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* activate the view from the constructor. This makes sure that the
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * \file qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
+ * \file GuiApplication.cpp
  * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
  * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
  *
 #include "GuiApplication.h"
 
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
-#include "QLImage.h"
-#include "socket_callback.h"
+#include "GuiImage.h"
+#include "GuiKeySymbol.h"
+#include "GuiView.h"
 
-#include "frontends/LyXView.h"
-
-#include "graphics/LoaderQueue.h"
+#include "frontends/alert.h"
+#include "frontends/Application.h"
+#include "frontends/FontLoader.h"
+#include "frontends/FontMetrics.h"
 
+#include "Buffer.h"
+#include "BufferList.h"
+#include "BufferView.h"
+#include "Font.h"
+#include "FuncRequest.h"
+#include "FuncStatus.h"
+#include "LyX.h"
+#include "LyXFunc.h"
+#include "LyXRC.h"
+#include "Session.h"
+#include "version.h"
+
+#include "support/debug.h"
+#include "support/ExceptionMessage.h"
+#include "support/FileName.h"
+#include "support/ForkedCalls.h"
+#include "support/gettext.h"
 #include "support/lstrings.h"
 #include "support/os.h"
-#include "support/package.h"
-
-#include "BufferView.h"
-#include "Color.h"
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "funcrequest.h"
-#include "lyx_main.h"
-#include "lyxfunc.h"
-#include "lyxrc.h"
+#include "support/Package.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QClipboard>
 #include <QFileOpenEvent>
 #include <QLocale>
 #include <QLibraryInfo>
+#include <QMenuBar>
+#include <QPixmapCache>
+#include <QRegExp>
+#include <QSessionManager>
+#include <QSocketNotifier>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QTranslator>
 #ifdef Q_WS_X11
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#undef CursorShape
+#undef None
 #endif
 
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
 
 #include <exception>
 
-using std::string;
-using std::endl;
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// You can find other X11 specific stuff
-// at the end of this file...
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-namespace {
-
-int getDPI()
-{
-       QWidget w;
-       return int(0.5 * (w.logicalDpiX() + w.logicalDpiY()));
-}
-
-} // namespace anon
-
+using namespace std;
+using namespace lyx::support;
 
 namespace lyx {
 
@@ -83,21 +85,93 @@ frontend::Application * createApplication(int & argc, char * argv[])
 
 namespace frontend {
 
-GuiApplication * guiApp;
+class SocketNotifier : public QSocketNotifier
+{
+public:
+       /// connect a connection notification from the LyXServerSocket
+       SocketNotifier(QObject * parent, int fd, Application::SocketCallback func)
+               : QSocketNotifier(fd, QSocketNotifier::Read, parent), func_(func)
+       {}
 
+public:
+       /// The callback function
+       Application::SocketCallback func_;
+};
 
-GuiApplication::~GuiApplication()
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Mac specific stuff goes here...
+
+class MenuTranslator : public QTranslator
 {
-       socket_callbacks_.clear();
-}
+public:
+       MenuTranslator(QObject * parent)
+               : QTranslator(parent)
+       {}
+
+       QString translate(const char * /*context*/, 
+         const char * sourceText, 
+         const char * /*comment*/ = 0) 
+       {
+               string const s = sourceText;
+               if (s == N_("About %1") || s == N_("Preferences") 
+                               || s == N_("Reconfigure") || s == N_("Quit %1"))
+                       return qt_(s);
+               else 
+                       return QString();
+       }
+};
+
+class GlobalMenuBar : public QMenuBar
+{
+public:
+       ///
+       GlobalMenuBar() : QMenuBar(0) {}
+       
+       ///
+       bool event(QEvent * e)
+       {
+               if (e->type() == QEvent::ShortcutOverride) {
+                       //          && activeWindow() == 0) {
+                       QKeyEvent * ke = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(e);
+                       KeySymbol sym;
+                       setKeySymbol(&sym, ke);
+                       theLyXFunc().processKeySym(sym, q_key_state(ke->modifiers()));
+                       e->accept();
+                       return true;
+               }
+               return false;
+       }
+};
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// You can find more platform specific stuff
+// at the end of this file...
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+GuiApplication * guiApp;
 
