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+# Copyright (C) 2007, One Laptop Per Child
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+"""
+Spec in ticket #2999.
+"""
+
+import gtk
+
+from sugar.graphics.palette import Palette
+from sugar.graphics.icon import Icon
+
+import common
+
+test = common.Test()
+test.set_border_width(60)
+
+text_view = gtk.TextView()
+text_view.props.buffer.props.text = 'Blah blah blah, blah blah blah.'
+test.pack_start(text_view)
+text_view.show()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    common.main(test)