> The problem about the status bar not working with > double buffering is there because xft calls (as any > non gdk primitives) don't get diverted to the double > buffer, so all the things that we draw in a double > buffered GdkWindow using non gdk calls are covered by > the double buffer when gdk copies it on the GdkWindow > at the end of the expose event (you can see it that's > the problem with the status bar if it flicker a very > little bit before it disappears).
Please forgive my ignorance, but could this also be the problem that when the Font Preview is first shown, it is being grayed out only a few miliseconds later ? Marc
