :

 a pointer to the data.

width :

 the width of the new pixmap in pixels.

height :

 the height of the new pixmap in pixels.

depth :

 the depth (number of bits per pixel) of the new pixmap.

fg :

 the foreground color.

bg :

 the background color.

Returns :

 the GdkPixmap

gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm ()

GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm          (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         const gchar *filename);

Warning

gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use a GdkPixbuf instead. You can use gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() to create it. If you must use a pixmap, use gdk_pixmap_new() to create it and Cairo to draw the pixbuf onto it.

Create a pixmap from a XPM file.

drawable :

 a GdkDrawable, used to determine default values for the new pixmap.

mask :

 (out) a pointer to a place to store a bitmap representing the transparency mask of the XPM file. Can be NULL, in which case transparency will be ignored.

transparent_color :

 the color to be used for the pixels that are transparent in the input file. Can be NULL, in which case a default color will be used.

filename :

 the filename of a file containing XPM data.

Returns :

 the GdkPixmap. [transfer none]

gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm ()

GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkColormap *colormap,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         const gchar *filename);

Warning

gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use a GdkPixbuf instead. You can use gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() to create it. If you must use a pixmap, use gdk_pixmap_new() to create it and Cairo to draw the pixbuf onto it.

Create a pixmap from a XPM file using a particular colormap.

drawable :

 a GdkDrawable, used to determine default values for the new pixmap. Can be NULL if colormap is given.

colormap :

 the GdkColormap that the new pixmap will be use. If omitted, the colormap for window will be used.

mask :

 a pointer to a place to store a bitmap representing the transparency mask of the XPM file. Can be NULL, in which case transparency will be ignored.

transparent_color :

 the color to be used for the pixels that are transparent in the input file. Can be NULL, in which case a default color will be used.

filename :

 the filename of a file containing XPM data.

Returns :

 the GdkPixmap. [transfer none]

gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm_d ()

GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm_d        (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         gchar **data);

Warning

gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm_d has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use a GdkPixbuf instead. You can use gdk_pixbuf_new_from_xpm_data() to create it. If you must use a pixmap, use gdk_pixmap_new() to create it and Cairo to draw the pixbuf onto it.

Create a pixmap from data in XPM format.

drawable :

 a GdkDrawable, used to determine default values for the new pixmap.

mask :

 Pointer to a place to store a bitmap representing the transparency mask of the XPM file. Can be NULL, in which case transparency will be ignored. [out]

transparent_color :

 This color will be used for the pixels that are transparent in the input file. Can be NULL in which case a default color will be used.

data :

 Pointer to a string containing the XPM data.

Returns :

 the GdkPixmap. [transfer none]

gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm_d ()

GdkPixmap *         gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm_d
                                                        (GdkDrawable *drawable,
                                                         GdkColormap *colormap,
                                                         GdkBitmap **mask,
                                                         const GdkColor *transparent_color,
                                                         gchar **data);

Warning

gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm_d has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use a GdkPixbuf instead. You can use gdk_pixbuf_new_from_xpm_data() to create it. If you must use a pixmap, use gdk_pixmap_new() to create it and Cairo to draw the pixbuf onto it.

Create a pixmap from data in XPM format using a particular colormap.

drawable :

 a GdkDrawable, used to determine default values for the new pixmap. Can be NULL if colormap is given.

colormap :

 the GdkColormap that the new pixmap will be use. If omitted, the colormap for window will be used.

mask :

 a pointer to a place to store a bitmap representing the transparency mask of the XPM file. Can be NULL, in which case transparency will be ignored.

transparent_color :

 the color to be used for the pixels that are transparent in the input file. Can be NULL, in which case a default color will be used.

data :

 Pointer to a string containing the XPM data.

Returns :

 the GdkPixmap. [transfer none]

gdk_pixmap_get_size ()

void                gdk_pixmap_get_size                 (GdkPixmap *pixmap,
                                                         gint *width,
                                                         gint *height);

This function is purely to make it possible to query the size of pixmaps even when compiling without deprecated symbols and you must use pixmaps. It is identical to gdk_drawable_get_size(), but for pixmaps.

pixmap :

 a GdkPixmap

width :

 location to store pixmap's width, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

height :

 location to store pixmap's height, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

Since 2.24

gdk_pixmap_ref

#define gdk_pixmap_ref                 g_object_ref

Warning

gdk_pixmap_ref is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Deprecated equivalent of g_object_ref().

Returns :

 pixmap

gdk_pixmap_unref

#define gdk_pixmap_unref               g_object_unref

Warning

gdk_pixmap_unref is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Deprecated equivalent of g_object_unref().

GdkBitmap

typedef struct _GdkDrawable           GdkBitmap;

An opaque structure representing an offscreen drawable of depth 1. Pointers to structures of type GdkPixmap, GdkBitmap, and GdkWindow, can often be used interchangeably. The type GdkDrawable refers generically to any of these types.

gdk_bitmap_ref

#define gdk_bitmap_ref                 g_object_ref

Warning

gdk_bitmap_ref is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Deprecated equivalent of g_object_ref().

Returns :

 pixmap

gdk_bitmap_unref

#define gdk_bitmap_unref               g_object_unref

Warning

gdk_bitmap_unref is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Deprecated equivalent of g_object_unref().

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