def switch_notebook_tabs_position(self, w, pos):
        self.notebook_channels.set_tab_pos(pos);




    # Shortcut to statusbar and progressbar (receives either a string, or a float).
    def status(self, text=None, timeout=3, markup=False, icon=None, *k, **kw):
        self.status_last = time.time() + timeout
        gobject.timeout_add(int(timeout*1000), self.status_clear)
        #log.UI("progressbar := %s" %text)
        # progressbar
        if isinstance(text, (int, float)):
            if (text <= 0):  # unknown state
                uikit.do(self.progress.pulse, immediate=1)
            elif text >= 0.999 or text < 0.0:  # completed
                uikit.do(self.progress.hide)
            else:  # show percentage
                uikit.do(self.progress.show, immediate=1)
                uikit.do(self.progress.set_fraction, text, immediate=1)
        # add text
        elif isinstance(text, (str, unicode)):
            uikit.do(self.statusbar.set_markup if markup else self.statusbar.set_text, text)
            if icon:
                uikit.do(lambda icon=icon, *x: self.statusbar_img.show() or self.statusbar_img.set_from_stock(icon, 2))
        # clean up
        else:
            self.status_clear(anyway=True)

    # Clean up after 3 seconds
    def status_clear(self, anyway=False):
        if anyway or time.time() >= self.status_last:
            #log.UI("progressbar.hide()")
            self.statusbar.set_text("")
            self.statusbar_img.hide()
            self.progress.hide()
            return False
        else:
            return True


    # load plugins from /usr/share/streamtuner2/channels/

        # prepare main window
        main = StreamTunerTwo()

        # first invocation
        if (conf.get("firstrun")):
            main.configwin.open(None)
            del conf.firstrun
        main.status("Initial startup, configure your audio players!", timeout=10, icon="gtk-dialog-error")

        # run
        gtk.main()
        [callback() for callback in main.hooks["quit"]]
        log.PROC(r" gtk_main_quit ")
        
    # invoke command-line interface