-// fail all version tests if the GTK+ version is so ancient that it doesn't
-// even have GTK_CHECK_VERSION
-#ifndef GTK_CHECK_VERSION
- #define GTK_CHECK_VERSION(a, b, c) 0
-#endif
+// pango_version_check symbol is quite recent ATM (4/2007)... so we
+// use our own wrapper which implements a smart trick.
+// Use this function as you'd use pango_version_check:
+//
+// if (!wx_pango_version_check(1,18,0))
+// ... call to a function available only in pango >= 1.18 ...
+//
+// and use it only to test for pango versions >= 1.16.0
+extern const gchar *wx_pango_version_check(int major, int minor, int micro);
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ #define wxGTK_CONV(s) s.utf8_str()
+ #define wxGTK_CONV_ENC(s, enc) wxGTK_CONV((s))
+ #define wxGTK_CONV_FONT(s, font) wxGTK_CONV((s))
+ #define wxGTK_CONV_SYS(s) wxGTK_CONV((s))
+
+ #define wxGTK_CONV_BACK(s) wxString::FromUTF8Unchecked(s)
+ #define wxGTK_CONV_BACK_ENC(s, enc) wxGTK_CONV_BACK(s)
+ #define wxGTK_CONV_BACK_FONT(s, font) wxGTK_CONV_BACK(s)
+ #define wxGTK_CONV_BACK_SYS(s) wxGTK_CONV_BACK(s)
+#else
+ #include "wx/font.h"