--- trunk/src/misc.c	2009/11/05 20:37:16	164
+++ trunk/src/misc.c	2009/11/08 20:32:55	165
@@ -499,3 +499,13 @@
   return icon;
 }
 
+/* left aligned, word wrapped multiline widget */
+GtkWidget *simple_text_widget(char *text) {
+  GtkWidget *label = gtk_label_new(text);
+  
+  gtk_label_set_line_wrap(GTK_LABEL(label), TRUE);
+  gtk_label_set_line_wrap_mode(GTK_LABEL(label), PANGO_WRAP_WORD);
+  gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 0.0, 0.5);
+
+  return label;
+}