Method Cairo.Context()->clip()

Method clip

void clip()

Description

Establishes a new clip region by intersecting the current clip region with the current path as it would be filled by fill() and according to the current fill rule (see set_fill_rule()).

After clip(), the current path will be cleared from the cairo context.

The current clip region affects all drawing operations by effectively masking out any changes to the surface that are outside the current clip region.

Calling clip() can only make the clip region smaller, never larger. But the current clip is part of the graphics state, so a temporary restriction of the clip region can be achieved by calling clip() within a save()/restore() pair. The only other means of increasing the size of the clip region is reset_clip().