# Antialiasing lines, Gdk::Drawable **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\ **Created:** [July 31, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/antialiasing-lines-gdk-drawable/110796 "2007-07-31T01:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/antialiasing-lines-gdk-drawable/110796/1 "2007-07-31T01:20:29Z")
Anybody have any tips on if antialiasing lines is possible in with Gtk? I’ve got a boat load of lines I draw on a Gdk:Drawable that would look very pretty antialiased on a white background. ---
**Author:** ![conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/antialiasing-lines-gdk-drawable/110796/2 "2007-07-31T01:23:12Z")
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:20:29AM +0200, Conan R. wrote: > Anybody have any tips on if antialiasing lines is possible in with Gtk? > I’ve got a boat load of lines I draw on a Gdk:Drawable that would look > very pretty antialiased on a white background. I would suggest you look at using Cairo ([http://www.cairographics.org/](http://www.cairographics.org/)) via rcairo to do this. You can get a cairo context by doing drawable.create\_cairo\_context, and go from there. -pete * * * This [SF.net](http://SF.net) email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now \>\> [http://get.splunk.com/](http://get.splunk.com/) ---
**Author:** ![conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/antialiasing-lines-gdk-drawable/110796/3 "2007-07-31T19:11:43Z")
That looks cool, but I don’t need antialiased lines enough to add another library. Oh well. Peter J. wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:20:29AM +0200, Conan R. wrote: > > > Anybody have any tips on if antialiasing lines is possible in with Gtk? > > I’ve got a boat load of lines I draw on a Gdk:Drawable that would look > > very pretty antialiased on a white background. > > I would suggest you look at using Cairo ([http://www.cairographics.org/](http://www.cairographics.org/)) > via rcairo to do this. You can get a cairo context by doing > drawable.create\_cairo\_context, and go from there. > > -pete > > * * * > > This [SF.net](http://SF.net) email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now \>\> [http://get.splunk.com/](http://get.splunk.com/) ---
**Author:** ![conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/antialiasing-lines-gdk-drawable/110796/4 "2007-07-31T19:23:20Z")
Gdk itself doesn’t support antialiasing. Cairo it the only option. Am Dienstag, den 31.07.2007, 19:11 +0200 schrieb Conan R.: > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now \>\> [http://get.splunk.com/](http://get.splunk.com/) * * * This [SF.net](http://SF.net) email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now \>\> [http://get.splunk.com/](http://get.splunk.com/)