+extern bool       g_blockEventsOnDrag;
+extern wxCursor   g_globalCursor;
+extern wxWindowGTK *g_delayedFocus;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// helpers
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+static void wxGtkTextApplyTagsFromAttr(GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer,
+                                       const wxTextAttr& attr,
+                                       GtkTextIter *start,
+                                       GtkTextIter *end)
+{
+    static gchar buf[1024];
+    GtkTextTag *tag;
+
+    if (attr.HasFont())
+    {
+        char *font_string;
+        PangoFontDescription *font_description = attr.GetFont().GetNativeFontInfo()->description;
+        font_string = pango_font_description_to_string(font_description);
+        g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "WXFONT %s", font_string);
+        tag = gtk_text_tag_table_lookup( gtk_text_buffer_get_tag_table( text_buffer ),
+                                         buf );
+        if (!tag)
+            tag = gtk_text_buffer_create_tag( text_buffer, buf,
+                                              "font-desc", font_description,
+                                              NULL );
+        gtk_text_buffer_apply_tag (text_buffer, tag, start, end);
+        g_free (font_string);
+    }
+
+    if (attr.HasTextColour())
+    {
+        GdkColor *colFg = attr.GetTextColour().GetColor();
+        g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "WXFORECOLOR %d %d %d",
+                   colFg->red, colFg->green, colFg->blue);
+        tag = gtk_text_tag_table_lookup( gtk_text_buffer_get_tag_table( text_buffer ),
+                                         buf );
+        if (!tag)
+            tag = gtk_text_buffer_create_tag( text_buffer, buf,
+                                              "foreground-gdk", colFg, NULL );
+        gtk_text_buffer_apply_tag (text_buffer, tag, start, end);
+    }
+
+    if (attr.HasBackgroundColour())
+    {
+        GdkColor *colBg = attr.GetBackgroundColour().GetColor();
+        g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "WXBACKCOLOR %d %d %d",
+                   colBg->red, colBg->green, colBg->blue);
+        tag = gtk_text_tag_table_lookup( gtk_text_buffer_get_tag_table( text_buffer ),
+                                         buf );
+        if (!tag)
+            tag = gtk_text_buffer_create_tag( text_buffer, buf,
+                                              "background-gdk", colBg, NULL );
+        gtk_text_buffer_apply_tag (text_buffer, tag, start, end);
+    }
+}
+
+static void wxGtkTextInsert(GtkWidget *text,
+                            GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer,
+                            const wxTextAttr& attr,
+                            wxCharBuffer buffer)
+
+{
+    gint start_offset;
+    GtkTextIter iter, start;
+
+    gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark( text_buffer, &iter,
+                                     gtk_text_buffer_get_insert (text_buffer) );
+    start_offset = gtk_text_iter_get_offset (&iter);
+    gtk_text_buffer_insert( text_buffer, &iter, buffer, strlen(buffer) );
+
+    gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_offset (text_buffer, &start, start_offset);
+
+    wxGtkTextApplyTagsFromAttr(text_buffer, attr, &start, &iter);
+}
+#else
+static void wxGtkTextInsert(GtkWidget *text,
+                            const wxTextAttr& attr,
+                            const char *txt,
+                            size_t len)
+{
+    GdkFont *font = attr.HasFont() ? attr.GetFont().GetInternalFont()
+                                   : NULL;
+
+    GdkColor *colFg = attr.HasTextColour() ? attr.GetTextColour().GetColor()
+                                           : NULL;
+
+    GdkColor *colBg = attr.HasBackgroundColour()
+                        ? attr.GetBackgroundColour().GetColor()
+                        : NULL;
+
+    gtk_text_insert( GTK_TEXT(text), font, colFg, colBg, txt, len );
+}
+#endif // GTK 1.x
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// "insert_text" for GtkEntry
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static void
+gtk_insert_text_callback(GtkEditable *editable,
+                         const gchar *new_text,
+                         gint new_text_length,
+                         gint *position,
+                         wxTextCtrl *win)
+{
+    if (g_isIdle)
+        wxapp_install_idle_handler();
+
+    // we should only be called if we have a max len limit at all
+    GtkEntry *entry = GTK_ENTRY (editable);
+
+    wxCHECK_RET( entry->text_max_length, _T("shouldn't be called") );
+
+    // check that we don't overflow the max length limit
+    //
+    // FIXME: this doesn't work when we paste a string which is going to be
+    //        truncated
+    if ( entry->text_length == entry->text_max_length )
+    {
+        // we don't need to run the base class version at all
+        gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name(GTK_OBJECT(editable), "insert_text");
+
+        // remember that the next changed signal is to be ignored to avoid
+        // generating a dummy wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
+        win->IgnoreNextTextUpdate();
+
+        // and generate the correct one ourselves
+        wxCommandEvent event(wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN, win->GetId());
+        event.SetEventObject(win);
+        event.SetString(win->GetValue());
+        win->GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent( event );
+    }
+}
+
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+// Implementation of wxTE_AUTO_URL for wxGTK2 by Mart Raudsepp,
+
+static void
+au_apply_tag_callback(GtkTextBuffer *buffer,
+                      GtkTextTag *tag,
+                      GtkTextIter *start,
+                      GtkTextIter *end,
+                      gpointer textctrl)
+{
+    if(tag == gtk_text_tag_table_lookup(gtk_text_buffer_get_tag_table(buffer), "wxUrl"))
+        g_signal_stop_emission_by_name(buffer, "apply_tag");
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  GtkTextCharPredicates for gtk_text_iter_*_find_char
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static gboolean
+pred_whitespace (gunichar ch, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    return g_unichar_isspace(ch);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+pred_non_whitespace (gunichar ch, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    return !g_unichar_isspace(ch);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+pred_nonpunct (gunichar ch, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    return !g_unichar_ispunct(ch);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+pred_nonpunct_or_slash (gunichar ch, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    return !g_unichar_ispunct(ch) || ch == '/';
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  Check for links between s and e and correct tags as necessary
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// This function should be made match better while being efficient at one point.
