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Overview
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.. currentmodule:: cairo
Pycairo is a Python binding for the cairo graphics library.
The Pycairo bindings are designed to match the cairo C API as closely as
possible, and to deviate only in cases which are clearly better implemented in
a more 'Pythonic' way.
Features of the Pycairo bindings:
* Provides an object oriented interface to cairo, using Python 2.2 new style classes.
* Pycairo_Check_Status() is called to check the status of cairo operations, and raise exceptions as appropriate.
* Provides a C API that can be used by other Python extensions.
The C cairo functions cairo_reference(), cairo_destroy(),
cairo_surface_reference(), cairo_surface_destroy() (and their equivalents for
surfaces and patterns) are not made public by the pycairo bindings. This is
because pycairo handles cairo object construction and destruction.
To use the pycairo library::
import cairo
See :ref:`Reference <reference_index>` for further details.
For examples of pycairo code see the 'examples' directory that comes with the
pycairo distribution.
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