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3.8. Pixmap object

Pixmap objects are used to represent the Pixmap type. A Pixmap object can be obtained using the widget method CreatePixmap.

A Pixmap is an offscreen piece of memory in which the application can draw. Drawing in the pixmap can be done using a Graphics Context object which can be created using the CreateGC method. The pixmap can be copied to a window or another pixmap using the CopyArea and CopyPlane methods.

Pixmap objects (pixmap_objects) have the following methods:

CopyArea (destobject, gc_object, src_x, src_y, width, height, dest_x, dest_y) -- Method on Pixmap object: Returns None. This function corresponds with XCopyArea.

CopyPlane (destobject, gc_object, src_x, src_y, width, height, dest_x, dest_y, plane) -- Method on Pixmap object: Returns None. This function corresponds with XCopyPlane.

CreateGC (gc_dict) -- Method on Pixmap object: Returns gc_object. This function corresponds with XCreateGC.

ReadBitmapFile (file) -- Method on Pixmap object: Returns (width, height, pixmap_object, hotspot_x, hotspot_y). This function corresponds with XReadBitmapFile.