[cairo] How can I find out where the line start in cairo_line_to

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 16:15 -0500, ying lcs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can you  please tell me if there is an api from cairo which I can call
> to find out where will the line start if I call cairo_line_to()?
> 
>  cairo_line_to(mCairo, pt.x, pt.y);

cairo_get_current_point()


> I have the above call in my code, but I am not sure where does the
> line start, I lost track of where did I move the starting point to.

Then use cairo_move_to()

> And how many ways I can change the starting point of cairo_line_to?
> The only way i know is cairo_move_to? is there anything else?

Most path operations implicitly moves the current point, but
cairo_move_to is the only one that only moves the current point and does
nothing else.

> Thank you.

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