 
 GuiApplication::GuiApplication(int & argc, char ** argv)
-       : QApplication(argc, argv), Application(argc, argv)
+       : QApplication(argc, argv), Application(), current_view_(0), global_menubar_(0)
 {
-       // Qt bug? setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(true); does not work
+       QString app_name = "LyX";
+       QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName(app_name);
+       QCoreApplication::setOrganizationDomain("lyx.org");
+       QCoreApplication::setApplicationName(app_name + "-" + lyx_version);
+
+       // FIXME: quitOnLastWindowClosed is true by default. We should have a
+       // lyxrc setting for this in order to let the application stay resident.
+       // But then we need some kind of dock icon, at least on Windows.
+       /*
+       if (lyxrc.quit_on_last_window_closed)
+               setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
+       */
+#ifdef Q_WS_MAC
        setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
-
+#endif
+       
 #ifdef Q_WS_X11
        // doubleClickInterval() is 400 ms on X11 which is just too long.
        // On Windows and Mac OS X, the operating system's value is used.
@@ -108,48 +182,253 @@ GuiApplication::GuiApplication(int & argc, char ** argv)
 
        // install translation file for Qt built-in dialogs
        QString language_name = QString("qt_") + QLocale::system().name();
-       language_name.truncate(5);
+       
+       // language_name can be short (e.g. qt_zh) or long (e.g. qt_zh_CN). 
+       // Short-named translator can be loaded from a long name, but not the
+       // opposite. Therefore, long name should be used without truncation.
+       // c.f. http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/qtranslator.html#load
        if (qt_trans_.load(language_name,
                QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath)))
        {
-               qApp->installTranslator(&qt_trans_);
+               installTranslator(&qt_trans_);
                // even if the language calls for RtL, don't do that
-               qApp->setLayoutDirection(Qt::LeftToRight);
-               LYXERR(Debug::GUI)
-                       << "Successfully installed Qt translations for locale "
-                       << fromqstr(language_name) << std::endl;
+               setLayoutDirection(Qt::LeftToRight);
+               LYXERR(Debug::GUI, "Successfully installed Qt translations for locale "
+                       << fromqstr(language_name));
        } else
-               LYXERR(Debug::GUI)
-                       << "Could not find  Qt translations for locale "
-                       << fromqstr(language_name) << std::endl;
+               LYXERR(Debug::GUI, "Could not find  Qt translations for locale "
+                       << fromqstr(language_name));
+
+#ifdef Q_WS_MACX
+       // This allows to translate the strings that appear in the LyX menu.
+       addMenuTranslator();
+#endif
+       connect(this, SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()), this, SLOT(onLastWindowClosed()));
 
        using namespace lyx::graphics;
 
-       Image::newImage = boost::bind(&QLImage::newImage);
-       Image::loadableFormats = boost::bind(&QLImage::loadableFormats);
+       Image::newImage = boost::bind(&GuiImage::newImage);
+       Image::loadableFormats = boost::bind(&GuiImage::loadableFormats);
 
        // needs to be done before reading lyxrc
-       lyxrc.dpi = getDPI();
-
-       LoaderQueue::setPriority(10,100);
+       QWidget w;
+       lyxrc.dpi = (w.logicalDpiX() + w.logicalDpiY()) / 2;
 
        guiApp = this;
+
+       // Set the cache to 5120 kilobytes which corresponds to screen size of
+       // 1280 by 1024 pixels with a color depth of 32 bits.
+       QPixmapCache::setCacheLimit(5120);
+
+       // Initialize RC Fonts
+       if (lyxrc.roman_font_name.empty())
+               lyxrc.roman_font_name = fromqstr(romanFontName());
+
+       if (lyxrc.sans_font_name.empty())
+               lyxrc.sans_font_name = fromqstr(sansFontName());
+
+       if (lyxrc.typewriter_font_name.empty())
+               lyxrc.typewriter_font_name = fromqstr(typewriterFontName());
+
+       general_timer_.setInterval(500);
+       connect(&general_timer_, SIGNAL(timeout()),
+               this, SLOT(handleRegularEvents()));
+       general_timer_.start();
+       
+#ifdef Q_WS_MACX
+       if (global_menubar_ == 0) {
+               // Create the global default menubar which is shown for the dialogs
+               // and if no GuiView is visible.
+               global_menubar_ = new GlobalMenuBar();
+       }
+#endif 
+}
+
+
+GuiApplication::~GuiApplication()
+{
+       socket_notifiers_.clear();
+}
+
+
+FuncStatus GuiApplication::getStatus(FuncRequest const & cmd)
+{
+       FuncStatus flag;
+       bool enable = true;
+
+       switch(cmd.action) {
+
+       case LFUN_WINDOW_CLOSE:
+               enable = view_ids_.size() > 0;
+               break;
+
+       default:
+               if (!current_view_) {
+                       enable = false;
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (!enable)
+               flag.enabled(false);
+
+       return flag;
 }
 
