diff --git a/redo/containers_unix.go b/redo/containers_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20d1bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redo/containers_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// 25 july 2014
+
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// #include "gtk_unix.h"
+// extern void layoutResizing(GtkWidget *, GdkRectangle *, gpointer);
+import "C"
+
+type tab struct {
+	*widgetbase
+	notebook		*C.GtkNotebook
+
+	containers	[]*container
+	layoutws		[]*C.GtkWidget
+	layoutcs		[]*C.GtkContainer
+	layouts		[]*C.GtkLayout
+}
+
+func newTab() Tab {
+	widget := C.gtk_notebook_new()
+	t := &tab{
+		widgetbase:	newWidget(widget),
+		notebook:		(*C.GtkNotebook)(unsafe.Pointer(widget)),
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
+func (t *tab) Append(name string, control Control) {
+	// TODO isolate and standardize
+	layout := C.gtk_layout_new(nil, nil)
+	t.layoutws = append(t.layoutws, layout)
+	t.layoutcs = append(t.layoutcs, (*C.GtkContainer)(unsafe.Pointer(layout)))
+	t.layouts = append(t.layouts, (*C.GtkLayout)(unsafe.Pointer(layout)))
+	c := new(container)
+	c.beginResize = beginResize
+	t.containers = append(t.containers, c)
+	c.child = control
+	c.child.setParent((*C.GtkContainer)(unsafe.Pointer(layout)))
+	g_signal_connect_after(
+		C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(layout)),
+		"size-allocate",
+		C.GCallback(C.layoutResizing),
+		C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(c)))
+	cname := togstr(name)
+	defer freegstr(cname)
+	tab := C.gtk_notebook_append_page(t.notebook,
+		layout,
+		C.gtk_label_new(cname))
+	if tab == -1 {
+		panic("gtk_notebook_append_page() failed")
+	}
+}
+
+//export layoutResizing
+func layoutResizing(wid *C.GtkWidget, r *C.GdkRectangle, data C.gpointer) {
+	c := (*container)(unsafe.Pointer(data))
+	c.resize(int(r.width), int(r.height))
+}
diff --git a/redo/controls_unix.go b/redo/controls_unix.go
index 21c01e4..4867e7d 100644
--- a/redo/controls_unix.go
+++ b/redo/controls_unix.go
@@ -120,7 +120,3 @@ func (c *checkbox) Checked() bool {
 func (c *checkbox) SetChecked(checked bool) {
 	C.gtk_toggle_button_set_active(c.toggle, togbool(checked))
 }
-
-//TODO
-func newTab() Tab{return newButton("tab")}
-func(*button)Append(string,Control){}
diff --git a/redo/sizing.go b/redo/sizing.go
index 5bf1e84..0db6216 100644
--- a/redo/sizing.go
+++ b/redo/sizing.go
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ type sizingbase struct {
 	ypadding		int
 }
 
-// this ensures that all *windows across all platforms contain the necessary functions
-// if this fails to compile, we have a problem
-var windowSizeEnsure interface {
-	beginResize() *sizing
-	endResize(*sizing)
-	translateAllocationCoords([]*allocation, int, int)
-} = &window{}
-
 type controlSizing interface {
 	allocate(x int, y int, width int, height int, d *sizing) []*allocation
 	preferredSize(*sizing) (int, int)
@@ -33,8 +25,8 @@ type controlSizing interface {
 	getAuxResizeInfo(*sizing)
 }
 
-// on Windows, this is only embedded by window, as all other containers cannot have their own children
-// on GTK+ and Mac OS X, one is embedded by window and all containers; the containers call container.continueResize()
+// on Windows, this is only embedded by window, as all other containers cannot have their own children; beginResize() points to an instance method literal (TODO get correct term) from window
+// on GTK+ and Mac OS X, one is embedded by window and all containers; beginResize() points to a global function (TODO NOT GOOD; ideally the sizing data should be passed across size-allocate requests)
 type container struct {
 	child			Control
 	spaced		bool
@@ -46,13 +38,6 @@ func (c *container) resize(width, height int) {
 		return
 	}
 	d := c.beginResize()
-	c.continueResize(width, height, d)
-}
-
-func (c *container) continueResize(width, height int, d *sizing) {
-	if c.child == nil {		// no children; nothing to do
-		return
-	}
 	allocations := c.child.allocate(0, 0, width, height, d)
 	c.translateAllocationCoords(allocations, width, height)
 	// move in reverse so as to approximate right->left order so neighbors make sense
diff --git a/redo/sizing_unix.go b/redo/sizing_unix.go
index 5b19f9e..2180b8d 100644
--- a/redo/sizing_unix.go
+++ b/redo/sizing_unix.go
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ const (
 	gtkYPadding = 6
 )
 
-func (w *window) beginResize() (d *sizing) {
+func beginResize() (d *sizing) {
 	d = new(sizing)
-	if w.spaced {
-		d.xmargin = gtkXMargin
-		d.ymargin = gtkYMargin
-		d.xpadding = gtkXPadding
-		d.ypadding = gtkYPadding
-	}
+//TODO
+//	if w.spaced {
+//		d.xmargin = gtkXMargin
+//		d.ymargin = gtkYMargin
+//		d.xpadding = gtkXPadding
+//		d.ypadding = gtkYPadding
+//	}
 	return d
 }
 
diff --git a/redo/window_unix.go b/redo/window_unix.go
index 6ab68b1..736ad7e 100644
--- a/redo/window_unix.go
+++ b/redo/window_unix.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func newWindow(title string, width int, height int, control Control) *window {
 		closing:		newEvent(),
 		container:		new(container),
 	}
-	w.container.beginResize = w.beginResize
+	w.container.beginResize = beginResize
 	C.gtk_window_set_title(w.window, ctitle)
 	g_signal_connect(
 		C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(w.window)),