createLayout

Creates a layout object set up to match the current transformation and target surface of the Cairo context.

This layout can then be used for text measurement with functions like [pango.layout.Layout.getSize] or drawing with functions like funcshow_layout. If you change the transformation or target surface for cr, you need to call funcupdate_layout.

This function is the most convenient way to use Cairo with Pango, however it is slightly inefficient since it creates a separate [pango.context.Context] object for each layout. This might matter in an application that was laying out large amounts of text.