+extern wxWindowGTK *g_delayedFocus;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// helpers
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+static void wxGtkTextInsert(GtkWidget *text,
+                            GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer,
+                            const wxTextAttr& attr,
+                            wxCharBuffer buffer)
+
+{
+    PangoFontDescription *font_description = attr.HasFont()
+                         ? attr.GetFont().GetNativeFontInfo()->description
+                         : NULL;
+
+    GdkColor *colFg = attr.HasTextColour() ? attr.GetTextColour().GetColor()
+                                           : NULL;
+
+    GdkColor *colBg = attr.HasBackgroundColour()
+                        ? attr.GetBackgroundColour().GetColor()
+                        : NULL;
+
+    GtkTextTag *tag;
+    tag = gtk_text_buffer_create_tag( text_buffer, NULL, "font-desc", font_description,
+                                     "foreground-gdk", colFg,
+                                     "background-gdk", colBg, NULL );
+
+    GtkTextIter iter;
+    gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark( text_buffer, &iter,
+                                     gtk_text_buffer_get_insert (text_buffer) );
+
+    gtk_text_buffer_insert_with_tags( text_buffer, &iter, buffer, strlen(buffer), tag, NULL );
+}
+#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