On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Robert Pinsky <rpin...@imsco-us.com> wrote:
> John, I tried the modify_bg call as follows:
> self.pbar.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_PRELIGHT,
> self.pbar.get_colormap().alloc_color("yellow"))
>
> It accepted the command, but did not actually change the color. (I saw a
> comment in q_use_statusicon.py file you sent me that says "This does not work
> for certain gtk/gnome themes". That sure is disappointing. Is there a
> setting change I can make to the theme to make it work?
Not really, otherwise theme authors would then request a setting to
always make their themes work... That is why it is best to write
widgets oneself, to guarantee the appearance.
>
> I have not heard of cairo. Can you give me an example of cairo code?
> Perhaps some code fragment that I can modify into a progress bar with text?
Here are two comprehensive examples
http://zetcode.com/gui/pygtk/customwidget/
http://www.pygtk.org/articles/cairo-pygtk-widgets/cairo-pygtk-widgets.htm
Such a widget shouldn't take you more than a few hours.
John
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