+        /* bring editable's cursor uptodate. bug in GTK. */
+        GTK_EDITABLE(m_text)->current_pos += text.Len();
+
+        /* bring entry's cursor uptodate. bug in GTK. */
+        gtk_entry_set_position( GTK_ENTRY(m_text), GTK_EDITABLE(m_text)->current_pos );
+    }
+}
+
+void wxTextCtrl::AppendText( const wxString &text )
+{
+    wxCHECK_RET( m_text != NULL, wxT("invalid text ctrl") );
+
+    if (text.IsEmpty()) return;
+
+    if (m_windowStyle & wxTE_MULTILINE)
+    {
+        bool hasSpecialAttributes = m_font.Ok() ||
+                                    m_foregroundColour.Ok() ||
+                                    m_backgroundColour.Ok();
+        if ( hasSpecialAttributes )
+        {
+             gtk_text_insert( GTK_TEXT(m_text),
+                              m_font.GetInternalFont(),
+                              m_foregroundColour.GetColor(),
+                              m_backgroundColour.GetColor(),
+                              text.mbc_str(), text.length());
+
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* we'll insert at the last position */
+            gint len = gtk_text_get_length( GTK_TEXT(m_text) );
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+            wxWX2MBbuf buf = text.mbc_str();
+            gtk_editable_insert_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), buf, strlen(buf), &len );
+#else
+            gtk_editable_insert_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), text, text.Length(), &len );
+#endif
+        }
+
+        /* bring editable's cursor uptodate. bug in GTK. */
+        GTK_EDITABLE(m_text)->current_pos = gtk_text_get_point( GTK_TEXT(m_text) );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        gtk_entry_append_text( GTK_ENTRY(m_text), text.mbc_str() );
+    }
+}
+
+wxString wxTextCtrl::GetLineText( long lineNo ) const
+{