cairo_pattern_t *pat;

snippet_normalize (cr, width, height);

pat = cairo_pattern_create_linear (0.0, 0.0,  0.0, 1.0);
cairo_pattern_add_color_stop (pat, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1);
cairo_pattern_add_color_stop (pat, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1);
cairo_set_pattern (cr, pat);

// test rectangle - make sure the gradient is set correctly
cairo_rectangle (cr, 0, 0, 0.1, 1);
cairo_fill (cr);		   

cairo_select_font (cr, "Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
cairo_scale_font (cr, 0.4);
cairo_move_to (cr, 0.1, 0.6);
cairo_show_text (cr, "cairo");