-        if (m_freezeCount++ == 0)
-        {
-            // freeze textview updates and remove buffer
-            g_signal_connect (m_text, "expose_event",
-                              G_CALLBACK (gtk_text_exposed_callback), this);
-            g_signal_connect (m_widget, "expose_event",
-                              G_CALLBACK (gtk_text_exposed_callback), this);
-            gtk_widget_set_sensitive(m_widget, false);
-            g_object_ref(m_buffer);
-            GtkTextBuffer* buf_new = gtk_text_buffer_new(NULL);
-            GtkTextMark* mark = GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text)->first_para_mark;
-            gtk_text_view_set_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text), buf_new);
-            // gtk_text_view_set_buffer adds its own reference
-            g_object_unref(buf_new);
-            // This mark should be deleted when the buffer is changed,
-            // but it's not (in GTK+ up to at least 2.10.6).
-            // Otherwise these anonymous marks start to build up in the buffer,
-            // and Freeze takes longer and longer each time it is called.
-            if (GTK_IS_TEXT_MARK(mark) && !gtk_text_mark_get_deleted(mark))
-                gtk_text_buffer_delete_mark(m_buffer, mark);
-        }
+        GTKFreezeWidget(m_text);
+
+        // removing buffer dramatically speeds up insertion:
+        g_object_ref(m_buffer);
+        GtkTextBuffer* buf_new = gtk_text_buffer_new(NULL);
+        GtkTextMark* mark = GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text)->first_para_mark;
+        gtk_text_view_set_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text), buf_new);
+        // gtk_text_view_set_buffer adds its own reference
+        g_object_unref(buf_new);
+        // This mark should be deleted when the buffer is changed,
+        // but it's not (in GTK+ up to at least 2.10.6).
+        // Otherwise these anonymous marks start to build up in the buffer,
+        // and Freeze takes longer and longer each time it is called.
+        if (GTK_IS_TEXT_MARK(mark) && !gtk_text_mark_get_deleted(mark))
+            gtk_text_buffer_delete_mark(m_buffer, mark);