+ m_oldStatusText = statbar->GetStatusText(m_statusBarPane);
+ if ( m_oldStatusText.empty() )
+ {
+ // use special value to prevent us from doing this the next time
+ m_oldStatusText += wxT('\0');
+ }
+ }
+
+ m_lastHelpShown =
+ text = help;
+ }
+ else // hide help, restore the original text
+ {
+ // clear the last shown help string but remember its value
+ wxString lastHelpShown;
+ lastHelpShown.swap(m_lastHelpShown);
+
+ // also clear the old status text but remember it too to restore it
+ // below
+ text.swap(m_oldStatusText);
+
+ if ( statbar->GetStatusText(m_statusBarPane) != lastHelpShown )
+ {
+ // if the text was changed with an explicit SetStatusText() call
+ // from the user code in the meanwhile, do not overwrite it with
+ // the old status bar contents -- this is almost certainly not what
+ // the user expects and would be very hard to avoid from user code
+ return;