Cairo example works with Python 2.7 but does not work in Python 3

Question

The simplest example. We create a window by means of Gtk, we add there area for drawing of Gtk.DrawingArea and on it we draw the text by means of Cairo.

Example:

#!/usr/bin/env python
from gi.repository import Gtk
import cairo

class MyWindow (Gtk.Window):

    def __init__(self):
        Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title='MyWindow')

        darea = Gtk.DrawingArea()
        darea.connect('draw', self.on_draw)
        self.add(darea)

    def on_draw(self, widget, ctx):
        ctx.set_source_rgb(0, 0, 0)
        ctx.select_font_face("Sans", cairo.FONT_SLANT_NORMAL,
            cairo.FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL)
        ctx.set_font_size(20)
        ctx.move_to(10, 20)
        ctx.show_text("Text...")

win = MyWindow()
win.connect('delete-event', Gtk.main_quit)
win.show_all()
Gtk.main()

At me everything perfectly works at Python 2.7, but only it is necessary to change Python for Python3 and the text isn't drawn any more. In what there can be a problem?

Works for me with Python 3.2.3 on Ubuntu 12.10. Which distribution are you using? — Pedro Romano
– Pedro Romano, Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 8:29
I use Ubuntu 12.04. On how many I know in ubuntu 12.10 python 3 is used by default? And in Ubuntu 12.04 python 2.7 is used. Can to me any established packages doesn't suffice? — Wolfgang
– Wolfgang, Commented Nov 15, 2012 at 5:11

user1991535 · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-18 19:37:52Z

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Had the same problem... turns out you'll get no complaints if you're missing a few packages.

try apt-get install python3-gi-cairo and give it another try. Worked for me (including your code).

answered Jan 18, 2013 at 19:37

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John Greene Over a year ago

Is there an python3-gi-cairo equivalent for RPM-base repository?

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