Re: Quest for ml_gdk_cairo_create

"Hendrik Boom [email protected] [ocaml_beginners]" <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:17:19 -0400

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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 01:19:47AM +0200, Christophe Troestler wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:49:44 -0400, Hendrik Boom [email protected] [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 09:49:48PM +0200, Christophe Troestler wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Here is a example of using Cairo with gtk
> > https://github.com/Chris00/ocaml-cairo/blob/master/examples/gtk_demo.ml that
> > comes with oasis compiling directives:
> > https://github.com/Chris00/ocaml-cairo/blob/master/_oasis
> > >
> > > Note that this is another binding to Cairo, known as cairo2 in OPAM.
> > 
> > I'll look into it. Thanks. Does it connect with a different version
> > of cairo or gtk?
> 
> Probably not.  This version structures more the API using the OCaml module system and plays better with the GC — I had segfaults using the former.

If it fails to segfault, it's probably better.  And the 2 in its name 
does seem to suggest it's a later development. 

I'll be lookng at it tomorrow.

-- hendrik