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+#
+# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2005  Donald N. Allingham
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+# $Id$
+
+import cgi
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# GTK/Gnome modules
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import gobject
+import gtk
+
+class LinkLabel(gtk.EventBox):
+
+    def __init__(self,label,func,handle):
+        gtk.EventBox.__init__(self)
+        self.orig_text = cgi.escape(label[0])
+        self.gender = label[1]
+        text = '<span underline="single">%s</span>' % self.orig_text
+        if label[1]:
+            text += u' %s' % label[1]
+        
+        self.label = gtk.Label(text)
+        self.label.set_use_markup(True)
+        self.label.set_alignment(0,0.5)
+
+        self.add(self.label)
+        self.set_visible_window(False)
+
+        self.connect('button-press-event',func,handle)
+        self.connect('enter-notify-event',self.enter_text,handle)
+        self.connect('leave-notify-event',self.leave_text,handle)
+        
+    def enter_text(self,obj,event,handle):
+        text = '<span foreground="blue" underline="single">%s</span>' % self.orig_text
+        if self.gender:
+            text += u" %s" % self.gender
+        self.label.set_text(text)
+        self.label.set_use_markup(True)
+
+    def leave_text(self,obj,event,handle):
+        text = '<span underline="single">%s</span>' % self.orig_text
+        if self.gender:
+            text += u" %s" % self.gender
+        self.label.set_text(text)
+        self.label.set_use_markup(True)
+
+class IconButton(gtk.EventBox):
+
+    def __init__(self,func,handle,icon=gtk.STOCK_EDIT):
+        gtk.EventBox.__init__(self)
+        image = gtk.Image()
+        image.set_from_stock(icon,gtk.ICON_SIZE_MENU)
+        image.show()
+        self.add(image)
+        self.show()
+        self.connect('button-press-event',func,handle)
+        
+class LinkBox(gtk.HBox):
+
+    def __init__(self,link,button):
+        gtk.HBox.__init__(self)
+        self.set_spacing(6)
+        self.pack_start(link,False)
+        self.pack_start(button,False)
+        self.show()
+
+class BasicLabel(gtk.Label):
+
+    def __init__(self,text):
+        gtk.Label.__init__(self,text)
+        self.set_alignment(0,0.5)
+        self.show()
+
+
+class MarkupLabel(gtk.Label):
+
+    def __init__(self,text):
+        gtk.Label.__init__(self,text)
+        self.set_alignment(0,0.5)
+        self.set_use_markup(True)
+        self.show()
+        
+