# Where to find info on Gnome::Canvas...?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-info-on-gnome-canvas/69448>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-info-on-gnome-canvas/69448 "2006-09-21T04:16:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-info-on-gnome-canvas/69448/1 "2006-09-21T04:16:25Z")

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Hi, Can anyone point me in the direction of documentation on  
Gnome::Canvas and it’s relatives i.e. CanvasPathDef, CanvasPixbuf etc  
I can’t find anything about it.

Thanks, Mike

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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-info-on-gnome-canvas/69448/2 "2006-09-21T05:00:29Z")

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Mike D. wrote:

> Hi, Can anyone point me in the direction of documentation on  
> Gnome::Canvas and it’s relatives i.e. CanvasPathDef, CanvasPixbuf etc  
> I can’t find anything about it.

[http://www.google.com/search?q=gnome+canvas](http://www.google.com/search?q=gnome+canvas)

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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-info-on-gnome-canvas/69448/3 "2006-09-22T01:01:38Z")

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Paul L. wrote:

> Mike D. wrote:
> 
> > Hi, Can anyone point me in the direction of documentation on  
> > Gnome::Canvas and it’s relatives i.e. CanvasPathDef, CanvasPixbuf etc  
> > I can’t find anything about it.
> 
> [gnome canvas - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=gnome+canvas)

Thanks for your help Paul, but if you add the word ‘Ruby’ to your search  
pattern it turns up only 2 hits. Neither of them any use.  
I want to draw several disjointed lines on a Gnome::Canvas and can’t  
seem to find any method of doing this. I ‘think’ that  
‘Gnome::CanvasBpath’ might be the thing I need but I’m not sure.  
Documentation for this in Ruby seems non-existent.  
Cheers, Mike

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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-info-on-gnome-canvas/69448/4 "2006-09-22T11:06:45Z")

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Mike D. wrote:

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> Thanks for your help Paul, but if you add the word ‘Ruby’ to your search  
> pattern it turns up only 2 hits. Neither of them any use.  
> I want to draw several disjointed lines on a Gnome::Canvas and can’t  
> seem to find any method of doing this. I ‘think’ that  
> ‘Gnome::CanvasBpath’ might be the thing I need but I’m not sure.  
> Documentation for this in Ruby seems non-existent.

Okay, fair enough. When I write Qt interface code I don’t need to worry  
that  
it’s for Ruby, because the calls and properties are the same whether the  
calling code is C++ or Ruby, my two most likely candidate languages.

This made me think the generic Gnome Canvas literature would suffice. On  
the  
other hand, I haven’t tried to use it, primarily because there are much  
better documented GUI components available.

I am sure you have excellent reasons for going with Gnome Canvas.