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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+import pygtk
+pygtk.require('2.0')
+import gtk, gobject, cairo
+
+# Create a GTK+ widget on which we will draw using Cairo
+class Screen(gtk.DrawingArea):
+
+    # Draw in response to an expose-event
+    __gsignals__ = { "expose-event": "override" }
+
+    # Handle the expose-event by drawing
+    def do_expose_event(self, event):
+
+        # Create the cairo context
+        cr = self.window.cairo_create()
+
+        # Restrict Cairo to the exposed area; avoid extra work
+        cr.rectangle(event.area.x, event.area.y,
+                event.area.width, event.area.height)
+        cr.clip()
+
+        self.draw(cr, *self.window.get_size())
+
+    def draw(self, cr, width, height):
+        # Fill the background with gray
+        cr.set_source_rgb(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
+        cr.rectangle(0, 0, width, height)
+        cr.fill()
+
+# GTK mumbo-jumbo to show the widget in a window and quit when it's closed
+def run(Widget):
+    window = gtk.Window()
+    window.connect("delete-event", gtk.main_quit)
+    widget = Widget()
+    widget.show()
+    window.add(widget)
+    window.present()
+    gtk.main()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run(Screen)