How to create more space leading to and trailing PangoLayout text output with background color?

[Daniel Yek <dyek real com>]

Hi,

In a widget subclass, I'm using a PangoLayout object to render a markup 
string. Because white spaces in the markup is discarded, I am looking for a 
way to control the space rendered leading to the text and the spaces 
trailing to it. The spaces have different background color than the 
surrounding.

What is the best way to create spaces in the Pango rendering of markup?

Thanks!


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Daniel Yek