+       
+bool GuiApplication::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd)
+{
+       switch(cmd.action) {
+
+       case LFUN_WINDOW_NEW:
+               createView(toqstr(cmd.argument()));
+               break;
+
+       case LFUN_WINDOW_CLOSE:
+               // update bookmark pit of the current buffer before window close
+               for (size_t i = 0; i < LyX::ref().session().bookmarks().size(); ++i)
+                       theLyXFunc().gotoBookmark(i+1, false, false);
+               current_view_->close();
+               break;
+
+       case LFUN_LYX_QUIT:
+               // quitting is triggered by the gui code
+               // (leaving the event loop).
+               current_view_->message(from_utf8(N_("Exiting.")));
+               if (closeAllViews())
+                       quit();
+               break;
 
-Clipboard& GuiApplication::clipboard()
+       case LFUN_SCREEN_FONT_UPDATE: {
+               // handle the screen font changes.
+               font_loader_.update();
+               // Backup current_view_
+               GuiView * view = current_view_;
+               // Set current_view_ to zero to forbid GuiWorkArea::redraw()
+               // to skip the refresh.
+               current_view_ = 0;
+               BufferList::iterator it = theBufferList().begin();
+               BufferList::iterator const end = theBufferList().end();
+               for (; it != end; ++it)
+                       (*it)->changed();
+               // Restore current_view_
+               current_view_ = view;
+               break;
+       }
+
+       case LFUN_BUFFER_NEW:
+               if (viewCount() == 0
+                   || (!lyxrc.open_buffers_in_tabs && current_view_->buffer() != 0))
+                       createView();
+               current_view_->newDocument(to_utf8(cmd.argument()), false);
+               break;
+
+       case LFUN_BUFFER_NEW_TEMPLATE:
+               if (viewCount() == 0 
+                   || (!lyxrc.open_buffers_in_tabs && current_view_->buffer() != 0)) {
+                       createView();
+                       current_view_->newDocument(to_utf8(cmd.argument()), true);
+                       if (!current_view_->buffer())
+                               current_view_->close();
+               } else
+                       current_view_->newDocument(to_utf8(cmd.argument()), true);
+               break;
+
+       case LFUN_FILE_OPEN:
+               if (viewCount() == 0
+                   || (!lyxrc.open_buffers_in_tabs && current_view_->buffer() != 0)) {
+                       createView();
+                       current_view_->openDocument(to_utf8(cmd.argument()));
+                       if (!current_view_->buffer())
+                               current_view_->close();
+               } else
+                       current_view_->openDocument(to_utf8(cmd.argument()));
+               break;
+
+       default:
+               // Notify the caller that the action has not been dispatched.
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       // The action has been dispatched.
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::resetGui()
+{
+       map<int, GuiView *>::iterator it;
+       for (it = views_.begin(); it != views_.end(); ++it)
+               it->second->resetDialogs();
+
+       dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_SCREEN_FONT_UPDATE));
+}
+
+
+static void updateIds(map<int, GuiView *> const & stdmap, vector<int> & ids)
+{
+       ids.clear();
+       map<int, GuiView *>::const_iterator it;
+       for (it = stdmap.begin(); it != stdmap.end(); ++it)
+               ids.push_back(it->first);
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::createView(QString const & geometry_arg)
+{
+       if (global_menubar_)
+               global_menubar_->releaseKeyboard();
+
+       // create new view
+       updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
+       int id = 0;
+       while (views_.find(id) != views_.end())
+               id++;
+       GuiView * view = new GuiView(id);
+       
+       // copy the icon size from old view
+       if (viewCount() > 0)
+               view->setIconSize(current_view_->iconSize());
+
+       // register view
+       views_[id] = view;
+       updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
+
+       view->show();
+       if (!geometry_arg.isEmpty()) {
+#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+               int x, y;
+               int w, h;
+               QRegExp re( "[=]*(?:([0-9]+)[xX]([0-9]+)){0,1}[ ]*(?:([+-][0-9]*)([+-][0-9]*)){0,1}" );
+               re.indexIn(geometry_arg);
+               w = re.cap(1).toInt();
+               h = re.cap(2).toInt();
+               x = re.cap(3).toInt();
+               y = re.cap(4).toInt();
+               view->setGeometry(x, y, w, h);
+#endif
+       }
+       view->setFocus();
+       setActiveWindow(view);
+       setCurrentView(*view);
+}
+
+
+
+
+Clipboard & GuiApplication::clipboard()
 {
        return clipboard_;
 }
 
