[cairo] Pycairo + Pygame

[Steve Chaplin]

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 21:20 +1000, James Mills wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 07:52:08PM +1000, James Mills wrote:
> > > import array
> > > import cairo
> > > width, height = 30*16, 30*9
> > > data = array.array('c', 'a' * width * height * 4)
> > > stride = width * 4
> > > surface = cairo.ImageSurface.create_for_data (data, cairo.FORMAT_ARGB32,
> > >                                               width, height, stride);
> > > 
> > > 'data' is a Python array object which supports the read/write buffer
> > > protocol. It holds the cairo surface pixel-data in premultiplied ARGB32
> > > format, can Pygame read that format?
> > 
> > Not sure, but I'll give it a go and let you know ;)
> 
> $ ./ex1.py 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./ex1.py", line 63, in ?
>     main()
>   File "./ex1.py", line 24, in main
>     surface = cairo.ImageSurface.create_for_data(data,
> cairo.FORMAT_ARGB32,
> AttributeError: type object 'cairo.ImageSurface' has no attribute
> 'create_for_data'
> 
> Seems the current python bindings of cairo do not have this function :)
> 
> *sighs* I'll wait for the next release :)
> 
> cheers
> James

The latest release was on Tuesday this week - Pycairo 1.0.2. It adds the
new method cairo.ImageSurface.create_for_data(). 
See http://cairographics.org/releases/

Steve

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