Chapter 6. Drawing Graphics and Text

This chapter describes the routines used to draw lines, geometrical figures, and text. It also discusses the use of the pixmaps, images, and regions. You should be familiar with the use of the graphics context before attempting to use these routines.

Drawing with computers is a little like drawing by hand. Holding the pencil is not hard, but getting anything recognizable to appear on the page is a different matter. Similarly, drawing with X is quite easy, but designing what to draw and where can be a challenge. We can do little more in this chapter than tell you how to hold the pencil; the rest is up to you.