Example: Cartesian coordinate system (I)

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public static int main (string[] args) {
	// Create a context:
	Cairo.ImageSurface surface = new Cairo.ImageSurface (Cairo.Format.ARGB32, 500, 500);
	Cairo.Context context = new Cairo.Context (surface);

	// Transformations:
	context.translate (250, 250);
	context.scale (1, -1);

	// Y-Axis:
	context.move_to (-250, 0);
	context.line_to (250, 0);
	context.stroke ();

	// X-Axis:
	context.move_to (0, -250);
	context.line_to (0, 250);
	context.stroke ();

	// P (20, 10)
	context.set_source_rgba (0, 0, 0, 1);
	context.arc (20, 10, 2, 0, 2*Math.PI);
	context.fill ();

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

	return 0;
}

 valac --pkg cairo cartesian-coordinate-system.vala

See:

• Cairo.Context.translate
• Cairo.Context.scale

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