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+// Copyright (C) 2007 Ole Laursen
+// Copyright (C) 2009 Ben Asselstine
+//
+// 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 3 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 Library 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+// 02110-1301, USA.
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <gtkmm.h>
+
+#include "defs.h"
+
+
+void show_error(const Glib::ustring &msg)
+{
+ Gtk::MessageDialog d(msg, Gtk::MESSAGE_ERROR);
+
+ d.set_modal();
+ d.set_title(_("Fatal error"));
+
+ d.run();
+}
+
+void show_fatal_error(const Glib::ustring &msg)
+{
+ show_error(msg);
+
+ exit(1);
+}
+