 
-Selection& GuiApplication::selection()
+Selection & GuiApplication::selection()
 {
        return selection_;
 }
 
 
-int const GuiApplication::exec()
+int GuiApplication::exec()
 {
        QTimer::singleShot(1, this, SLOT(execBatchCommands()));
        return QApplication::exec();
@@ -168,36 +447,60 @@ void GuiApplication::execBatchCommands()
 }
 
 
-string const GuiApplication::romanFontName()
+void GuiApplication::restoreGuiSession()
+{
+       if (!lyxrc.load_session)
+               return;
+
+       Session & session = LyX::ref().session();
+       vector<FileName> const & lastopened = session.lastOpened().getfiles();
+       // do not add to the lastfile list since these files are restored from
+       // last session, and should be already there (regular files), or should
+       // not be added at all (help files).
+       for_each(lastopened.begin(), lastopened.end(),
+               bind(&GuiView::loadDocument, current_view_, _1, false));
+
+       // clear this list to save a few bytes of RAM
+       session.lastOpened().clear();
+}
+
+
+QString const GuiApplication::romanFontName()
 {
        QFont font;
        font.setKerning(false);
        font.setStyleHint(QFont::Serif);
        font.setFamily("serif");
 
-       return fromqstr(QFontInfo(font).family());
+       return QFontInfo(font).family();
 }
 
 
-string const GuiApplication::sansFontName()
+QString const GuiApplication::sansFontName()
 {
        QFont font;
        font.setKerning(false);
        font.setStyleHint(QFont::SansSerif);
        font.setFamily("sans");
 
-       return fromqstr(QFontInfo(font).family());
+       return QFontInfo(font).family();
 }
 
 
-string const GuiApplication::typewriterFontName()
+QString const GuiApplication::typewriterFontName()
 {
        QFont font;
        font.setKerning(false);
        font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
        font.setFamily("monospace");
 
-       return fromqstr(QFontInfo(font).family());
+       return QFontInfo(font).family();
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::handleRegularEvents()
+{
+       ForkedCallsController::handleCompletedProcesses();
 }
 
 
@@ -207,8 +510,18 @@ bool GuiApplication::event(QEvent * e)
        case QEvent::FileOpen: {
                // Open a file; this happens only on Mac OS X for now
                QFileOpenEvent * foe = static_cast<QFileOpenEvent *>(e);
-               lyx::dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_FILE_OPEN,
-                                         fromqstr(foe->file())));
+
+               if (!current_view_ || !current_view_->view())
+                       // The application is not properly initialized yet.
+                       // So we acknowledge the event and delay the file opening
+                       // until LyX is ready.
+                       // FIXME UNICODE: FileName accept an utf8 encoded string.
+                       LyX::ref().addFileToLoad(fromqstr(foe->file()));
+               else
+                       lyx::dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_FILE_OPEN,
+                               qstring_to_ucs4(foe->file())));
+
+               e->accept();
                return true;
        }
        default:
@@ -219,37 +532,57 @@ bool GuiApplication::event(QEvent * e)
 
