README

Pycairo - Python bindings for cairo
http://www.cairographics.org/pycairo

Dependencies
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    cairo   >= 1.10.0
    Python  >= 2.6

Compiling
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See the INSTALL document for build instructions.

Documentation
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The 'doc' directory contains reStructuredText files which are used by Sphinx
to generate html (and other format) documentation.

License
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Pycairo is free software and is available to be redistributed and/or modified
under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version
2.1 or the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 1.1.

Contact
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Mailing List:
If you have some ideas for how cairo or Pycairo could be improved, please feel
free to send a message to cairo@cairographics.org
    http://cairographics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cairo

Bugzilla:
If you find a bug in Pycairo, please go to
    https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=pycairo
and submit a bugreport.

IMPORTANT: make sure you state which version of cairo, pycairo, and Python you
are using when you report a problem or bug.

>>> import cairo
>>> cairo.cairo_version_string()  # shows the cairo version
>>> cairo.version                 # shows the pycairo version