Tkinter: Clipping a canvas text item

[Peter Otten]

Is there a way to limit both width and height of a canvas text item?
My current workaround seems clumsy:

import Tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
canvas = tk.Canvas(root, width=400, height=200, bg="white")
canvas.pack()

# simulate a clipped text item - never transparent :-(
s = "The long and winding road.."
lbl = tk.Label(root, text=s, anchor=tk.W, bg=canvas["bg"])
canvas.create_window(50, 80, width=100, height=20,
    window=lbl,
    anchor=tk.NW)

root.mainloop()

Thanks,
Peter