 bool GuiApplication::notify(QObject * receiver, QEvent * event)
 {
-       bool return_value;
        try {
-               return_value = QApplication::notify(receiver, event);
+               return QApplication::notify(receiver, event);
+       }
+       catch (ExceptionMessage const & e) {
+               switch(e.type_) { 
+               case ErrorException:
+                       LyX::cref().emergencyCleanup();
+                       setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
+                       closeAllViews();
+                       Alert::error(e.title_, e.details_);
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+                       // Properly crash in debug mode in order to get a useful backtrace.
+                       abort();
+#endif
+                       // In release mode, try to exit gracefully.
+                       this->exit(1);
+
+               case BufferException: {
+                       Buffer * buf = current_view_->buffer();
+                       docstring details = e.details_ + '\n';
+                       details += theBufferList().emergencyWrite(buf);
+                       theBufferList().release(buf);
+                       details += _("\nThe current document was closed.");
+                       Alert::error(e.title_, details);
+                       return false;
+               }
+               case WarningException:
+                       Alert::warning(e.title_, e.details_);
+                       return false;
+               };
        }
-       catch (std::exception  const & e) {
-               lyxerr << "Caught \"normal\" exception: " << e.what() << endl;
-               LyX::cref().emergencyCleanup();
-               abort();
+       catch (exception const & e) {
+               docstring s = _("LyX has caught an exception, it will now "
+                       "attempt to save all unsaved documents and exit."
+                       "\n\nException: ");
+               s += from_ascii(e.what());
+               Alert::error(_("Software exception Detected"), s);
+               LyX::cref().exit(1);
        }
        catch (...) {
-               lyxerr << "Caught some really weird exception..." << endl;
-               LyX::cref().emergencyCleanup();
-               abort();
+               docstring s = _("LyX has caught some really weird exception, it will "
+                       "now attempt to save all unsaved documents and exit.");
+               Alert::error(_("Software exception Detected"), s);
+               LyX::cref().exit(1);
        }
 
-       return return_value;
-}
-
-
-void GuiApplication::syncEvents()
-{
-       // This is the ONLY place where processEvents may be called.
-       // During screen update/ redraw, this method is disabled to
-       // prevent keyboard events being handed to the LyX core, where
-       // they could cause re-entrant calls to screen update.
-       processEvents(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents);
+       return false;
 }
 
 
-bool GuiApplication::getRgbColor(LColor_color col,
-       RGBColor & rgbcol)
+bool GuiApplication::getRgbColor(ColorCode col, RGBColor & rgbcol)
 {
        QColor const & qcol = color_cache_.get(col);
        if (!qcol.isValid()) {
@@ -265,29 +598,150 @@ bool GuiApplication::getRgbColor(LColor_color col,
 }
 
 
-string const GuiApplication::hexName(LColor_color col)
+string const GuiApplication::hexName(ColorCode col)
 {
-       return lyx::support::ltrim(fromqstr(color_cache_.get(col).name()), "#");
+       return ltrim(fromqstr(color_cache_.get(col).name()), "#");
 }
 
 
-void GuiApplication::updateColor(LColor_color)
+void GuiApplication::updateColor(ColorCode)
 {
        // FIXME: Bleh, can't we just clear them all at once ?
        color_cache_.clear();
 }
 
 
-void GuiApplication::registerSocketCallback(int fd, boost::function<void()> func)
+void GuiApplication::registerSocketCallback(int fd, SocketCallback func)
 {
-       socket_callbacks_[fd] =
-               boost::shared_ptr<socket_callback>(new socket_callback(fd, func));
+       SocketNotifier * sn = new SocketNotifier(this, fd, func);
+       socket_notifiers_[fd] = sn;
+       connect(sn, SIGNAL(activated(int)), this, SLOT(socketDataReceived(int)));
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::socketDataReceived(int fd)
+{
+       socket_notifiers_[fd]->func_();
 }
 
