So here is something of a chronicle of my experiences playing with (or being forced to play with) gtk+. The long-run idea behind which being that if I understand and manipulate gtk+ to make it perform my every whim, I will be a better person and so will you. That of course is not the REAL idea, but this page is only about my adventures with gtk+ and my reasons for playing with it are beyond the scope of this document (god I've always wanted to say that).