+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 );
+    }
+}