 
 void GuiApplication::unregisterSocketCallback(int fd)
 {
-       socket_callbacks_.erase(fd);
+       socket_notifiers_.erase(fd);
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::commitData(QSessionManager & sm)
+{
+       /// The implementation is required to avoid an application exit
+       /// when session state save is triggered by session manager.
+       /// The default implementation sends a close event to all
+       /// visible top level widgets when session managment allows
+       /// interaction.
+       /// We are changing that to close all wiew one by one.
+       /// FIXME: verify if the default implementation is enough now.
+       if (sm.allowsInteraction() && !closeAllViews())
+               sm.cancel();
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::addMenuTranslator()
+{
+       installTranslator(new MenuTranslator(this));
+}
+
+
+bool GuiApplication::unregisterView(int id)
+{
+       updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
+       BOOST_ASSERT(views_.find(id) != views_.end());
+       BOOST_ASSERT(views_[id]);
+
+       map<int, GuiView *>::iterator it;
+       for (it = views_.begin(); it != views_.end(); ++it) {
+               if (it->first == id) {
+                       views_.erase(id);
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+       updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool GuiApplication::closeAllViews()
+{
+       updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
+       if (views_.empty())
+               return true;
+
+       map<int, GuiView*> const cmap = views_;
+       map<int, GuiView*>::const_iterator it;
+       for (it = cmap.begin(); it != cmap.end(); ++it) {
+               if (!it->second->close())
+                       return false;
+       }
+
+       views_.clear();
+       view_ids_.clear();
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+GuiView & GuiApplication::view(int id) const
+{
+       BOOST_ASSERT(views_.find(id) != views_.end());
+       return *views_.find(id)->second;
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::hideDialogs(string const & name, Inset * inset) const
+{
+       vector<int>::const_iterator it = view_ids_.begin();
+       vector<int>::const_iterator const end = view_ids_.end();
+       for (; it != end; ++it)
+               view(*it).hideDialog(name, inset);
+}
+
+
+Buffer const * GuiApplication::updateInset(Inset const * inset) const
+{
+       Buffer const * buffer_ = 0;
+       vector<int>::const_iterator it = view_ids_.begin();
+       vector<int>::const_iterator const end = view_ids_.end();
+       for (; it != end; ++it) {
+               Buffer const * ptr = view(*it).updateInset(inset);
+               if (ptr)
+                       buffer_ = ptr;
+       }
+       return buffer_;
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::readMenus(Lexer & lex)
+{
+       menus().read(lex);
+}
+
+
+bool GuiApplication::searchMenu(FuncRequest const & func,
+       vector<docstring> & names) const
+{
+       return menus().searchMenu(func, names);
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::initGlobalMenu()
+{
+       if (global_menubar_)
+               menus().fillMenuBar(global_menubar_, 0);
+}
+
+
+void GuiApplication::onLastWindowClosed()
+{
+       if (global_menubar_)
+               global_menubar_->grabKeyboard();
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -295,15 +749,15 @@ void GuiApplication::unregisterSocketCallback(int fd)
 #ifdef Q_WS_X11
 bool GuiApplication::x11EventFilter(XEvent * xev)
 {
-       if (!currentView())
+       if (!current_view_)
                return false;
 
        switch (xev->type) {
        case SelectionRequest: {
                if (xev->xselectionrequest.selection != XA_PRIMARY)
                        break;
-               LYXERR(Debug::GUI) << "X requested selection." << endl;
-               BufferView * bv = currentView()->view();
+               LYXERR(Debug::GUI, "X requested selection.");
+               BufferView * bv = current_view_->view();
                if (bv) {
                        docstring const sel = bv->requestSelection();
                        if (!sel.empty())
@@ -314,8 +768,8 @@ bool GuiApplication::x11EventFilter(XEvent * xev)
        case SelectionClear: {
                if (xev->xselectionclear.selection != XA_PRIMARY)
                        break;
-               LYXERR(Debug::GUI) << "Lost selection." << endl;
-               BufferView * bv = currentView()->view();
+               LYXERR(Debug::GUI, "Lost selection.");
+               BufferView * bv = current_view_->view();
                if (bv)
                        bv->clearSelection();
                break;
@@ -325,8 +779,48 @@ bool GuiApplication::x11EventFilter(XEvent * xev)
 }
 #endif
 
-
 } // namespace frontend
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Font stuff
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+frontend::FontLoader & theFontLoader()
+{
+       BOOST_ASSERT(frontend::guiApp);
+       return frontend::guiApp->fontLoader();
+}
+
+
+frontend::FontMetrics const & theFontMetrics(Font const & f)
+{
+       return theFontMetrics(f.fontInfo());
+}
+
+
+frontend::FontMetrics const & theFontMetrics(FontInfo const & f)
+{
+       BOOST_ASSERT(frontend::guiApp);
+       return frontend::guiApp->fontLoader().metrics(f);
+}
+
+
+frontend::Clipboard & theClipboard()
+{
+       BOOST_ASSERT(frontend::guiApp);
+       return frontend::guiApp->clipboard();
+}
+
+
+frontend::Selection & theSelection()
+{
+       BOOST_ASSERT(frontend::guiApp);
+       return frontend::guiApp->selection();
+}
+
 } // namespace lyx
 
 #include "GuiApplication_moc.cpp"