old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  """Display text strings."""
  
  import VisionEgg
  VisionEgg.start_default_logging(); VisionEgg.watch_exceptions()
  
  from VisionEgg.Core import *
  from VisionEgg.FlowControl import Presentation
  from VisionEgg.Text import *
  
  screen = get_default_screen()
  screen.parameters.bgcolor = (0.0,0.0,1.0) # background blue (RGB)
  
  text = Text(text="Hello world!",
              color=(1.0,1.0,1.0), # alpha is ignored (set with max_alpha_param)
              position=(screen.size[0]/2,screen.size[1]/2),
              font_size=50,
              anchor='center')
  
  viewport = Viewport(screen=screen,
                      size=screen.size,
                      stimuli=[text])
  p = Presentation(go_duration=(5.0,'seconds'),viewports=[viewport])
  p.go()
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  """Display text strings."""
  
  import VisionEgg
  VisionEgg.start_default_logging(); VisionEgg.watch_exceptions()
  
  from VisionEgg.Core import get_default_screen, Viewport
  from VisionEgg.FlowControl import Presentation
  from VisionEgg.Text import Text
  
  screen = get_default_screen()
  screen.parameters.bgcolor = (0.0,0.0,1.0) # background blue (RGB)
  
  text = Text(text="Hello world!",
              color=(1.0,1.0,1.0), # alpha is ignored (set with max_alpha_param)
              position=(screen.size[0]/2,screen.size[1]/2),
              font_size=50,
              anchor='center')
  
  viewport = Viewport(screen=screen,
                      size=screen.size,
                      stimuli=[text])
  p = Presentation(go_duration=(5.0,'seconds'),viewports=[viewport])
  p.go()
  
subject: remove 'import *'