Main Gtk struct.
A cairo_surface_t represents an image, either as the destination
of a drawing operation or as source when drawing onto another
surface. To draw to a cairo_surface_t, create a cairo context
with the surface as the target, using cairo_create().
There are different subtypes of cairo_surface_t for
different drawing backends; for example, Image.surfaceCreate
creates a bitmap image in memory.
The type of a surface can be queried with Surface.getType.
The initial contents of a surface after creation depend upon the manner
of its creation. If cairo creates the surface and backing storage for
the user, it will be initially cleared; for example,
Image.surfaceCreate and Surface.createSimilar.
Alternatively, if the user passes in a reference to some backing storage
and asks cairo to wrap that in a cairo_surface_t, then the contents are
not modified; for example, Image.surfaceCreateForData and
cairo_xlib_surface_create().
Memory management of cairo_surface_t is done with
Surface.reference and Surface.destroy.
Since 1.0
Main Gtk struct. A cairo_surface_t represents an image, either as the destination of a drawing operation or as source when drawing onto another surface. To draw to a cairo_surface_t, create a cairo context with the surface as the target, using cairo_create(). There are different subtypes of cairo_surface_t for different drawing backends; for example, Image.surfaceCreate creates a bitmap image in memory. The type of a surface can be queried with Surface.getType. The initial contents of a surface after creation depend upon the manner of its creation. If cairo creates the surface and backing storage for the user, it will be initially cleared; for example, Image.surfaceCreate and Surface.createSimilar. Alternatively, if the user passes in a reference to some backing storage and asks cairo to wrap that in a cairo_surface_t, then the contents are not modified; for example, Image.surfaceCreateForData and cairo_xlib_surface_create(). Memory management of cairo_surface_t is done with Surface.reference and Surface.destroy. Since 1.0