m_focusWidget = m_text;
 
     PostCreation();
-
-    SetFont( parent->GetFont() );
+    InheritAttributes();
 
     wxSize size_best( DoGetBestSize() );
     wxSize new_size( size );
         gtk_editable_delete_selection( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text) );
         wxGtkTextInsert(m_text, m_defaultStyle, text.c_str(), text.Len());
 
+        // we called wxGtkTextInsert with correct font, no need to do anything
+        // in UpdateFontIfNeeded() any longer
+        if ( !text.empty() )
+        {
+            m_updateFont = FALSE;
+        }
+
         // Bring editable's cursor back uptodate.
         SET_EDITABLE_POS(m_text, gtk_text_get_point( GTK_TEXT(m_text) ));
 #endif // GTK 1.x/2.0
             return buf;
         }
         else
-#endif
         {
             return wxEmptyString;
         }
+#else
+        GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer;
+        text_buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text));
+        GtkTextIter line;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_line(text_buffer,&line,lineNo);
+        GtkTextIter end;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter(text_buffer,&end );
+        gchar *text = gtk_text_buffer_get_text(text_buffer,&line,&end,TRUE);
+        wxString result(wxGTK_CONV_BACK(text));
+        g_free(text);
+        return result.BeforeFirst(wxT('\n'));
+#endif
     }
     else
     {