GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 50845
gtk_paint_* can't draw a selected layout properly
Last modified: 2011-02-04 16:09:25 UTC
The problem is that you need to draw the layout twice, once with a clip region, and there's no way to pass in a clip region.
Not a problem, because gtk_paint_ has to keep the size and positions of text constant anyhow.