+// Most probably with a row of regular expressions.
+static void
+au_check_word( GtkTextIter *s, GtkTextIter *e )
+{
+    static const char *URIPrefixes[] =
+    {
+        "http://",
+        "ftp://",
+        "www.",
+        "ftp.",
+        "mailto://",
+        "https://",
+        "file://",
+        "nntp://",
+        "news://",
+        "telnet://",
+        "mms://",
+        "gopher://",
+        "prospero://",
+        "wais://",
+    };
+
+    GtkTextIter start = *s, end = *e;
+    GtkTextBuffer *buffer = gtk_text_iter_get_buffer(s);
+    
+    // Get our special link tag
+    GtkTextTag *tag = gtk_text_tag_table_lookup(gtk_text_buffer_get_tag_table(buffer), "wxUrl");
+
+    // Get rid of punctuation from beginning and end.
+    // Might want to move this to au_check_range if an improved link checking doesn't
+    // use some intelligent punctuation checking itself (beware of undesired iter modifications).
+    if(g_unichar_ispunct( gtk_text_iter_get_char( &start ) ) )
+        gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char( &start, pred_nonpunct, NULL, e );
+
+    gtk_text_iter_backward_find_char( &end, pred_nonpunct_or_slash, NULL, &start );
+    gtk_text_iter_forward_char(&end);
+
+    gchar* text = gtk_text_iter_get_text( &start, &end );
+    size_t len = strlen(text), prefix_len;
+    size_t n;
+
+    for( n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(URIPrefixes); ++n )
+    {
+        prefix_len = strlen(URIPrefixes[n]);
+        if((len > prefix_len) && !strncasecmp(text, URIPrefixes[n], prefix_len))
+            break;
+    }
+
+    if(n < WXSIZEOF(URIPrefixes))
+    {
+        gulong signal_id = g_signal_handler_find(buffer,
+                                                 (GSignalMatchType) (G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC),
+                                                 0, 0, NULL,
+                                                 (gpointer)au_apply_tag_callback, NULL);
+
+        g_signal_handler_block(buffer, signal_id);
+        gtk_text_buffer_apply_tag(buffer, tag, &start, &end);
+        g_signal_handler_unblock(buffer, signal_id);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+au_check_range(GtkTextIter *s,
+               GtkTextIter *range_end)
+{
+    GtkTextIter range_start = *s;
+    GtkTextIter word_end;
+    GtkTextBuffer *buffer = gtk_text_iter_get_buffer(s);
+    GtkTextTag *tag = gtk_text_tag_table_lookup(gtk_text_buffer_get_tag_table(buffer), "wxUrl");
+
+    gtk_text_buffer_remove_tag(buffer, tag, s, range_end);
+
+    if(g_unichar_isspace(gtk_text_iter_get_char(&range_start)))
+        gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char(&range_start, pred_non_whitespace, NULL, range_end);
+
+    while(!gtk_text_iter_equal(&range_start, range_end))
+    {
+        word_end = range_start;
+        gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char(&word_end, pred_whitespace, NULL, range_end);
+
+        // Now we should have a word delimited by range_start and word_end, correct link tags
+        au_check_word(&range_start, &word_end);
+
+        range_start = word_end;
+        gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char(&range_start, pred_non_whitespace, NULL, range_end);
+    }
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  "insert-text" for GtkTextBuffer
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static void
+au_insert_text_callback(GtkTextBuffer *buffer,
+                        GtkTextIter *end,
+                        gchar *text,
+                        gint len,
+                        wxTextCtrl *win)
+{
+    if (!len || !(win->GetWindowStyleFlag() & wxTE_AUTO_URL) )
+        return;
+
+    GtkTextIter start = *end;
+    gtk_text_iter_backward_chars(&start, g_utf8_strlen(text, len));
+
+    GtkTextIter line_start = start;
+    GtkTextIter line_end = *end;
+    GtkTextIter words_start = start;
+    GtkTextIter words_end = *end;
+
+    gtk_text_iter_set_line(&line_start, gtk_text_iter_get_line(&start));
+    gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end(&line_end);
+    gtk_text_iter_backward_find_char(&words_start, pred_whitespace, NULL, &line_start);
+    gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char(&words_end, pred_whitespace, NULL, &line_end);
+
+    au_check_range(&words_start, &words_end);
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  "delete-range" for GtkTextBuffer
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static void
+au_delete_range_callback(GtkTextBuffer *buffer,
+                         GtkTextIter *start,
+                         GtkTextIter *end,
+                         wxTextCtrl *win)
+{
+    if( !(win->GetWindowStyleFlag() & wxTE_AUTO_URL) )
+        return;
+
+    GtkTextIter line_start = *start, line_end = *end;
+
+    gtk_text_iter_set_line(&line_start, gtk_text_iter_get_line(start));
+    gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end(&line_end);
+    gtk_text_iter_backward_find_char(start, pred_whitespace, NULL, &line_start);
+    gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char(end, pred_whitespace, NULL, &line_end);
+
+    au_check_range(start, end);
+}
+
+
+#endif