diff --git a/newctrl/window_unix.go b/newctrl/window_unix.go
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+// +build !windows,!darwin
+
+// 7 july 2014
+
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// #include "gtk_unix.h"
+// extern gboolean windowClosing(GtkWidget *, GdkEvent *, gpointer);
+// extern void windowResized(GtkWidget *, GdkRectangle *, gpointer);
+import "C"
+
+type window struct {
+	widget *C.GtkWidget
+	wc     *C.GtkContainer
+	bin    *C.GtkBin
+	window *C.GtkWindow
+
+	group *C.GtkWindowGroup
+
+	closing *event
+
+	child			Control
+	container		*container
+
+	margined		bool
+}
+
+func newWindow(title string, width int, height int, control Control) *window {
+	widget := C.gtk_window_new(C.GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
+	ctitle := togstr(title)
+	defer freegstr(ctitle)
+	w := &window{
+		widget:  widget,
+		wc:      (*C.GtkContainer)(unsafe.Pointer(widget)),
+		bin:     (*C.GtkBin)(unsafe.Pointer(widget)),
+		window:  (*C.GtkWindow)(unsafe.Pointer(widget)),
+		closing: newEvent(),
+		child:	control,
+	}
+	C.gtk_window_set_title(w.window, ctitle)
+	g_signal_connect(
+		C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(w.window)),
+		"delete-event",
+		C.GCallback(C.windowClosing),
+		C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(w)))
+	C.gtk_window_resize(w.window, C.gint(width), C.gint(height))
+	w.container = newContainer()
+	w.child.setParent(w.container.parent())
+	w.container.setParent(&controlParent{w.wc})
+	// notice that we connect this to the container
+	g_signal_connect_after(		// so we get it after the child container has been allocated
+		C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(w.container.widget)),
+		"size-allocate",
+		C.GCallback(C.windowResized),
+		C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(w)))
+	// for dialogs; otherwise, they will be modal to all windows, not just this one
+	w.group = C.gtk_window_group_new()
+	C.gtk_window_group_add_window(w.group, w.window)
+	return w
+}
+
+func (w *window) Title() string {
+	return fromgstr(C.gtk_window_get_title(w.window))
+}
+
+func (w *window) SetTitle(title string) {
+	ctitle := togstr(title)
+	defer freegstr(ctitle)
+	C.gtk_window_set_title(w.window, ctitle)
+}
+
+func (w *window) Show() {
+	C.gtk_widget_show_all(w.widget)
+}
+
+func (w *window) Hide() {
+	C.gtk_widget_hide(w.widget)
+}
+
+func (w *window) Close() {
+	C.gtk_widget_destroy(w.widget)
+}
+
+func (w *window) OnClosing(e func() bool) {
+	w.closing.setbool(e)
+}
+
+func (w *window) Margined() bool {
+	return w.margined
+}
+
+func (w *window) SetMargined(margined bool) {
+	w.margined = margined
+}
+
+//export windowClosing
+func windowClosing(wid *C.GtkWidget, e *C.GdkEvent, data C.gpointer) C.gboolean {
+	w := (*window)(unsafe.Pointer(data))
+	close := w.closing.fire()
+	if close {
+		return C.GDK_EVENT_PROPAGATE // will do gtk_widget_destroy(), which is what we want (thanks ebassi in irc.gimp.net/#gtk+)
+	}
+	return C.GDK_EVENT_STOP // keeps window alive
+}
+
+//export windowResized
+func windowResized(wid *C.GtkWidget, r *C.GdkRectangle, data C.gpointer) {
+	w := (*window)(unsafe.Pointer(data))
+	a := w.container.allocation(w.margined)
+	d := w.beginResize()
+	w.child.resize(int(a.x), int(a.y), int(a.width), int(a.height), d)
+}