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diff --git a/doc/reference/surfaces.rst b/doc/reference/surfaces.rst index b8cc399..0957649 100644 --- a/doc/reference/surfaces.rst +++ b/doc/reference/surfaces.rst @@ -626,6 +626,23 @@ Windows windows, bitmaps, and printing device contexts. cairo.FORMAT_RGB24, see :ref:`FORMAT attributes <constants_FORMAT>`. + +class XCBSurface(:class:`Surface`) +=================================== + +The XCB surface is used to render cairo graphics to X Window System windows +and pixmaps using the XCB library. + +Note that the XCB surface automatically takes advantage of X render extension +if it is available. + +.. class:: XCBSurface + + .. note:: *XCBSurface* cannot be instantiated directly because Python + interaction with XCB would require open source Python bindings to Xlib + which provided a C API. + + class XlibSurface(:class:`Surface`) =================================== |