[cairo] How to make stipple pattern as source

[Daniel Goldman]

Thanks! That's what I needed. I may post a note later related to this. Daniel



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> On  Fri, 2010-08-20 at 15:45 -0700, Daniel Goldman wrote:
> > Can someone  suggest how to make a stipple pattern (or other tiled pattern) 
>as a 
>
> >  source? Something like:
> > 
> > oxoxoxoxox
> > xoxoxoxoxo
> >  oxoxoxoxox
> > 
> > Or
> > 
> > ooxxooxx
> >  xxooxxoo
> > ooxxooxx
> > 
> > After looking around cairo web site a  lot, the only thing I saw was 
> > cairo_image_surface_create_from_png ()  with an existing png file with 
>pattern. 
>
> > I'd rather create the pattern  from within cairo, but don't know which 
>functions 
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> > to use. I don't want  to reinvent the wheel or do this an inefficient way.
> > 
> > I write to  both pdf and png surfaces.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Daniel
> > 
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