diff --git a/redo/unix/GNUmakeinc.mk b/redo/unix/GNUmakeinc.mk
index 301698b8..b64534ba 100644
--- a/redo/unix/GNUmakeinc.mk
+++ b/redo/unix/GNUmakeinc.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ osCFILES = \
 	unix/separator.c \
 	unix/slider.c \
 	unix/spinbox.c \
+	unix/stddialogs.c \
 	unix/tab.c \
 	unix/text.c \
 	unix/util.c \
diff --git a/redo/unix/container.c b/redo/unix/container.c
index d22473f2..644a45f1 100644
--- a/redo/unix/container.c
+++ b/redo/unix/container.c
@@ -150,5 +150,6 @@ uintptr_t uiMakeContainer(uiControl *c)
 
 	widget = GTK_WIDGET(g_object_new(containerWidgetType, NULL));
 	uiUnixMakeSingleWidgetControl(c, widget);
+	containerWidget(widget)->c = c;
 	return (uintptr_t) widget;
 }
diff --git a/redo/unix/menu.c b/redo/unix/menu.c
index a997ea6a..8ee571cb 100644
--- a/redo/unix/menu.c
+++ b/redo/unix/menu.c
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ static uiMenuItem *newItem(struct menu *m, int type, const char *name)
 		complain("attempt to create a new menu item after menus have been finalized");
 
 	item = uiNew(struct menuItem);
+	uiTyped(item)->Type = uiTypeMenuItem();
+
 	g_array_append_val(m->items, item);
 
 	item->type = type;
@@ -248,6 +250,8 @@ uiMenu *uiNewMenu(const char *name)
 		menus = g_array_new(FALSE, TRUE, sizeof (struct menu *));
 
 	m = uiNew(struct menu);
+	uiTyped(m)->Type = uiTypeMenu();
+
 	g_array_append_val(menus, m);
 
 	m->name = g_strdup(name);
diff --git a/redo/unix/stddialogs.c b/redo/unix/stddialogs.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25f48b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redo/unix/stddialogs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// 26 june 2015
+#include "uipriv_unix.h"
+
+char *uiOpenFile(void)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+char *uiSaveFile(void)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void uiMsgBox(const char *title, const char *description)
+{
+}
+
+void uiMsgBoxError(const char *title, const char *description)
+{
+}
diff --git a/redo/unix/window.c b/redo/unix/window.c
index d2600a62..9bcd5fda 100644
--- a/redo/unix/window.c
+++ b/redo/unix/window.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void windowSetChild(uiWindow *ww, uiControl *child)
 		uiControlSetParent(w->child, NULL);
 	w->child = child;
 	if (w->child != NULL) {
-		uiControlSetParent(w->child, uiControl(w));
+//TODO		uiControlSetParent(w->child, uiControl(w));
 		uiControlQueueResize(w->child);
 	}
 }