Example: Line styles

public static int main (string[] args) {
// Create a context:
Cairo.ImageSurface surface = new Cairo.ImageSurface (Cairo.Format.ARGB32, 200, 80);
Cairo.Context context = new Cairo.Context (surface);

// Draw lines:
context.set_line_width (10);

// Line 1:
context.set_dash ({10, 5}, 0);
context.set_source_rgba (0, 0, 1, 1);
context.move_to (10, 20);
context.rel_line_to (180, 0);
context.stroke ();

// Line 2:
context.set_dash ({10, 5, 10, 5, 10, 5, 20, 5}, 0);
context.set_source_rgba (0, 0, 1, 1);
context.move_to (10, 40);
context.rel_line_to (180, 0);
context.stroke ();

// Line 3:
context.set_dash ({10, 5, 10, 5, 10, 5, 20, 5}, 10);
context.set_source_rgba (0, 0, 1, 1);
context.move_to (10, 60);
context.rel_line_to (180, 0);
context.stroke ();

// Save the image:
surface.write_to_png ("img.png");

return 0;
}

 valac --pkg cairo dashed-lines.vala

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