Thread: Move an object in cairo

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    Move an object in cairo

    Hey guys,

    I need to use Cairo for my college C project. My project consists in simulate Brownian movement and so I need to have lots of circles moving. But as this is very simple on other frameworks I've worked with (SDL, pygame), I do not understand how it's done in Cairo.

    Here is my problem: I use
    Code:
    cairo_translate(cr, x, y)
    to "move" my object within the drawing area. But as such, the referential for the other circles changes. I want to be able to change every circle independently from (0, 0) beign the upper left corner of the drawing area.


    Code:
        genRandVector(numOfBalls);
    
        /* creates big ball */
        cairo_set_line_width(cr, 5);
        cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0, 0, 0);
        cairo_arc(cr, balls_MAP[0].x, balls_MAP[0].y, CONF.big_rad, 0, 2 * M_PI);
    
        cairo_stroke_preserve(cr);
        cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0.9, 0.9, 0.9);
    
        cairo_fill(cr);
    
        /* creates other balls */
        int i;
        cairo_close_path(cr);
        cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0, 0, 0);
    
        for(i = 1; i < numOfBalls; i++) {
    
            cairo_arc(cr, balls_MAP[i].x, balls_MAP[i].y, CONF.small_rad, 0, 2 * M_PI);
            cairo_stroke_preserve(cr);
    
            cairo_fill(cr);
            cairo_close_path(cr);
        }
    At the moment all the circles are still. Thanks.

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    Have you looked at the animation examples here: Examples ?

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