[cairo] fill pre-existing png polygons? (tried formatting better)

[Daniel Goldman]

Hi,

I use GD to make maps with labels and color fills. To add pdf output, I've 
started using cairo / pango. The pdf is looking great so far. 


To make it easier to keep label placement consistent between png and pdf, I'm 
working on switching the png maps to also use cairo.

With GD, I would import a png outline of the map that has been generated before, 
and use gdImageFill () to fill a polygon. With cairo, it's easy to get the 
outline map in with cairo_image_surface_create_from_png (). But I'm getting the 
feeling that is not a helpful step under cairo, that cairo does not fill 
existing png polygons.

Can cairo fill polygons from a pre-existing png file? Is it correct the GD model 
(import png outline map, fill existing polygons) doesn't work under vector-based 
cairo? Do I need to use cairo_move_to () and  cairo_line_to () to create the 
polygons in real-time before filling them? My preference is to use the 
pre-existing outline, since it never changes, but it would not be that big a 
deal to draw the map each time.

Thanks,
Daniel