Hi, On 1 October 2011 01:47, Steven I Usdansky <usdans...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > I think I missed something in the transition to GObject introspection. > How do I now get my drawing area to respond to an expose event (or what > is the new way of doing things)? The old way works: > [...] > > The "new" way, or my interpretation of it, does not work; it claims > TypeError: <DrawingArea object at 0xaf5050 > (GtkDrawingArea at 0xa74980)>: unknown signal name: expose-event > The "new" way: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk > class MyExample(object): > def __init__(self, user_data=None): > window = Gtk.Window() > window.connect("destroy", Gtk.main_quit) > drawing_area = Gtk.DrawingArea() > drawing_area.set_size_request(300,300) > drawing_area.connect('expose-event',self.expose) > window.add(drawing_area) > window.show_all() > def expose(self,widget,data): > print ("self_exposed") > # === > if __name__ == "__main__": > app = MyExample() > Gtk.main()
In Gtk+ v3 the expose_event is now called 'draw', so change this line: - drawing_area.connect('expose-event',self.expose) with: + drawing_area.connect('draw',self.expose) and it should work. Greetings, Iñigo Serna _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/