'Create a new text widget.
:type canvas: Tkinter.Canvas
:param canvas: This canvas widget\'s canvas.
:type text: str
:param text: The string of text to display.
:param attribs: The new canvas widget\'s attributes.'

def __init__(self, canvas, text, **attribs):

    self._text = text
    self._tag = canvas.create_text(1, 1, text=text)
    CanvasWidget.__init__(self, canvas, **attribs)
